Summertime!

Summer Time Ready

🌺 My Top 10 Favorites things to do during Summer Break 🌺

Spending time with my family

Drawing, crafting & painting 

Sketching fashion designs

Going to the beach & pool

Reading books

Sunbathing

Vacationing

Exploring 

Watching movies

And of course always having fun..

Everyone is counting the days to the last day of school, for the bell to ring and summer to officially begin.  I'm ready for summer time with my new Justice swimsuits my mom got me on sale for $15 before Spring break.  (They are on sale now for $15 so hurry before they sell out)  I got to pick out my top 2 favorites and this watermelon tankini was my favorite.  

My straw beach hat is from Dollar Tree, you can pick up a few of them and they have lots of different colors available.  My mom used a bright pink ribbon she had at home to tie this bow and simply uses a couple stitches of thread to secure it.  Wearing a hat in the pool or at the beach is important to protect our face and hair from the damage of the sun.  Don't forget sunblock too, I will have more details below on my favorite Sunblock products.

My grandma got me this super cute watermelon beach chair for Easter at Target.  They also have the coolest watermelon coverup if you like to be all matchy.  This chair is perfect for the beach because it is low to the ground, I simply use a towel where my legs layout to not get sand all over them and it is perfect for relaxing.  

My towel is a Sand Cloud beach towel, if you haven't heard of these you need to check out their website.  They have a lot of fun colors and styles available.  Here I have the Aloe color and I love this style towel because you can use it as a sarong or wrap at the beach.  I just wrap it around my chest then knot the front for a dress like cover up or if you fold it in half wrap around your waist, knot it again and you have a stylish super cute skirt sarong.  Use the code WANDERLUST25 for 25% off and every purchase you make 10% of proceeds is donated to saving/protecting marine life.  Love it,  you can get these really nice towels and help save the fishies.

When playing in the pool I love to have different floats or pool toys.  I have noodles, long floats you can lay on but these are my favorite.  Who doesn't love a donut or swan pool float?  Last year my mom got us these two at Target, they also have a pink flamingo and lots of other cute choices. 

Some of my favorite Summer time essentials for my beach bag, of course sunblock, it is so important to start young with protecting your skin from the harmful rays of the sun.  We live in South Florida and are exposed to the sun every day.  When we go to the beach or pool I always use Ocean Potion clear zinc oxide on my face, it is SPF45 and works so good.  For my body I love this easy to apply Ocean Potion SPF50 Broad Spectrum Spray.  I can apply it myself easily and it not only protects my skin but nourishes it.  You can find Ocean Potion at Walmart, Walgreens, Target, CVS and most stores locally. 

  A hat is also another great way to protect your face especially when in the water, when you are in the water the water reflects sun so you actually are getting more powerful sun so a hat is a must have.  I purchase the dollar store ones so if they get wet in the pool or ocean it isn't a downer if it falls apart or gets ruined.  My final favorite item for summer time after the pool and beach is this handmade Watermelon Lip scrub.  We made these for our mom's at school as their Mother's Day gifts and I love this, my mom also loves it.  It helps remove and dry skin, then polishes your lips leaving them super soft and smelling good.  Below is an easy to use recipe, make sure to ask your parents before making. 

🍉Watermelon Lip Scrub🍉

Ingredients 

•Coconut Oil 1TBS  

•Sugar 1TSP

•Watermelon Flavored Hard Candy 5-6 crushed hard candies 

Crush Watermelon candy in small bowl, add coconut oil and sugar, then mix.  If you want to have cute little containers to store it in we found these at the Dollar Tree and you can also find other small containers or jars at Hobby Lobby or other local craft stores.  

Candies we have used for this recipe that work amazing:

I hope you have enjoyed a few of my favorite things for summer time and essentials.  We have officially one week and 3 days after Memorial Day weekend left before schools out for summer.  I can't wait and I'm even more excited to share my summer adventures with all of you.  

Stay Creative and Kind Always, 

Paityn

Where to shop:

Straw Hat:  Dollar Tree

Watermelon Beach chair:  www.Target.com

Justice Watermelon Tankini:  www.shopjustice.com

Sand Cloud Towels:  www.sandcloudtowels.com Use code WANDERLUST25 for 25% off with 10% of each purchase donated to saving/protecting marine life.