New books, maybe a new pencil case and some pretty pens (let's take a moment for gel pens and the 00s obsession we all shared), even a new bag if you're lucky.
There are many things a student needs when this time of year rolls around, and more often than not it's a case of tapping up the Bank of Mam & Dad with pleas of "I neeeeeeeed it".
Things must have changed
a lot in recent years though, because we can just imagine the reactions of Mammy and Daddy Her if we went asking for a can of Sally Hansen under the heading of "Back to school essential".
According to Dunnes Stores though, you're not truly ready for a new school year unless you have a golden glow...
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UPDATE: 17.05 Representatives for Dunnes Stores have tweeted to say the promotion was an error and is being removed from stores
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