• About Us
    • The Team
    • Contact
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Makeup
    • Skin Care
    • Fashion
  • Healthy Living
    • General Health
    • Fitness
    • Weight Loss
    • Healthy Recipes
    • Natural Remedies
    • The Keto Diet
      • Keto for Beginners
      • Keto Meals
      • Keto Snacks & Sides
      • Keto Desserts
  • Family
    • Marriage
    • Pregnancy
    • New Baby
    • Parenting Tips
    • Kids Activities
  • Special Needs
    • Autism
    • Anxiety
    • ADHD
    • Depression
    • Sensory Processing
    • OCD
    • ODD
    • Selective Mutism
Menu
  • About Us
    • The Team
    • Contact
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Makeup
    • Skin Care
    • Fashion
  • Healthy Living
    • General Health
    • Fitness
    • Weight Loss
    • Healthy Recipes
    • Natural Remedies
    • The Keto Diet
      • Keto for Beginners
      • Keto Meals
      • Keto Snacks & Sides
      • Keto Desserts
  • Family
    • Marriage
    • Pregnancy
    • New Baby
    • Parenting Tips
    • Kids Activities
  • Special Needs
    • Autism
    • Anxiety
    • ADHD
    • Depression
    • Sensory Processing
    • OCD
    • ODD
    • Selective Mutism
Instagram
Pinterest
Facebook
Twitter
Search
Close
  • About Us
    • The Team
    • Contact
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Makeup
    • Skin Care
    • Fashion
  • Healthy Living
    • General Health
    • Fitness
    • Weight Loss
    • Healthy Recipes
    • Natural Remedies
    • The Keto Diet
      • Keto for Beginners
      • Keto Meals
      • Keto Snacks & Sides
      • Keto Desserts
  • Family
    • Marriage
    • Pregnancy
    • New Baby
    • Parenting Tips
    • Kids Activities
  • Special Needs
    • Autism
    • Anxiety
    • ADHD
    • Depression
    • Sensory Processing
    • OCD
    • ODD
    • Selective Mutism
Menu
  • About Us
    • The Team
    • Contact
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Makeup
    • Skin Care
    • Fashion
  • Healthy Living
    • General Health
    • Fitness
    • Weight Loss
    • Healthy Recipes
    • Natural Remedies
    • The Keto Diet
      • Keto for Beginners
      • Keto Meals
      • Keto Snacks & Sides
      • Keto Desserts
  • Family
    • Marriage
    • Pregnancy
    • New Baby
    • Parenting Tips
    • Kids Activities
  • Special Needs
    • Autism
    • Anxiety
    • ADHD
    • Depression
    • Sensory Processing
    • OCD
    • ODD
    • Selective Mutism
Instagram
Pinterest
Facebook
Twitter
Search
Close

Beauty

Nine 90s Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | From butterfly clips and claw clips, to mom jeans and overalls, to cargo pants and doc martens, 90s trends are making a comeback in a BIG way. If hairstyles are your jam, there are tons of easy ways to add a little 90s flare to your locks, and we've curated 9 of the best! Whether you're looking for 90s styles for short hair, for medium hair, or for long hair, this post has step-by-step hair tutorials to teach you how to recreate these looks from home!

Nine 90s Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths That Are The Bomb

6 Spring Nail Art Ideas | Can't make it to the salon? Want to give yourself a DIY manicure at home? This post has everything you need! We're sharing 9 home manicure essentials and products, plus 6 step-by-step nail art tutorials that are perfect for spring! From monochrome nails, to an easy French manicure for beginners, to geometric nails, to cherry nail designs, these nail art videos are equal parts easy and gorgeous!

Nails Before Males: 6 DIY Spring Nail Art Ideas We Love

18 Easy 5-Minute School Hairstyles for Kids | Whether your child has short, shoulder length, medium, or long hair, one thing is for certain: you need no fuss, quick hairstyles to simplify your morning routine! If you're constantly running late (like us!), don't stress. We've curated tons of cute hairstyles for school, with step-by-step tutorials and videos that are simple and easy to follow. Choose from braided hairstyles, half up half down looks, upgraded ponytails, messy buns, and more!

Rise and Shine! 18 Easy 5-Minute School Hairstyles for Kids

How to Remove Acrylic Nails at Home | Very few things feel as wonderful as getting a fresh new set of acrylics. They're perfect if you need to make your short nails longer for a big event, and you can choose a bold color and/or add nail art for added glam. Sadly, removing fake nails isn't as fun or glamorous. It's expensive and time consuming! If you can't get to the salon, this post has all the products, tips, and DIY hacks you need to remove acrylics without damaging your natural nails!

DIY Manicure: How to Remove Acrylic Nails At Home

How to Look Different | If you want to change your look for school, for work, or just for fun while you're hanging out at home, these tips and ideas will inspire you! Learn some of the best beauty hacks that can completely transform your look with a glow up, with makeup, and small changes to your hair. It really is amazing what these subtle updates can do to our faces! If you're bored with your everyday look, give some of these beauty tips a try - they can completely transform your image!

How to Look Different: 15 Ways to Change Your Look

79 5-Minute Hairstyles for School | If you're perpetually running late in the mornings like we are, and you need quick and simple hairstyles for school, these step by step videos and tutorials will inspire you! Whether you have short hair, medium hair, or long hair, thick or thin hair, straight or curly hair, these hairstyles are easy and trendy, and will help simplify your morning routine!

79 5-Minute Hairstyles for School for All Ages and Hair Lengths

How to Look Attractive | If you want to know how to look your best on the daily - even when you're feeling your worst - this post will teach you how to instantly elevate your game. With tons of simple ways to look and feel put together, we're sharing our best tips, hacks, tricks, and things to do to love who you are, both inside and out! Learn how to look good without makeup, with glasses on, when you're running late, and so much more!

How to Look Attractive: 12 Tips to Make You Feel Your Best

How to Grow Longer Eyelashes | If you want to know how to make your lashes thicker and more voluminous without falsies or extensions, this post is for you! You'll learn how to naturally grow your lashes, along with natural DIY growth remedies made using ingredients you already have at home, like vaseline and coconut oil. Not into home remedies? No worries! We've also linked to the best store-bought eyelash serums to elevate your lashes and make your eyes pop!

How to Grow Longer Eyelashes: 12 Tips for Beautiful Lashes

How to Look Put Together All The Time | If you want to know how to look your best for school, for work, at home, and when you're in full-on mom mode, we're sharing our best skincare routine ideas, beauty tips, fashion tricks, makeup hacks, and hair products and styles to help you look and feel like your best self every single day. From choosing the right outfit, to learning how to look good without makeup, to 5-minute second day hairstyles, and more, we'll teach you how to look good everyday!

How to Look Put Together: 13 Easy Ways to Look Good Everyday

How to Tighten Skin on Your Face | If you're in need of tips and tricks to help tighten the skin on your face after weight loss, this post has lots of helpful ideas for firmer skin and a youthful glow! Whether you want to tighten the skin around your eyes, under your eyes, on your cheeks, under your chin, or on your neck, we're sharing a list of habits to avoid, facial exercise that work, skin care products to invest in, and makeup tips to hide saggy skin fast!

How to Tighten Skin on Your Face: 12 Anti-Aging Tips and Tricks

How to Go Gray Gracefully | Whether you're only just starting to notice gray hairs and thinking of embracing the change and going gray naturally, or you're stuck at home with no ability to get to the salon for your usual highlights or hair dye and need to do SOMETHING to improve the state of your roots, this post has tons of great tips and products to teach you how to go gray quickly while still looking and feeling your best!

How to Go Gray Gracefully: 14 Tips and Tricks for Women

12 Fishtail Braid Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | If you're looking for step by step tutorials to teach you how to do a fishtail braid, this post is for you! We've included a mix of ideas for short, medium, and long hair, including side, half-up, French, and Dutch fishtail braids. The step by step videos are easy to follow, and these looks are perfect for second day hair and make great prom and wedding hairstyles! They work for school and for work, and we've included fishtail braids for kids!

Simply Stylish: 12 Fishtail Braid Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths

How to Dye Your Own Hair | Trying to save money? Can't make it to the salon? Terrified of dyeing your own hair? Don't worry! This post has everything you need, from products and supplies, to hair dyeing tips and hacks, to step-by-step tutorials from hair pros! Whether you're bleaching your hair, touching up your blonde roots, going bold and brown, or getting creative with an ombre hair color, figuring out the best way to get the look you want is key. We're sharing all of this - and more!

How to Dye Your Own Hair: 10 Tips and Tutorials That Help

How to Cut Your Own Bangs | If you're looking for step-by-step instructions to help you learn how to cut bangs at home, this post has XX tips and tutorials to help! Whether you want to trim your own bangs in between haircuts, or you're cutting bangs for the first time, this post has everything you need to know. From layered bangs, to blunt bangs, to side swept bangs, to face-framing bangs, to layered bangs, we've curated the best hair cutting tools, products, and techniques to help!

How to Cut Your Own Bangs: 10 Tips and Tutorials

How To Look Older Than You Are | While most of us want to know how to look younger, there are tons of great makeup application techniques, hairstyle looks, and fashion tips for tweens and gals in their early 20s who want to look older than they really are. If you have a baby face and want to know how to look older naturally with makeup, with hair, and with clothes, this post has all the beauty secrets and lifestyle hacks you need to know!

How to Look Older: 15 Beauty Tips and Tricks That Work

45 Stylish Bandana Hairstyles | If you love retro hair ideas, bandanas, headscarves, and head wraps are a great way to dress up your look, with the added bonus of hiding greasy, second-day hair! If you want to skip the shampoo but still look cute and put together, we've curated the best step-by-step bandana hairstyle tutorials for short, medium length, and long hair. Whether you like to wear your down, in a ponytail, in braids, in an updo, have bangs...there's a style here for you!

Skip the Shampoo! 45 Stylish Bandana Hairstyles We Love

16 Ways to Look Younger Naturally | If you want to knock 10 years off your look, this post is for you! We're sharing everything from makeup application tips, to skincare essentials, to haircuts and hairstyles, to outfits and fashion hacks, to nutrition and exercise ideas to help you look younger both with makeup and without! Whether you're in your 30s or 40s, or your looking for tips you can use after 50 years of age, this post will teach you important dos and don'ts for a youthful appearance!

Forty and Fabulous! 16 Ways to Look Younger Naturally

How to Look Good without Makeup | If you're looking for tips and hacks to help you look good on mornings you don't have time to apply a full face of makeup, this post is for you! If you want to go au naturale but still look and feel your best everyday, these no makeup makeup routine tips will give you tons of things to consider, from your skincare routine, to your skincare products, to simple essentials to elevate your natural look, and lifestyle hacks for glowing skin!

How to Look Good Without Makeup: 12 Tips and Hacks Every Girl Needs

16 Clear Skin Tips and Products Every Girl Needs to Know | Whether you experience occasional blemishes and breakouts due to hormonal changes and oily skin, or you suffer from full blown adult acne, this post has tons of skin care tips and product recommendations for teenagers and women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond! If you want to know how to get beautiful skin, these beauty secrets will teach you how to keep breakouts at bay for a glowing complexion year-round!

Adult Acne? 16 Clear Skin Tips and Products Every Girl Needs to Know

How to Lose Face Fat | Whether you have chubby cheeks, a double chin, loose skin due to quick weight loss, or you just feel self-conscious about your round face shape, we're sharing 13 face slimming tips and exercises to teach you how to get rid of face fat. While these tips and facial exercises won't slim your face in a day or even in a week, we've included makeup hacks and fashion tips that will make your face look thinner overnight!

How to Lose Face Fat: 13 Tips and Exercises for a Slimmer Face

7 Halloween Nail Art Designs to Try | Halloween nail art is such a fun and simple way to add a little excitement in the days and weeks leading up to Halloween. Whether you have gel or acrylic nails, long coffin or stiletto nails, or short plain nails, these step-by-step nail art tutorials will give your hands a serious upgrade this October! Grab your black, orange, and purple polish, and give some of these at home manicure ideas a try.

Halloween Nail Art: 7 DIY Halloween Nail Designs to Try

Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram

Follow Us On Instagram

@Merakilane / #merakilane

‘HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING.’ —Jess Sims . While some people love reading self-help books or listening to inspiring podcasts, quotes, mantras, and song lyrics are my jam. I spend hours upon hours scrolling through my social media feeds each week searching for motivational quotes and sayings, and I copy the ones I love most to the notes app on my phone so I never forget them. . I have a quote and lyric for pretty much every feeling and occasion, and if you follow me on stories, you know that I try to share something motivating and inspiring every morning. . I’ve recently been using short quotes/mantras to help me stay focused. Mantras are typically used in meditation, but they are also a fabulous tool to help you stay grounded. The idea is to pick a word or phrase with meaning to you, and each time your mind starts to wander, you repeat the mantra over and over to bring yourself back to the present moment. . I use mantras to help me stay productive with work, to keep me motivated when I want to push myself during my workouts, to stay present when I’m overwhelmed and trying to do too many things at once, and to stop me from ruminating about the things that make me stressed and anxious. . If you’re looking for inspiring quotes and mantras to help you stay focused, present, and calm, here are some of my favorites! . ‘Be present where your feet are.’ —Unknown . You don’t have to. You get to. —Jess Sims . Easy is bullshit. —Christine D’Ercole . Feel the burn, step closer to the fire. —Emma Lovewell . A setback is an avenue for a comeback. —Alex Toussaint . Hold the vision, trust the process. —Unknown . No challenge, no change. —Robin Arzon . Acknowledge the fear and do it anyway. —Emma Lovewell . Impossible is just an opinion. —Paulo Coelho . Treat your body like it belongs to someone you love. —Hannah Marie Corbin . Fix your ponytail and try again. —Unknown . 👇🏻 What quotes and mantras keep you focused and present when you’re overwhelmed or anxious?
‘ALL GREAT CHANGES ARE PRECEDED BY CHAOS.’ — ‘ALL GREAT CHANGES ARE PRECEDED BY CHAOS.’ —Unknown . f you’ve been following me on stories, you know we moved to a new house a couple of weeks ago. I was going to document the whole thing, but moving during a global pandemic in a city that is completely locked down with a child in virtual school is… 🤪 . This was the biggest move I’ve ever undertaken, and my Type A personality really struggled with how little control I had over everything. Lists and schedules are my jam, but it seemed the harder I tried to keep things on track, the quicker they fell apart. . I eventually decided to just embrace the chaos. I allowed myself to let go and just enjoy the excitement of it all and it ended up being the smoothest, most enjoyable move I’ve ever experienced. We’re still waiting on furniture deliveries and have lots of painting to do, but since no one will be visiting us for months (years?!) on end given the state of the world right now, there is absolutely no pressure. . And that feels great. . If you’re struggling, here are 4 things that helped me find order in the chaos that has been our lives for the last several weeks: . ✔️ EXERCISE. I start every single day with a hard workout to get those feel-good endorphins flowing. It makes me feel accomplished, helps me work through whatever is on my mind, and sets the tone for the rest of my day. . ✔️ ENERGY MANAGEMENT. I do all of my most pressing tasks when my energy is high and my mind is clear, and save all of the monotonous, mindless stuff (think: responding to emails, meal prep, folding laundry) for the evening. . ✔️ NEVER TOUCH SOMETHING TWICE. Once I ‘touch’ a task, I deal with it then and there so it’s taken off of my plate, rather than ’touching’ it multiple times and allowing it to take up extra energy and mental space. This is one of the best productivity tips I’ve ever read and it’s been a life-saver for me lately! . ✔️ DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT. I struggle the most with this, but the last few weeks have been a great exercise in challenging a lot of my Type A tendencies. . 👇🏻 How do YOU stay on track when you feel overwhelmed?
‘SELF-CARE ISN’T SELFISH.’ . If you met me I ‘SELF-CARE ISN’T SELFISH.’ . If you met me IRL, you’d probably [hopefully?] never know I suffer from anxiety, and would likely assume I’m just a high maintenance, high strung, Type A personality. All of those things are in fact true, LOL, but what you may not realize is that each of those traits of mine are the result of years of feeling anxious and worried and stressed. . I grew up at a time when we were taught to keep our struggles to ourselves, and when I think back to grades 3 and 4 when my anxiety was at it’s absolute worst, it pains me to remember how much I suffered in silence. I feel proud that I was able to overcome some pretty tough stuff on my own, but I refuse to let history repeat itself. . I will not raise my daughter in a world that stigmatizes mental illness. . According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, 38% of Canadians say their mental health has declined since the start of the pandemic, and people already struggling with their mental health were 2 times more likely to say their mental health has declined further.  . One of the biggest hurdles for anyone suffering from mental illness is overcoming the stigma. It is the number one reason why people living with mental illness do not seek help. . Today is #BellLetsTalk day and Bell will donate 5 cents to Canadian mental health programs for every applicable text, local or long distance call, tweet or TikTok video using #BellLetsTalk - all at no cost to participants beyond what they would normally pay their service provider for online or phone access. . MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS. . Let’s end the stigma.
‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, T ‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, THE STORM WILL PASS.’ —Unknown . My daughter went back to school virtually today, and while the Type A in me is excited we’re back in some kind of routine, I had forgotten just how chaotic and impractical distance learning is. A province-wide internet outage took down her teacher within 2 hours, shattering any hopes I had of grabbing a little time to myself to get caught up on all of the work stuff I’ve been putting off for the last 3 weeks. I’ve dried tears, prepared snacks, provided new Zoom logins, helped with grade 4 math, and I even made paper plates out of construction paper for a last minute craft. . Wash, rinse, repeat. . All is good in our world again, and soon we’ll dive back into those math problems and whatever else is on tap for homework before I retreat to my office to print off tomorrow’s agenda and worksheets. We’ll all play Roblox before dinner to help us unwind after a crazy day, and I’ll stay up later than I want to tonight trying to get caught up because I know tomorrow will bring more unforeseen challenges, and I hate starting my day feeling behind schedule. . Parenting in a pandemic is extra messy, and if this sh*t storm has taught me anything, it’s that we need to give ourselves a hell of a lot of grace right now. There will be days where we’re super productive and get through everything on our never-ending ‘to do’ lists, but there will be many more days where we feel like we’ve accomplished absolute nothing. . It’s on these difficult days that we need to remind ourselves that our most important job right now is making sure our kids are healthy and happy, and that they feel safe and loved. When they look back on this time, they won’t remember if the house was clean and the laundry was folded, how often we ordered takeout, or if we gained weight. All they will remember is how we showed up for them - even on the days we were struggling to show up for ourselves. . If the return to reality has you feeling overwhelmed today, stop trying to calm the storm. Take a deep breath, get present in this moment, remind yourself what’s important, and focus on that instead. . We’ve got this. 💙
BACK TO REALITY… . Are you ready to get back at BACK TO REALITY… . Are you ready to get back at it? . While we’ve certainly been busy organizing, packing, and getting our new home ready and didn’t really relax as much as we’d hoped to over the holidays, I’ve enjoyed operating at a slower pace the last couple of weeks. We’ve stayed up late, slept in a little bit each morning, had too much to eat and drink, and enjoyed a break from routines and schedules. . Toronto is currently under lockdown, so my daughter is going back to school virtually tomorrow while my husband and I continue to work from home. It’s not ideal, but we’ll make it work and I’m excited to get back into a routine. The time away from my computer helped me reset and recharge, and I feel like I’m starting 2021 with more realistic expectations of myself. And that feels good. . 2020 was definitely not my favorite year, but when I look back at the last 12 months, a lot of really great things came from it. It gave me more time with my husband and daughter and brought us much closer than our busy, pre-2020 lives would’ve ever allowed. It helped me reconnect with friends I had lost contact with due to the craziness that is being a working mom. And it helped me form amazing new friendships that I will cherish forever. . I know 2021 is likely going to be just as challenging - if not more so - as 2020 was, but for the first time since becoming a mom, I finally feel like I have a tribe of people around me. I feel less lonely than I’ve ever felt in my life, which is hilarious since we have been holed up in our house for ~10 months, but it feels pretty amazing. . I’m not sure where I was going with this post, but suffice it to say I’m ready to caffeine and conquer! ☕️
‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT ‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT IT IS YOU WHO WILL GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, NO ONE ELSE.’ —Les Brown . I think we can all agree that 2020 was the absolute shits, and I know we’re all looking forward to a chance to start fresh in hopes that the universe will be a little kinder to us in 2021. . Of course, our lives aren’t going to magically go back to the way they were at 12:01 am. It’s not easy to be positive right now, but instead of getting stuck in the suck, remember that the only thing you have control over is your attitude. You can continue to feel sorry for yourself and mourn all the ways your life has changed, or you can straighten your crown and focus on all of the good things happening in your life. . If you dig deep enough, you’ll see that there is so much to be grateful right now. . And if you can’t think of anything that you feel proud of or that brings you joy, then it’s up to you to create it. Accept responsibility for your life. Stop making excuses and be the change you want to see. . Instead of thinking of 2021 as another year of lockdowns and restrictions while we wait for vaccinations to take place and herd immunity to take hold, look at it as an open book. . 12 new chapters. 365 new chances. 🥂
‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown . ‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown . What do you do when you have downtime? . I haven’t had time off since last Christmas. We hit the ground running in January as we were planning a 2-week family vacay in March and wanted to do ALL THE THINGS beforehand so we could unplug and enjoy the trip. Our vacation obviously got cancelled, and we’ve been on autopilot ever since. I feel like the pandemic has either made people really busy, or extremely bored. There’s no in-between! . My team and I have been busy working ahead over the past couple of months as I really wanted to unplug and unwind for a few weeks over the holidays and now that the craziness of Christmas is over, I don’t know what to do with myself! . I’m caught up on This Is Us, we finally watched The Undoing, I’m almost done Open Book, I’ve done a lot of drawing on my iPad, I’ve had a lot of wine, I’ve eaten a ton of chocolate, we’ve played games, I’ve done my nails…and I’m bored, lol. But unless I find something else to do, I have to face packing up this house (we’re moving, ya’ll!) and I can’t face that just yet. . 👇🏻how do you unwind?
Copyright © 2020 Meraki Lane Inc. · Site by Lennox Creative Co.
Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · Disclaimer