This ice cream sure looks like a can of Pringles... Shopmium have updated their new member offer, but the good news if it's not Ben & Jerry's, you should still be able to get a completely free product when you join. Claim your free food by using Shopmium – a supermarket cashback app for certain... Continue Reading →
Top 5 money saving apps
You should be regularly saving money for so many different reasons (I’ll go into that later on) so I have a list of 5 apps that are completely FREE to download! They’ll help you to save money or track your savings and keep on top of things. I’ve chosen some money saving apps that actually... Continue Reading →
How to get Nutella for FREE
Follow these easy steps to get FREE Nutella (and much more)
Healthy eating on a budget
Healthy eating on a budget isn't actually that difficult. In this blog post I'm sharing my tips and tricks with you on how I spend less than £30 per week on groceries for 2 adults. Let me start off by saying that what's 'healthy' is different to different people. I won't be sharing meal ideas... Continue Reading →
Make extra money from receipts
Here's a simple way to make extra money from receipts. Yep, that's right...you can actually make money from the things you've already bought. I know you've probably read the title of this post and thought to yourself 'surely that's not possible?' but I'm here to tell you that it is! You can make extra money... Continue Reading →
Black Friday deals 2021
This is a short list of Black Friday deals/discounts suitable for the average spender. This is a huge assumption, but generally speaking, big discounts on white appliances, fancy electronics and financed cars won’t be of any interest to the standard student because they cost hundreds or thousands even with a discount. It's... Continue Reading →
Financial New Year’s Resolutions 2022
A list of financial New Year’s resolutions that you can choose or adapt to suit your financial situation and lifestyle whether you need to make money, save money or improve your budgets in 2022! Prefer to watch? Here's the video version of this blog post on sister channel Save Like A Bear. ... Continue Reading →
Top 5 money making apps
You can easily boost your income each month by using apps to make money. Better still, the ones I recommend are completely FREE to download! Before I looked further into money making apps, I thought I would need to spend hours upon hours each day on my phone in order to make any money. It's... Continue Reading →
11 affordable, reusable and eco-friendly alternatives on Amazon
This is a list of eleven products which are affordable, reusable and eco-friendly alternatives to non-recyclable plastic or single use products. Let’s save money whilst saving the planet! If you follow Student Skint on Instagram, you may have noticed a history trying to become more environmentally friendly and conscious of sustainability, specifically when it comes... Continue Reading →
What is Second Hand September?
Every week, 13 million items of clothing end up in landfill. We live in a very wasteful and throwaway culture and Second Hand September is trying to help tackle this. Not only is buying second hand a great way to save money but you also help save the planet because it's not supporting... Continue Reading →
How to start an Etsy shop
This is a guest post by fellow blogger and Etsy shop owner Laura, about how to start an Etsy shop especially as a student or busy young adult and how her Etsy business has created additional income. I’m Laura from www.thriftylondoner.com, and I started my small Etsy craft business 3 years after I... Continue Reading →
Make money from your unwanted things
Top 5 online selling sites & apps to help you get extra money
Pros and cons of doing an apprenticeship
What are the pros and cons of doing an apprenticeship whether you're done with studying, or you've had a go at another career? The below was written by the site's previous owner Katie, and I've preserved her story as an eye-opening example of the opportunities apprenticeships can provide. Prefer to watch? Here's a video... Continue Reading →
8 FREE things to do in Summer
So, it’s Summertime and you have a couple months of freedom. It can be difficult to stay occupied whilst also keeping your bank balance happy so here’s a few ideas of free things to do in summer with friends (or family, or alone). In England, summertime is very unpredictable. If it's sunny and hot... Continue Reading →
How to get free stuff without surveys (UK)
Here's six epic ways to consistently get free stuff without surveys (UK) and a list of the freebies you could get in just ONE YEAR. If you've follow Student Skint on Instagram for a time(@studentskint), you’ll have seen on Stories a regular haul of freebies, sometimes every day but at least every week. There's even... Continue Reading →