The Hottest School Supplies of 2015, According to Vlogger Hauls
‘Tis the back to school season and even more stressful than the actual return to those hallowed hallways is picking out what to wear on the first day—and shopping for school supplies. How will you present yourself on day one? Are you all pink binders and bright pens? Or serious black and white composition notebooks and No.2 pencils?
Yahoo Style dove deep in the wild world of vloggers to discover what’s trending this back-to-school season, according to the most watched hauls on YouTube. The consensus? Head to Target, pick up a pair of hot pink Beats (start begging your parents now), purchase matching gold notebooks and folders, and throw everything into a Jansport backpack.
Name: Monica Church
Age: 19
Channel: Hairodynamic
Subscribers: 648,797
BTS Haul Video Views: 116,892
Length: 9 min. 47 sec.
“These are the best hauls of the year, can we all agree on that?!” The very confident Church went to Target, and she got a bunch of notebooks, including composition ones and those with spirals (but she thinks spirals are the devil because she’s left handed). She also got a rose gold planner, stapler, 10 pack of every color Sharpie, super essential pens for breast cancer awareness, bright pink Beats headphones (because she had white ones and she stepped on them and they broke), a lock, and Papermate pencils — everyone knows they’re the best. For her dorm, she got a laundry bag, chalkboard, dry erase weekly calendar for a chore chart, plastic organizer things, and a shower caddy.
Name: Niki and Gabi, aka the girly-girl and the hipster
Channel: Niki and Gabi
Subscribers: 2,004,613
BTS Haul Video Views: 1,664,220
Length: 11 min. 28 sec.
Hello Kitty went shopping with Niki and Gabi at Target. Niki, the girly-girl, got a tie dye backpack and Gabi, the hipster, got a pink and purple knapsack with bows (and obvi Hello Kitty because the Sanrio character sponsored their shopping trip). Inside Niki’s bag, she has small and large notebooks, one says “dream” in gold script and another features polka dot paper. She purchased a Hello Kitty selfie stick, which she plans to use in the hallways even though that seems like a hazard and like she’s basically asking for detention. She got mechanic colored pencils from PaperMate and a Hellow Kitty cosmetic purse, which she’ll use as a pencil case and also store Baby Lips chapstick, Hello Kitty gummy candy, and erasers. Gabi went for more “Plain Jane” notebooks with spirals but got one fun folder and a pink planner. She also got a cosmetic bag for school but is actually keeping makeup inside. Basically, these girls love Hello Kitty — or will do nearly anything for a dollar.
Name: Jeanine Amapola
Age: 21
Channel: Jeanine Amapola
Subscribers: 489,580
BTS Haul Video Views: 785,937
Length: 12 min. 12 sec
Jeanine Amapola is a college student at the University of Texas and is a “a fully devoted Christian who is living for Jesus and couldn’t be happy without Him.” She loves her new aqua Jansport backpack, which has four compartments and even a secret one for her to hide feminine sanitary products. She uses her Ray Ban Aviator sunglasses to block out the haters on her large campus and needs her iPhone6 on her at all times. She carries a small wallet from Dagne Dover and a Tweezerman mini mirror to see if anything’s going up on her grill. Chapstick, lipstick, Post-It flags, notecards, toothbrush, pads, tampons, Sharpie precision pens, blue paper that says “things to do,” a fuzzy pencil pack, PaperMate pencils, textbooks, FiveStar notebooks in neon colors from Target, folders, an “adorable” planner from Lilly Pulitzer, and a MacBook Pro are all in there as well.
Name: Amanda Steele
Age: 15
Channel: MakeupbyMandy24
Subscribers: 2,552,664
BTS Haul Video Views: 1,032,248
Length: 8 min. 17 sec
Amanda is 15 years old and has been vlogging for five years. For the 2015-2016 school year, she’s going with an all gold theme; she even bought gold scissors and a stapler at Target. She got a backpack that’s all “fringy and brown,” also from Target, and purchased two pencil cases, that seem more like clutches, and filled them all up with BIC pens, Neutrogena shine control powder, Clean & Clear oil absorbing sheets, and deodorant. She got five binders, one for each subject, a big notebook from Five Star, Target brand loose leaf paper, and if you follow her exactly — you’re set!
Name: Alisha Marie
Age: 22
Channel: AlishaMarie
Subscribers: 2,238,541
BTS Haul Video Views: 1,548,519
Length: 9 min. 55 sec
Alisha claims to have the best back-to-school series on YouTube, called #SchooLISHA. She calls her fans #macbabies and she kinda has a backpack obsession so this year she got two! Both are from Jansport and she purchased them from sporting goods superstore Big 5. Everything else is from Target (duh) but the video is sponsored by Kotex, which can incidentally also be found at Target. While she might be in capital L.O.V.E. with backpacks, it’s the Beats Solo 2 headphones in hot pink she is the most excited for. In terms of supplies, she’s packing Sharpie highlighters (also obsessed with), binders (not cute or expensive and she decorates them herself), pencil pouch, mechanical pencils in bright colors, chevron scissors, mini stapler, composition notebooks with gold polka dots, and a folder that says “BLAH BLAH BLAH” in gold letters.
Name: Rachel “Bunny” Meyer
Age: 28
Channel: grav3yardgirl
Subscribers: 5,687,864
BTS Haul Video Views: 1,447,789
Length: 30 min. 53 sec.
Bunny is definitely done with school so she’s just giving away BTS items for her millions of fans. She’s obsessed with alligators, hunting ghosts, and paranormal activity and has her own merch. The self-described “Swamp Queen” calls subscribers her “Swamp Family” and went to Target to supply one lucky member with the latest and greatest including a Jansport backpack covered in pizza print, Sharpies, a Minion-shaped USB drive, composition notebooks not in your typical marble print, Lisa Frank-inspired folders, and more.
Name: Brooklyn and Bailey
Age: 16
Channel: Brooklyn and Bailey
Subscribers: 1,756,235
BTS Haul Video Views: 846,080
Length: 5 min. 56 sec.
Brooklyn and Bailey mixed things up and decided to shop somewhere other than Target. Bailey’s backpack is from Roxy, it is green, her favorite color, and has buckle, which gives it a very satchel-like look. Brooklyn, on the other hand, went for a more traditional silhouette with a bag from Vans, purchased at Tillys.com, in floral print. As for the supplies, Bailey stuck with a gold theme, including a gold notebook, pencil case, gold-rimmed mirror, and a red planner with gold hearts, while Brooklyn didn’t match her stuff, opting for multicolored folders and notebooks. They twins twinned when it came to mechanical pencils, Bic black pens (from Target), RoseArt gel pens, pens with erasers, and travel Kleenex. The Los Angeles natives also went to an Asian dollar store ice cream pop-shaped calculators.
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