7 Must-Haves For Your Beach Day
Feet in the sand pictures on my Instagram feed? Must be Spring Break!
Today I want to jump right in and share my 7 must-haves for your beach day. If I can’t be with you catching some rays, I’d love to offer my two cents on what you need to have the perfect day of fun in the sun. Check out my top picks!
A no-breakouts sunscreen
I am all about protecting my skin with sunscreen. I’ve come a long way from baking myself in baby oil on the back patio. (Oh, high school.) One of my life goals is to be 60 years old with zero wrinkles, so sunscreen is a MUST have.
However, if it’s going to break me out, forget it – I’m just not going. I’ll sit inside on Pinterest and look at pictures of the beach instead of putting on sunscreen and getting a constellation of zits the next day.
My top picks for no-breakouts sunscreen are below. I also use Cetaphil Daily Moisturizer with SPF 15 every day, rain or shine, leaving my house and putting on real pants or not.
Refillable water bottle
It’s crazy important to hydrate if you’re going to be soaking up the sun. If I skimp on my water consumption on a beach day, I will have a heck of a headache later and be no fun for anyone. So…drink up! A cute refillable bottle will be great motivation to keep chuggin that agua.
Long-wear Chapstick
Ok, my lips get sunburnt (and chapped) real bad if I neglect to give them a little love on a beach day! I love my rose salve. I have two tins, one I got from Bath and Body Works and one from Charlotte Russe. I swear by them – happy lips, happy beach day! (Err…well something like that.)
Versatile Coverup
My rule for a coverup is that it has to be good for the beach and for the after-beach meal I’m going to consume. So basically it needs to be beach appropriate, patio dinner appropriate, and a good option for hiding a food baby. Dresses and tunics are the best for beach to dinner!
A hat that’ll look good in photos
Again, protect that pretty face so you can be mistaken for your daughter’s sister when you’re menopausal. (#Goals, am I right?!) A hat is perfect to block the sun, but you want it to be trendy and cute, so that you’re not embarrassed by the pictures that make it to Facebook or Snapchat stories. Floppy sun hats are my favorite – can you tell I’m in to a specific shade this year?
Sunnies….duh.
Can’t forget these lovelies! What is it about sunglasses that makes me feel like I never have enough? Funny thing is is that I’ve bought the same aviator style since like 2007. Oops. I’m wanting to branch out this year and these are my picks!
A catch-all for my must-haves!
Gotta have a cute place to carry all this stuff, right? Right. You’ll want something that, again, can work for that after-beach meal. I love my Jansport-esque backpack, but I know it just isn’t going to look right if I try to walk into a trendy surf n’ turf with it. One of these ought to do the trick!
I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break whether you’re soaking up the sun at the beach or having a Netflix binge at home! (Both are equally as relaxing in my book.) I’ve got one more week till my break, and I’ll (hopefully) be kicking some midterm butt before heading home!
Like the Cristina Was Here page on Facebook as I’ll be sharing some great reading for your break!
X,
Cristina
