?I received a sample for this review/feature. Opinions expressed are my own.
Summer is here and although most days we find ourselves just playing around the house nothing gets my girls quite as excited as packing up to actually “go somewhere.” That could just mean down the street to their grandparents house which happens to have a pool and be on a big boating lake, or off to a friend’s house to hang out in their pool for the day or even a weekend trip to the beach. Even when we just “pick up and go” I like to organize the stuff we will need and here are 5 fabulous products perfect for summer fun outside when bathing suits and water are involved.
When packing up to play in the water the first thing I always grab is a towel for obvious reasons. Before this summer I just though a towel was a towel but I have since learned some towels are just better than the rest. Cuddlefish Towel Company has beach-sized towels that only weigh 11 ounces and fold up to the size of an iPad! No more giant bulky towels! This towel is lightweight, thin and ridiculously absorbent!
At their awesome size you can pack a few Cuddlefish towels and still have room for all other essentials in any beach bag, backpack, gym bag, or carry on. In addition, the soft smooth towel is made from the super absorbing power of microfiber. One ultra slim Cuddlefish towel can hold nearly 3 times its weight in water! And what makes it such a great product is that they don?t stay wet for long as you just lay them out in the sun an they dry really quick. With bright and vibrant designs they?re fun to use too!
When traveling to places like Florida that are covered in bugs make sure to bring bug repellent! Trust me on this, even here at the beach you can be eaten alive! BugBand is a line of all-natural bug repellent products that are DEET-FREE to help you against biting insects. They have easy to use wrist bands that repel within a personal space and a whole collection of products that will help in any buggy area. Great by the lake, beach and in my case even in the backyard.
According to?laboratory and field studies?by the University? of Florida in Gainesville,?Geraniol, the naturally-derived active ingredient in BugBand Insect Repellent has been proven effective in repelling a wide variety of insects, including?mosquitoes, house flies, stable flies, horn flies, cockroaches, fire ants, fleas, gnats, dog ticks, lone star ticks, and no-see-ums. This means that?BugBand GERANIOL Insect Repellent?makes a great naturally-derived alternative to DEET insect repellents.
Pretty much anywhere we go that has water my girls will need a change of clothes. Free Like Birdie was created to offer help to parents and caregivers when it comes to packing necessary travel items in a simple and functional way. Their On the Go Series, Quick Change Clothes Bag is great for day trips to the pool.
One side is for clean clothes and includes a printed chart to offer guidelines of what to pack. The other side is for dirty clothes. My daughter thinks it is hilarious that they say “clean” and “dirty” so she always uses it correctly even when she is off without me for the day. Maybe she will be an organizer like I am. All Free Like Birdie products are water resistant, free of lead, BPA, PVC and the pack is made of waterproof material that will keep in odor and moisture.
My oldest likes to think of herself as a mermaid in the water but when doing a ton of swimming she much prefers using goggles or her eyes can get really red from the chlorine. Frogglez are not your average pair of goggles. Frogglez have a neoprene strap instead of rubber so they won’t slip off in the pool or float away with the ocean waves. By far the best part of Frogglez is that hair does NOT get caught on them so there is no tangles! If you have daughters with long hair then perhaps you know my struggle and there have been times I had to cut small strands of her hair to get her goggles off. No more! The new styles are now adjustable with velcro and are sold with a storage pouch bag. Tangle-free swim goggles from Frogglez are a must have swimming item.
Sydney Paige are really awesome backpacks and accessories and for every product sold another one is filled with school supplies and donated to a child in need. It’s the mission at Sydney Paige; to help one child at a time by enriching lives with education and breaking the poverty cycle. Sydney Paige Founder and CEO, Courtney Brockmeyer, started Sydney Paige in order to offer high quality and stylish backpacks to her customers all while giving them the chance to give back and make their purchase go even farther. With backpacks, accessories, and books in addition to fundraising opportunities, Sydney Paige is truly a great organization.
Each item is durable and meant for tough use to last for years. They offer several sized backpacks to accommodate your little on from Little Learners to Young Explorers and World Changers. These bags are spacious and have little pockets all over them and of course my daughter really loves the fun design and colors. A lunchbox is great to pack snacks and drinks for a day by the pool. It is a great feeling knowing that your purchase will ultimately give back to a great cause.
Those are some great products to have on hand for summer fun. I especially like the Towel. Ours are big, bulky, and really weigh you down when wet. Drying quick is what is needed.
I want the towel and the frogz (but they don’t make them for adults, boo, hiss)
My favorite from all these wonderful products it the Tangle-free swim goggles from Frogglez, i have never seen these but these are the coolest googles i have seen, they look so comfy for the kids to wear.
These are all great products! I’d love to try the BugBand GERANIOL Insect Repellent and see how effective it is. Mosquitos are a huge problem in GA in the early morning and late evening hours.