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Finals Week Survival Gear

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Skidmore chapter.

Like a blemish on an otherwise perfect skin day, finals week—right in the between Fun Day and summer—ensures a roller coaster of emotions. With poor eating habits, intermittent sleeping, and stressful deadlines, this week is bound to take its toll on you. Get through this week with some essential survival gear. Good luck, collegiettes!

Health

Sleepyti.me Bedtime Calculator

This website calculates what time you need to go to bed, or inversely what time you should wake up, to feel refreshed when your alarm goes off. Avoid that groggy, mid-REM feeling and get a quicker start to your day. Customize your sleep in REM cycles to get a successful nap or a shortened (and temporary!) night’s sleep.

Bolthouse Farm Smoothies

So your diet has gone from quinoa to quesadilla in the span of 48 hours and you’re starting to feel run down. These smoothies pack in an incredible amount of fruits and vegetables while still tasting good! Drink your carrots, spinach or raspberries on-the-go to save time and pack in at least a little nutrition.

E-Boost

Between the stress, bad nutrition and extended periods of library camping, your body is in the perfect condition to get sick. Prevent a distracting runny nose during your final with a multi-vitamin or just your favorite way to get some Vitamin C. We love the instant gratification of E-Boost!

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Beauty

Masqueology

“You look really tired!” No one wants to hear that, especially with bigger worries on her plate. Masqueology is a quick fix for your skin problem whether you need an anti-blemish, brightening or revitalizing eye mask. Just place the cloth mask over your face, wait 20 minutes and remove—no scrubbing or messy application necessary!

Sock Bun

You haven’t brushed your hair in days and suddenly flashbacks to Hannah from the Girls season finale are hitting a little too close to home. Enter sock bun: the one-and-done fix-it for all bad hair days without an obvious baseball cap cover up.

Benefit Erase Paste

This thick cover-all concealer will hide everything from blemishes to dark circles. Fool your classmates at that business presentation next week—we won’t tell them you pulled an all-nighter!

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Studying

Songza

Customize your study music by the time of day, genre and playlist, compiled just right for your mood. No commercials and no fees! Light classical, please.

SelfControl

To those able to disable their Facebook accounts during finals, we applaud you. For the rest of us, there’s the app SelfControl. Even you try to access [insert guilty pleasure website], the browser will show an error until the block releases! We promise the pictures your roomie posted of you on the green can wait an hour.

Dark Chocolate

Our favorite kind of study food, dark chocolate boosts blood flow to the brain to keep you focused for longer. Also used a reward system, this healthier indulgence can keep you motivated to get through studying, knowing that delicious treat lies at the end. We love any quality bar of chocolate—especially the Maestro’s après-dinner homemade chocolate with dried fruit and nuts!

 

Summer is almost here, collegiettes. With some help from these survival tricks, you’ll be lounging in the sun before you know it.

Audrey is a class of 2013 English major at Skidmore College. She has held several communications internships in her hometown of Nashville, TN, including ones at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Nissan's North American Headquarters, and at Katcher Vaughn and Bailey Public Relations. In her free time, she loves to bake for family and friends, exercise by swimming, and loves all things Parisian. Audrey can't wait to continue her journalism experience with Her Campus as a campus correspondent. Having lived in Nashville, France and New York, Audrey has found a love for travel, and hopes to discover a new city after Skidmore where she plans to continue onto law school.
Kate is the Associate Editor of Her Campus. Before joining the staff full-time, Kate was the Campus Correspondent for the HC Skidmore College chapter as well as an editorial intern, Love editor, and national contributing writer for HC. In addition to her work with Her Campus, Kate has been a Sex & Love stringer and digital editorial intern for WomensHealthMag.com and an Inner Circle Trendspotter for MTV. Kate graduated from Skidmore College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in English and French. In her spare time, Kate is usually spotted writing fiction, playing tennis, reading pop culture blogs until her eyes hurt, baking cookies, or dreaming up her next travel adventure.