BIKINI - S E P T E M B E R

September is here - I say to myself "no frickin' way!"  Where did the time go?  I did have an amazing summer though.  Lot's of beach time, lots of family time and lots and lots of  R & R.  Got a tan, designed a collection, learned to make a really really mean Mojito and finally was able to read a book.  Ahhhh summer you were short but sweet and am thankful that Indian summer is just around the corner.

xxoo,

Windsor

BIKINI - T A N L I N E S

Imagine if you will a barren dirt filled, rock clustered backyard with a lone picnic table.  A most desolate undesirable location, but it had hours of sun.  I was a mere teenager seeking the ultimate summer tan. Practically born an albino minus the light eyes - mine are the most dazzling  shade of hazel thank you very much.  Daily I'd trudge down to the backyard with sun tan oil, book and boom box.  I climbed up onto the rickity old picnic table and basked in the hot sun for 1 hour (that was all I could take).  I did a half hour flip from front to back in hopes of turning my winter white skin into a deep dark island tan.  Red is what I was.  Red as a lobster, so not the color I was looking for.  I blamed my English and Irish ancestors, why couldn't we be "black Irish" I wailed in despair.  By the end of the summer I had tan lines - not really a tan but tanner than I had ever been.  September came, school started and I was feeling pretty sun kissed when I heard from behind me "look how white her skin is."  And there sat behind me the two "perfect" girls, (mean girls I might add) with their perfect summer tans.  I cursed them under my breath like any 7th grade girl would, turned around,  looked them in the eye and said "at least I am not a candidate for skin cancer."  Hmmp!

LOVE - S E A P L A S M A

What the hell is Sea Plasma you ask?  I discovered Sea Plasma when I was seventeen years old and working my first job as a tanning salon receptionist.  The boys who owned the flower stand across the way called me over on a particularly hot day and asked me if I wanted a "spritz" of sea plasma..."um yea, sure guys, I think I'll pass".  They said  " No, no, no! just close your eyes and trust us," so as a naive girl of seventeen I closed my eyes and waited for it.  It was the most refreshing, wonderfully smelling mist upon my young face.  Reminded me of the beach and re - hydrated my hair and skin immediately.  I've been hooked every since.  I keep it in the fridge and use it daily after the shower as well as on really hot days when you just can't seem to cool down.  Try it you'll love it.