15 Summer Life Hacks 2016!

SUMMER LIFE HACKS BLOG POST!!  

 

Hey guys! 

This week I am going to be doing a blog post on some of the BEST Summer Life Hacks to know, because even though the Summer time is the best time of the year, it can also be the most difficult. Today you will be reading hacks about everything (and I mean EVERYTHING), from ice cream to bed sheets. Yes, bed sheets :) 

 

Food 

 

1; Ice-Cream Softie  

Pop your ice-cream tub into a ziplock plastic bag before putting it in the freezer to help it stay soft and creamy from the ice. I know you NEED to have it cold, but you never want rock hard ice cream and you're always impatient to wait for it to cool down (submit thumbs up here). 

2; Keep Drinking Straws in Place 

Poke your straw through the tab of a fizzy drink can and it will stay in place and not float away like a fish when you're drinking it! 

3; Un-Messy Popsicles 

Poke your lollipop sticks through the bottom of a cupcake liner/case and you immediately have a juice catcher-thingy; and you won't spill your food anywhere! (After trying out this hack I do recommend that you hold the case or balance it on your thumb because it gets a little bit heavy after a while). 

 Skincare 

 

4; Baby Powder... 

Sprinkle baby powder over your body after a long day at the beach, then you can brush off the annoying sand with no skin irritation AT ALL! 

5; Aloe Vera Dream Team 

Mix some Aloe Vera gel (you can find it in any Superdrug or Boots) with some water – no exact measurements, just play with it – freeze it, and ice down your sunburns after a long sunny day in the sun. 

6; Home-Made Sun Tattoos! 

Use peel-off glue or a sticker to get an instant sun tattoo! Make the shape you want, and let it dry. When you tan, the shape you made earlier will stay lighter than the rest of your body and you will have a tattoo! 

 

Beach 

 

7; Sand-Away! 

Take a fitted bed sheet to the beach, have something on each corner and it will stop the sand from getting into your relaxing territory (unless you want it to be there of course). 

8; Beach-Safe 

Carry an empty sun cream or lotion bottle with you on the beach to store valuables like your phone, money and keys. An easy way to keep your things safe! (You can actually put anything in the lotion bottle, only if you don't want anyone to steal it!). 

9; Bag your iPhone! 

When you are at the beach, keep your iPhone or tablet in a ziplock plastic bag. Firstly, you OBVIOUSLY don't want your phone to get wet, and secondly, the bag is see-through, so you can use it anyway! 

 

Makeup/Hair 

 

10; Cut down your savings! 

Instead of buying your usual high end makeup products, why don't you save your money instead? For instance – instead of buying cakey foundation, why not tinted moisturiser? And for blusher, you could buy a 2 in 1 lip and cheek tint. 

11; Keep your Colour! 

Spray Apple Cider Vinegar on your hair daily for a 'lucious lock look' or Lemon Juice to lighten up your colour a little more blonder. I know this such an obvious hack but this is a really easy and natural hack for someone who wants to change the look of their hair. 

12; Polish Bubbles 

Put your nail polish in the fridge a few hours before applying to your fingers. It won't freeze the polish itself but it will prevent you getting bubbles on your finger nails. Problem Solved! 

 

Extra's: 

 

13; Midnight Pool Party! 

Put a few glow sticks in a blow up swimming pool for a bright midnight pool party! (Put if you're going to hold this party, you need to invite me... just kidding!) 

14; Barefoot Biker 

If you ride a bike and you don't want to get mud on your feet... This is the hack for you. Just tie some sponges onto your bike pedals and you won't get one spot of mud on your feet, and you have a cushiony landing! 

15; Frozen Drinks all around! 

You know when you used to put your drink in the freezer the night before a sports day? Well, the best thing to do is only freeze a third of the bottle with water, and then in the morning you can pick whatever drink you would like to put in there and there you go, you have an ice cold drink!

Thankyou guys! I hope you liked this blog post, please comment down below your favourite hack from the blog because I would love to see feedback!

Tune in next week for more Summer blog posts!

-Glamour Girl x

P.S. I will be posting a picture for every one of these blog posts next week, so if you are confused with some of the hacks, look at the pictures and it'll make it easier to understand! x