Summer Essentials

Tomorrow I leave for Greece for the summer. I'm going to stay until August, so I have to take a lot of stuff with me. I thought I talk a little bit about my top 5 essentials that I'll take with me this summer.

The first one is about skin care. I have very sensitive skin especially around my eyes, so a lot of make-up wipes cause me an allergic reaction. I found one though, not too long ago, that I use even daily and that hasn't irritated my skin until now. I'm talking about the Korres cleansing & make-up removing wipes. Korres is a Greek brand that uses natural ingredients. You can get their products online, but I think in Europe you can also find them in drugstores. These make-up wipes helped me a lot! I used to get puffy eyes all the time and I am pretty sure that the reason was the make-up wipes I used and not the eyeshadow.

The wipes are with Milk Proteins, Jojoba, Macadamia and Corn oil. They have no mineral oil and no silicone and they're dermatologically & ophthalmologically tested. I just wanted to put that in there for everyone who is interested!

For people with many skin allergies (like me) these wipes are a great solution.

Korres is a bit pricey, but personally if I see good results, I'm willing to spend my money on it.

A nice new nail polish with a summery colour is next on the list! I bought the Essie in the shade “Lapiz of Luxury“. It is a nice pastel blue colour which I never had before! I actually just painted my nails with it and now I'm typing with pastel blue nails :P

I really love Essie nail polishes. With 2 coats you are good to go for 3 days. The colour of this particular shade came out beautifully on my nails and I'm really happy that I bought it for the summer. I'm the kind of girl who always paints her nails black no matter what season. I just think it goes with everything!!

My friends always told me to paint them something different once in a while and as a result I painted them dark blue or dark green hahahaha

For them it was no difference of course! The last year I'm testing out different colours and I'm actually liking it. I even painted them red and I was amazed how good it looked!! So from now on I have to widen my collection :) Not another reason to buy beauty stuff pfff ;)

When I'm at the beach I like to read and of course listen to music, but at least one book is an essential for me! I also will be flying alone this time so a book keeps me from getting bored on a plane. I read “The fault in our stars“ by John Green not too long ago and I loved it. Not only the story but also the way it is written. So I thought I try another one of his books. I went into my local bookstore and saw that he actually has a few...I couldn't decide of course, but finally went with the “Looking for Alaska“. I read through the blurb and maybe the first 2 pages and this one was the one that stood out to me. I don't know why....or maybe I do know...I'm always reading through some pages when I'm about to buy a new book and if it sounds intriguing or I get the feeling that I want to read more or even if something from the little excerpt that I read, stands out, I will buy it. That's the little test I always make. I've learned to not judge the cover or even the blurb, because the author doesn't write it himself. That way I have more books in my shelves that I read till the end and not just the first 20 pages! :) Sooo “Looking for Alaska“ it'll be for this summer!

Talking about beaches...I hate it when my hair is everywhere when I'm trying to tan. In Greece it's so hot in the summer and when you're tanning you're also sweating and your hair gets stuck on your neck or your back ughh I have a lot of hair!!

Anyways I found this cute little headband at Primark the other day and thought it would be perfect for the beach. I love how the red is so dark that it goes perfectly with my dark brown hair!!

And last but not least a pair of these super comfy sweat-shorts (I don't know how else to call them)! I'm going to wear them when I'm running. I'm going to travel in them tomorrow. I'm going to put them on on a relaxing home-day. So many ways to use them....makes them automatically essential. I am a very comfy person. I never wear jeans or pants at home! I have more sweatpants than normal pants...I don't know what's wrong with me hahahaha but I can't!! Soo these are....let's just say I'm going nowhere without them XD

These were my top 5 essentials for this summer! I probably should have put on the list a bikini and sunscreen, but these are two things I still have to look for! :)

M