This Halloween there were a lot of really good Halloween costumes that I saw. Some of my favorites included Rio birds, Justin Bieber, and Serena and Blair from ‘Gossip Girl’. Now these were my favorite costumes that I saw but Halloween costumes and what’s popular change every year, so for this article I am going to be talking about what the most popular costumes were this season.
This season the top five costumes were all from the same TV show. The TV show is ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’. This show is really popular among kids, and is the most watched TV show for kids as of right now. Rumi, Zoey, Mira, Jinu, and Baby Saja are in the order of popularity from one to five.
After all of these characters, Chicken Jockey from ‘Minecraft’ is the next popular costume.
After that it is Labubus. Labubus have become very popular among the Gen-Z generation, and can be found at lots of different stores.
Another really popular costume idea is Elphaba and Glinda from ‘Wicked’. This was seen with people of all ages, and with the new ‘Wicked’ movie coming out that makes this a lot more popular and exciting.
Overall, this Halloween we saw a lot of different Halloween costumes, some that were new ideas and some that were old ideas. Either way Halloween is a great holiday that allows people to be creative and express themselves and who they are in many different ways. A lot of the time people make Halloween out to be a holiday just for kids, but it is not. Halloween is for everyone. People just celebrate in many different ways whether it is trick-or-treating, going to parties, or being the one to hand out candy. Halloween is a holiday for everyone, and a great time of year.
Good hygiene is essential for both your physical and mental wellbeing. It holds multiple practices, starting from handwashing to brushing your teeth.
Hygiene helps prevent spreading harmful bacteria, infections, and viruses. That makes it the best and easiest disease prevention technique.
Without proper hygiene, people become susceptible to widespread health issues. This could be the common cold or more serious illnesses like the flu.
Dental Hygiene
Dental hygiene is one of the key factors to keeping good hygiene.
This begins with brushing your teeth at least twice a day, both morning and night. Along with brushing comes flossing and mouthwash to help remove plaque and prevent gum infections.
Poor dental hygiene leads to cavities, gum infections, and in serious cases heart conditions.
Having regular checkups and cleanings with dentists play a crucial role in your dental hygiene because even if you can’t feel it, you never truly know what’s going on in your mouth.
Body Hygiene
Body hygiene is keeping the body clean.
The most important aspect of body hygiene is bathing or showering regularly. This helps remove the dirt, excess oils, and sweat you’ve built up over the previous days.
Showering and changing into clean clothes daily help reduce the risk of skin infections, including acne or fungal infections.
Proper body hygiene also builds confidence and comfort in your wellbeing. Feeling fresh and clean positively impacts your interactions with others.
Hand hygiene
Hand hygiene is one of the most effective methods to prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses.
Washing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds already helps remove disease, dirt, and viruses that could cause illness.
Using this method is really important after using the bathroom, handling food, or being in public areas.
Throughout the day you touch many infected surfaces such as your phone, toilets, doorknobs, and tables. These surfaces have harmful bacteria that could be washed off with soap and water.
Nail Hygiene
Nail Hygiene is very important but it is an overlooked part of personal hygiene.
It involves keeping your fingernails and toenails trimmed, clean, and strong. Nails should be free from bacteria and dirt.
Nails can easily trap germs that you pick up from everyday activities if they’re not cleaned regularly. These germs can enter your body through eating/drinking or when touching your face. They can also enter through cuts and wounds.
Poor nail hygiene can lead to infections like, stomach aches, paronychia, and buildups of bacteria.
Cleaning and trimming your nails regularly helps prevent issues like infections or stomach aches, and also helps your nails grow strong and healthy.
Clothing Hygiene
Clothing hygiene means wearing, cleaning, and changing clothes regularly. After sweating from physical activities our clothes absorb our sweat and oil from our skin including dirt and dust throughout the day.
If you continue to wear unwashed clothes regularly, not only will it give you a bad odor it will also lead to skin irritations and or bacterial infections.
Clean clothes help prevent health problems but they also help with boosting self esteem and presenting a positive image to others.
Ear Hygiene
Ear hygiene focuses on cleaning, managing earwax build ups, and cleaning the outer part of our ears.
Wiping the outside of our ears with a damp cloth or paper towel helps remove dirt and excess wax. Doing this regularly prevents itchy buildups and helps keep our ears clean.
Inserting cotton swabs/q-tips or fingers into our ears can push the wax in further leading to an uncomfortable buildup and ear infections. It can also damage our hearing if pushed further.
It is recommended by doctors to use an earwax remover tool to remove ear wax build ups. The tool is in the shape of a tiny spoon which helps safely remove earwax and not push the wax forward.
Maintaining good ear hygiene prevents discomfort, infections, and hearing problems.
Overall, good hygiene is essential for preventing the spread of illness, staying healthy, and keeping a better image. Making these habits a regular part of your daily life and routine will improve your physical and mental wellbeing.
The term fashion icon is used quite a lot, but what actually makes someone a fashion icon? Surely, everybody has their own opinion on what makes someone a fashion icon, but Google defines it as “a person whose unique and recognized style has a significant impact on fashion trends and culture…”.
Going off of that definition, my mind immediately goes to Marylin Monroe, one of the most popular and classic fashion icons of her day. Marylin Monroe broke barriers back in the 1950s, where fashion for women was often very restricted and modest. She created a whole new world of opportunities for how women present themselves to the world.
I’m sure at the time, Marylyn’s style was critiqued for its boldness just as much as it was praised, but she truly did shift women’s fashion in such a powerful way. It was the start of women being able to embrace their own body and femininity in what they wear. She’s classic, and her fashion marks a turning point for women in history.
Another woman that comes to my mind when talking about fashion icons is Princess Diana. Diana’s fashion is known for being simple and modern, but there’s also a bit of rebellion to it. Being a part of the royal family, expectations were obviously set on how she dressed and presented herself, and she challenged that by wearing a pant-suit set once.
A lot of people still take inspiration from her looks, and admire her fashion for how she subtly gave messages through it. One of her most popular looks, known as the “Revenge Dress” is often labeled that way due to how her husband, Prince Charles, confessed his infidelity on national TV the same night she wore the dress.
Both of these icons have changed women’s fashion since their times, but what about modern fashion icons?
Zendaya Coleman is one of today’s most influential fashion icons, and beloved by many. Even though she started as a Disney Channel star, Zendaya has moved on to much bigger things in her career, and is often always wowing critics and fans alike with her looks.
Zendaya is always making a statement with her fashion, and has even won the Council of Fashion Designers of Americas Fashion Icon Award. Her fashion sense is constantly changing and evolving, but one thing that I think makes it stand out more is that she doesn’t label it. Zendaya herself has stated that she doesn’t have a personal style, and I think that’s what makes it so good. She doesn’t put herself in a box of what fits her style and her look, she just wears what she wants, and it’s always amazing.
To many, hobbies can be a fun way to express yourself by learning a new skill that gives you joy. However, you might not know where to start if you want to learn a new hobby. In this article, I will give you multiple examples of hobbies that you can try.
Art
Art is a popular kind of hobby that allows you to express your creative side. This can include things such as painting, sculpting, and drawing. Art can be a relaxing activity for anyone to try. Art comes in so many different forms, you can experiment with the different kinds of art that you can create. Art doesn’t always have to involve paint, ink, or lead. It also includes activities such as knitting, crocheting, or making jewelry. These are also great options if you don’t like the messier side of creating art.
Personally, I think that art is one of my favorite hobbies, and I love doing different kinds of artwork. I highly recommend this kind of hobby to anyone looking to explore their creative side.
Games
Though this hobby is a broad term, it can refer to both board games and video games. Learning a new type of game can be a fun hobby to do as it can help build strategic skills, or you can play completely for fun. Some board games include: chess, Battleship, checkers, or card games. I personally enjoy learning a lot of card games, as it can be fun to learn the different rules of the games. Video games have a nearly endless amount of different categories.
I recommend this kind of hobby to anyone wanting to incorporate their thinking and mental skills into their hobby more.
Sports
Sports is a very popular hobby, and is essentially available to everyone who wants to play. There are many different types of sports to choose from, but popular ones include: soccer, basketball, football, and baseball. Sports is a great hobby to try as there are many different kinds of sports to play, and it can help you stay physically active as well as being able to build communication skills with your teammates.
Music
Music is a great hobby to try, as learning to create or learn music can help improve several different skills. You can learn to play a new instrument, learn to sing, or even compose your own songs. Music is pretty similar to art in my opinion, as creating music itself can be interpreted as a form of art by combining creativity and emotion into the music.
Music is a fun hobby to try if you like listening to music or if you have ever wanted to sing or learn a new instrument.
Cooking / Baking
Creating food is a hobby that I highly recommend if you want to learn more about exploring the many different kinds of food. There are millions of recipes online and in books that you can find, and you can even experiment with creating your own recipes. Creating a meal is an important part of life, and I believe that it’s important to know how to cook in order to provide for yourself or your family.
I hope that this article informed you about some of the different kinds of hobbies, and inspired you to try one out. I think it is a good idea to try out different types of hobbies, as you might find something that you really enjoy doing.
The most popular mall in America is the Mall of America. This mall has endless options to shop with 520 stores. There are also many different places you can eat with 50 different restaurants.
They have great entertainment including a movie theater, an aquarium, escape room, Crayola Experience, and an amusement park inside the mall. The amusement park has 24 rides including a roller coaster that goes around the enclosed atrium of the mall. The aquarium holds 1.2 million-gallons and has sharks, stingrays, giant sea turtles, and many other creatures. There is a glass tunnel that can go from one end of the aquarium to the other, which is around the same length as a football field.
The Mall of America is huge so in case you ever get lost they have these directories that show you where to go.
Here are some more facts about the Mall:
The Mall of America can also be called the MOA.
The MOA is the largest mall in the U.S. it has more than 2,779,242 million feet of shops, entertainment, and restaurants.
This mall is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world, as it annually attracts over 40 million visitors.
It first opened in 1992, which was on the site of something previously called Metropolitan Stadium, where the Minnesota Vikings and Twins teams once played.
Around 4 out of 10 visitors that go to the Mall of America are tourists. Almost more than twice as many people as the world’s largest amusement park, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World have visited the MOA.
Some of the original plans for this mall included an indoor submarine ride and a convention center, but all of these plans later were eliminated due to cost. It was co-developed by the Ghermezian family who lived in Edmonton, Canada. This family also developed the largest shopping mall in North America called the West Edmonton Mall.
The MOA is very large so if you’re visiting it might be nice to request a free visitors kit before you go.
The 1950’s fashion was glamorous, elegant, and well-groomed, with a clear divide between men’s and women’s styles. New materials like nylon, polyester, and spandex were introduced, as well as designers like Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, and Cristóbal Balenciaga.
The women in the 1950’s usually wore their hair in a bouffant, which is one of the most iconic styles of the 50’s.
They had a variety of clothing, including dresses, skirts, pants, blouses, and sweaters but the most popular style for women in the 1950’s was the “New Look” characterized by a cinched waist, full skirt, and a feminine silhouette, often associated with the iconic gray felt poodle skirts that emerged with white Bobby socks and saddle shoes; a style that was popularized by Christian Dior.
1960-
Art by Charlotte Bistodeau
The 1960’s fashion scene was diverse and broke many traditions, with styles influenced by youth culture, space exploration, and Eastern cultures. It was characterized by a variety of styles , including tailored skirts, mini skirts, and bold prints. The First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy’s, style influenced early 1960’s fashion. Tailored skirts with stiletto heels, shift dresses which were simple, and geometric dresses were popular as well. Evening gowns, which were full-skirted gowns with low or boat necklines, worn for evening events, and capri pants were also popular options for women and girls.
Whether hair was curly, straight, or wavy, volume and height were the main goals making the hairstyle beehive the most popular updo.
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Art by Charlotte Bistodeau
In 1970’s the fashion was a mix of styles that included hippie, disco, and punk. The most popular style in the 1970’s was the disco look, characterized by tight, shiny clothing like spandex and jersey wrap dresses, platform heels, and bold accessories, particularly popular in the mid-to-late part of the decade. This style was embraced by both men and women.
Some of the popular hairstyles that were worn with the disco look were the shag an unstructured, layered, and textured style that was popular with actors and musicians. Also popular was feathered hair, a style that was made famous by Farrah Fawcett and features brushed-out hair on the sides to create volume.
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Art by Charlotte Bistodeau
The 1980’s fashion scene was a decade of bold fashion including bold colors, volume, and experimental styles. The most popular style in the 80’s was a “bigger is better” aesthetic which was characterized by bold/neon colors like neon pink and lime green; these colors were popular in clothing and accessories. Big hair, shoulder pads, bright makeup and over-the-top silhouettes were also part of “bigger is better”.
Some other popular fashion trends were leather jackets, studded and spiked jackets inspired by punk rock; denim jackets which were often wore with patches and pins; mini skirts, often made from Lycra or leather; and leg warmers, made popular by the films Fame, Xanadu, and Flashdance.
The most popular hairstyles worn with these styles were big voluminous perms, mullets, Jheri curls, and high ponytails.
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Art by Charlotte Bistodeau
The 1990’s fashion was diverse and rebellious with many styles and trends. The most popular styles being grunge, influenced by bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam leading to a casual chic look of flannel shirts, ripped jeans, and rugged boots and the minimalist look, which was marked by mini skirts, blazers, clean lines, and simple elegance that included preppy prints (for reference, see the movie ‘Clueless’ made in the mid 1990’s).
Lastly, Hip-hop culture influenced the style of the time, with baggy pants, baseball caps, and XXL T-shirts. This style was characterized by baggy clothing, sportswear, and sneakers. Hip-hop artists like Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G became style icons during this era, popularizing trends that influenced a generation of fans.
“The Rachel,” a layered, face framing haircut made famous by Jennifer Aniston’s character on the TV show ‘Friends’ was considered the most iconic 90’s hairstyle. Some other popular hairstyles were bouncy curls and hair accessories such as scrunches, butterfly clips, and hair beads.
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Art by Charlotte Bistodeau
Fashion in the 2000’s was characterized by a mix of styles including prominent low-rise jeans, baggy clothing, graphic tees, hip-hop influenced looks, capri pants, trucker hats, dresses over jeans, velour tracksuits, a mix of bright colors and metallic accents, with a heavy emphasis on designer bags. Trends were often inspired by music subcultures and a global mashup of vintage styles making it widely recognized as the Y2K aesthetic.
Popular hairstyles in the 2000’s were zig-zag parts, spiky buns, side-swept bangs, and the most iconic one was the pouf hairstyle.
2025-
Art by Charlotte Bistodeau
Fashion trends now haven’t changed much from the 2000’s except for being more modernized. Many popular fashion trends currently are baggy clothing, asymmetrical patterns, belts, bomber jackets, denim skirts, low-rise jeans, cargos, jerseys, and lots of accessories. Some of the most popular/well known styles are grudge, coquette/preppy, old money/quiet luxury a minimalist style creating an expensive look, acubi, and Y2K staples which include low-rise jeans, bubble skirts, and other Y2K styles which are popular with Gen Z.
There are many popular hairstyles but the most popular ones are curtain bangs, slick back hairstyles, butterfly cut, wolf cut, jellyfish cut, and layers.
Highway 61 in Fall, Minnesota by: Sharon Mollerus courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Fall is a very colorful and festive time of year in Minnesota. Whether you enjoy the local festivals, hiking through the vibrant landscapes, or picking pumpkins, Minnesota offers something for everybody!
Seeing the colorful leaves by the North Shore
One of the best ways to experience Minnesota’s fall scenery is to go up to the North Shore of Lake Superior. The scenic drive across Highway 61 offers breathtaking views of the colorful trees against the sparkling lake. Popular spots like Split Rock Lighthouse and Tettegouche State Park provide many hiking trails and lookout points, perfect for spotting all of the beautiful colored trees and the wildlife Minnesota has to offer.
2. Visit a Pumpkin Patch
Fall in Minnesota wouldn’t be complete without a trip to a pumpkin patch. Many farms in Minnesota open their fields for pumpkin picking and offer a fun experience for the whole family to enjoy. Places like Afton Apple Orchard and the more northern, charming Pine Tree Apple Orchard not only provide pumpkins but also corn mazes, hayrides, and plenty of freshly baked goods.
3. Explore State Parks
Minnesota is home to many state parks that come alive with fall colors. Parks like Gooseberry Falls and Itasca State Park offer amazing views, animal sightings, and hiking trails. If you’re looking to hike, bike, or enjoy a picnic surrounded by the colorful leaves, these parks can provide the perfect day to experience the fall weather.
4. Attend a Fall Festival
Fall festivals in Minnesota are an awesome way to take in the fall season, celebrating everything from harvests to the local arts. The Minnesota Harvest Festival & Ghost Stories, in the Twin Cities, is a highlight, varying from farm activities to crafts and live music. Other festivals, like Applefest, in La Cresent, which mainly focuses is apples, also has everything from arts and crafts to pie eating contests. These events are a great way to immerse yourself in the local culture.
5. Experience State Fair’s Fall Activities
Though the Minnesota State Fair is mostly known for its end of summer fun, many of its attractions and vendors continue to celebrate during fall. Keep and eye out for events at the fairgrounds, like apple and pumpkin-themed dishes to local crafts. The fair’s iconic food vendors often showcase seasonal flavors.
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