Good morning friends and happy Friday!
I hope you had a great week. I did, I have been busy with doctors appointments and fixing things around the house (mainly a broken oven and a sick child). Anyway, the week is over and we are all very excited for the weekend, because as I told you last week, we are going to host a big party in our back yard, it will be fun and almost everything is ready!
Today I wanted to talk a little about women`s bathing suits, since Summer is fast approaching and I am very excited for it! Do you like to go to the beach? I love it, it is my absolute favorite Summer activity and it is not very far from where we live, so I always try to sneak in a trip to the beach in the weekend. I have to say that I don`t even like to go into the ocean, it is freezing here, my favorite thing would be to just lay in the sun, but since I had kids I realized that that activity was no longer allowed, or not for a long period of time, because I would get a guest jumping on my belly, or buckets of sand and water thrown at me! But I enjoy the beach anyway, I just watch the kids play, I will play with the sand with them and take pictures, I like to stroll along the beach or go on a shell hunt with them.
Back to the bathing suits: I have always enjoyed wearing bikinis, essentially because the one pieces were not really in and because they had me sweat so much! But after having three kids and especially after my twin pregnancy, my belly suffered a lot from the big stretch of the skin and has been left with extra skin, an humbilical hernia and diastasis recti (which is essentially a separation of the abs, which gives my belly a weird shape). All of this is fine, don`t get me wrong, but I realized that right now I feel better and more confident wearing a one piece swimsuit and I actually found some pretty cheap, cute ones that I wanted to share with you.
So, let`s start:
1-MESH INSERT BANDEAU ONE PIECE SWIMSUIT (TARGET $ 39.99):
I got this swimsuit last year and I still like it a lot. I tend to get bandeau swimsuits because I don`t like when I get a tan with stripes on the top part of my body. This swimsuit is very breezy because the mesh is very light and I don`t get too hot in it!
2-WOMEN CROCHET FLOUNCE BANDEAU ONE PIECE SWIMSUIT (TARGET $ 39.99):
I purchased this suit this year, not long ago, before our trip to Florida. I just wore it a couple of times but I really like it! I love the extra fabric on top, which creates a nice movement. The nice thing about this swimsuit is that it has rouches on the belly, so it conceals pretty well the extra weight that some moms carry in their mid section!
3-CROCHET TANKINI
I have to say, tankinis are not my favorite style, in fact this particular swimsuit is my least favorite, but I still like it. I can`t find the exact same as the one that I have at Target, but I found a similar one. I like the top because it doesn`t stick to my body: it has extra fabric that creates drapes on the belly area. I got a pair of very simple midrise bikini bottoms that work very well with it. I can`t find the same bikini bottom, but I found a very similar high rise option at Target.
4-ONE SHOULDER RUFFLE SWIMSUIT (AMAZON, $ 29.99):
I got this swimsuit this year too in April and tried it only once, but I love it! It is pretty inexpensive, the material seems good and thick and it comes in many many colors. It is on Amazon prime, so it should be delivered very fast if you are a Prime member. As you might have seen, all of the other bathing suits I got are in black, but with this I wanted to try a brighter color, so I went with the royal blue! The only thing is that the sizing is a little tricky and after I got a small one and exchanged it for a bigger size, it is still a little tight, so make sure to follow the measurements on the website.
So, I hope you enjoyed this little swimsuit post, I will let you know if I find other nice pieces, in the meantime I wish you a very fun, relaxing weekend and I will meet you here next week!
Anna
