Lolli Swim. Sweetness.

Want a sugar fix without spiking your blood sugar? Check out Lolli swimwear, an absolutely delectable line that, to be blunt with no pun intended, is sweet.

Designer Vy Nguyen’s vibrant and bubbly personality imbues the entire collection, resulting in bright colors, patterns, fun cuts, and of course her signature item, the bow on the bum bottoms. Hey bikinis are supposed to be fun, gosh darnit!

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Another way to tie a top

After the last bikini facelift post, I received a bunch of emails asking how I tied the top. I was going to put in the post and for some reason left it out. Yeah. I don’t know why I did that. Oops.

So here you go… It’s an alternative to tying the straps around your neck for a more square/wider set strap look.

*I recommend doing this with the top on backwards. Then flipping it around and putting it on after it’s tied. Yeah. No pics for that step.

1: Take each string that you normally would tie in a bow around your neck, and loop each one around the string that goes across your back one time.

2. Tie the loose ends together of the strings that have been looped - in a double knot or bow - depending on how much string you have to work with.

3. Voila. There’s always more ways to tie a top. Hope this helps.

The Rip Curl Mirage…is now a bikini.

Meet the new Mirage bikini from Rip Curl. Yes I said it…bikini. The famous boardshorts have branched out into bikiniville, and I’m convinced it’s one of the most brilliant bikinis made by a Surf company to date. It’s chic, reversible, flattering (covering juuust enough, but not too much) insanely comfortable, light as air, softer than buttah, yet stays cemented to your body. Needless to say, I’m definitely a huge fan.

Check out the styles at ripcurl.com (along with their rather sweet new my bikini site) and write a thank you note to them later :)

Photos by my brilliant and beautiful pal Rain Umu

Beach Hair 101: Bikini Hair Ties

If you 1: can’t leave the house without some sort of hair tie on your wrist (that’s me) and 2: Have an old, worn out bikini laying around (yup, me too) well you are in luck. Don’t you dare throw away that old bikini, repurpose it and make some fun l’il hair ties.

DIY Bikini Hair Ties:

1: Pull the string out of your bikini top (if using a top)

2: Cut a 1” thick strip of fabric to a length of about 7” long. (Use measuring tape if unsure)

3: Tie the ends in a knot to make a loop.

4: Repeat as much as you can. I got about four 7” strips from a bikini top. You can get a bunch more from a bottom

5: Stack ‘em on your wrist. Tie your hair up, and heck, give one to a friend.