Beach Beauty Essentials For Weary Mama’s

Traveling anywhere with kids is pretty tough. Traveling to a local beach resort with 3 boys while trying to look glamorous is darn near impossible, but doable as I learned this past weekend.

The Rascals and I were invited to Newport Dunes, a local waterfront resort and marina here in Orange County, Ca. Only thing was that La Bamba had to work that day which meant that I would be on my own with The Rascals at the beach for at least half the day. Perhaps it was the giant mass of water or the tons of sand waiting to be eaten by my baby, but just the thought of it made me exhausted. But how could I pass up a free day at such a fun place or the challenge of showing my other OC Mom bloggers that a weary mama can still look fab without a lot of fuss (because those kids will fuss enough!).

So here are my Beach Beauty Essentials For Weary Mama’s:

I LOVE this sunscreen. It’s a super light wieght lotion that goes on super fast which is especially wonderful because you know how kids hate to put sunscreen on or wait for mama to put on hers. Plus it has organic botanicals to fight that nasty sundamage inflammation. All without that icky, sticky sunscreen feeling!

So officially Jack Black’s Intense Therapy Lip Balm is suppose to be for guys, but really I think they made it for moms. The squeeze tube ensures that you won’t find it all melted in the bottom of your beach bag . The minty fresh sun protection makes this a beach essential! (Note to self: don’t let the baby play with it to keep him quiet because he will bury it in the sand never to be found again.)

A simple white cotton dress is such an easy, fresh look. And when you find such a fab dress 50% off at Kohls, well it’s all the more sweeter! I was trying to muster the courage to ask the owner of that boat behind me if I could take a picture in it. Obviously I chickened out.

I love dirty beach hair! Sea water and sand is the easiest way to get that sexy, bed head, Bridget Bardot look. Of course I must have my trusty straw hat too! I’m totally singing “…at the Copa, Copa Cabana…” as I lounge in my cabana here.

So no matter how diligent you are with the sunscreen, sun damage is bound to happen. That’s why I’m loving Derma-e Age-Defying Lotion in Orange Blossom. It has 2 powerful antioxidants to fight inflammation (which is how the sun damages your skin) and leaves your skin feeling cool and dewy. Oh yes, mama like this.

So those are my beach beauty essentials that will keep you looking glam even when your absolutely exhausted from taking sand out of your children’s crevices.

Here’s a some more photos of our day at Newport Dunes:

This place was SO much fun! I’m normally not a beach kinda’ gal (I know! What kind of a So. Cal. girl doesn’t like the beach?), but Newport Dunes has changed my mind. It’s so much better than the usual go to the beach and bake in the sun. There were so many fun things to do that it was like a mini vacation. Great time and wonderful memories.