{"id":9402,"date":"2012-05-27T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=9402"},"modified":"2012-05-26T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T15:02:28","slug":"building-the-ultimate-beach-bag-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=9402","title":{"rendered":"Building the ultimate ‘beach bag’ for summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pack light, but pack smart when you head to the shore<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I looooove to go to the beach!\u00a0 It is not officially summer (no matter how high the temperature gets) until my feet are in the sand and I can smell that delicious salt air.<\/p>\n

Not to boast, but I think I may have perfected the ultimate weekend \u201cBeach Bag\u201d by whittling down to these fabulous essentials\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1. It is never a good look to have a caked on full face of make-up when it is 95 degrees and 100% humidity.\u00a0 Keeping a lighter palette in the summer is infinitely more flattering.\u00a0 Put away the dark lip liners and heavy foundation and think \u201cdewy\u201d instead.<\/p>\n

My \u201cmust have\u201d favorite fragrance (Pure Grace by Philosophy), Butter London red nail polish (both available at Chantilly Blue), Too Faced cream blush and eye shadow kit and a Kevyn Aucoin bright lip stain collection (both available at Houpette in Greenville) help to make me feel pulled together without going overboard.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>2.\u00a0 I rotate approximately six JCrew bikinis in vibrant colors all summer long.\u00a0 I love to shop at Target for my cover-up because I inevitably end up staining it with greasy sunscreen or self-tanner.\u00a0 No sense expending lots of cash for something that will be tossed at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>3. When I choose what outfits to bring along, I generally pick either a \u201cbrown\u201d or a \u201cblack\u201d story.\u00a0 That means that over the course of the weekend, I only need to bring a brown sandal or a black one.\u00a0 I know! You are sitting with your mouth open.\u00a0 It\u2019s true!\u00a0 For being openly high maintenance and a shoe lover to boot (ha!), I save room in my overnight bag by reducing the number of shoes that I bring.\u00a0 It makes life much easier, trust me.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>4.\u00a0 I pack\/wear minimal jewelry to the beach.\u00a0 I LOVE these new PowerBeads by jen (available at Chantilly Blue) with the little crab charm! There may be a joke in there somewhere for why I would prefer a crab charm to any other sea creature\u2026.but, I digress\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>5. Sandals are a crucial summer accessory.\u00a0 I have no less than 40 currently sitting on a shoe rack in my closet.\u00a0 It is a problem. \u00a0The two in my bag for this weekend are my cheetah print Sam Edelman\u2019s (similar available at Ashley Austin) and JCrew dark brown gladiators.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget your pedicure!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>6. Lastly, have you seen these monogramed (and we already know how much I enjoy a monogram) tumblers at the Pink Turtle Boutique?\u00a0 SO adorable and if you purchase the hot pink \u201cSavannah Strong\u201d option, proceeds go toward the fight to end pediatric cancer.\u00a0 What a lovely way to stay cool and donate to a VERY worthy cause!<\/p>\n

Wherever you celebrate this glorious Memorial Day weekend, do so with style and sass!\u00a0 And please, share what is in YOUR beach bag in the Comments section below!<\/p>\n

HAPPY SUMMER WEEKEND!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pack light, but pack smart when you head to the shore By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com I looooove to go to the beach!\u00a0 It is not officially summer (no matter how high the temperature gets) until my feet are in the sand and I can smell that delicious salt air. Not to boast, but I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,7],"tags":[290,255,1360,406],"class_list":["post-9402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-beach","tag-fashion","tag-sandals","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}