How to have an Aesthetic Mediterranean Summer

by Mariana Gomes Ramalho

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I bet you have seen a lot of neutral aesthetic pictures all over your Instagram and Pinterest before.

Here you can find simple ways to make your summer look and feel like that beautiful pictures. But remember that social media is not always real and what matters is what you feel.

1. Follow pages on social media that post this kind of content

Some Instagram accounts I suggest are:

• @emitaz

• @hannaschonberg

• @josefinehj

• @clairerose

• @fvlyacelik

• @fakander

• @pushaesthetic

• @roseinc

• @channelbeju

• @aninebing

• @mathildegoehler

• @matildadjerf

• @madebytopic

• @anitadacosta

• @thejournal2000

• @bohemiamoregirl

Matilda Djerf summer picture

2. Make Pinterest boards with ideas for your perfect aesthetic summer

This will help your vision. Put places you would like to visit, food to make, bags to buy, decoration ideas to change your space this summer, shoes and clothes and bath suits.

3. Invest in neutral pieces

Use simple and soft clothes that you are comfortable in. Some good options are white dresses and neutral sets, floral dresses, elegant sandals, light jeans, sunglasses, gold jewelry, and brown/pastel bags.

Here are some Pinterest pictures to inspire you:

Some stores where you can shop this kind of stuff are:

• Zara

• Zara Home

• Oysho

• Lecapsole

• Djerf avenue

• Revolve

• Anine Bing

• Cult Gaia

• Mango

• Chloé

• Lowe

• Celine

• Monday Swimwear

• Tropic of C

• Vitamin A

• matteau

• BAZILIKA

• Hermès

4. Beauty

Change to a simple skincare routine with more gel-based products; use fewer makeup products and take good care of your hair.

• Use a simple gentle cleanser, use AHA's to gently exfoliate and brighten your skin, use hydrating but lightweight serums, brightening gel moisturizers, and always sunscreen.

• Dry brush your body and use oil to hydrate and make you glowy.

• Do hydrating and detox face masks and use lifting face tools.

• Always use hydrating masks and oils on your hair since you are gonna spend a lot of time in the sun and on the beach.

• Use a salt spray on your hair to give you beach waves.

• Your makeup should be simple and give you a glowy sunkissed look so use face mists, highlighter, blush, and maybe some bronzer if you want a little more tan look.

One important thing if you want a summer look is change to creams and liquids, they will stay more time on your face and look more natural. Also, put blush on your nose for the ultimate sunkissed skin.

If your skincare products are aesthetically pleasing it make you feel more fancy and relaxed too.

Use buns and brains to look cute and elegant.

Brands I recommend:

• Rare Beauty

• Nudestix

• Ouai

• Ren

• Caudalie

• Bareminerals

• Rituals

• Milk

• Bioderma

• Avène

• Benefit

• Kiko Milano

• Neutrogena

• Loreal

• Chanel

• Kora organics

• Biossance

• Truebotanicals

• Tata Harper

• Clarins

• Dr. Barbara Sturm

• The Ordinary

• Rms

• Osea

• Summer Fridays

• Saie

• Playa

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5. Prioritize self-care whatever that means to you

It doesn't need to be taking a long bath and drinking tea and meditating, it can be reading a book, going out with your friends, buying some magazines and flowers to decorate the house, doing your makeup, or taking pictures of beautiful flowers on the street.

Just know that if you want the perfect summer you need to feel your best.

6. Workout

Working out should not be to change the way your body looks but to take care of your body.

It is really important that you listen to your body and rest but it is also very important that you move your body a little bit every day. If you don't want to do really hard exercises try going on a walk with your friends or even alone to reflect on your thoughts and meditate.

7. Food

One of the most important things for an aesthetic summer is food and drinks. Good-looking food and drinks are not only for the Instagram pictures but also for your eyes. I mean doesn't make you feel good when you go to a restaurant or you make food at home and the meal and the table look really beautiful?

8. Spend quality time on the beach, pool and restaurants, and museums

Museums are great places to learn more about history and art about a country, restaurants are great to make your body feel happy and beaches, pools, and gardens are great places for meditation, reading books, spending time with your friends and family, making picnics, relaxing and having fun, oh and also taking beautiful pictures to capture great moments.

9. The place where you are staying should make you feel happy and relax

No matter if you are going to spend your vacations at home, in a hotel, choose places that are decorated and have things to do that you want on a vacation because you are going to spend time there and sometimes you can find great places on a budget. If you are staying somewhere you hate, how are you gonna have your perfect relaxing aesthetically summer?

So get ready to level up your house decoration this summer.

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