Summer is well and truly heading our way (hello, heatwave) and with it comes a whole host of new beauty buys. We usually stock up on sun lotions, after-sun, new hair products, and revamp our make-up bags for a brand new season. But what of the summer beauty buys that we used to rely upon years ago, summer after summer? There are a handful of summer specific products out there, the sight and smell of which can transport us back to the carefree summers of our teens and twenties in an instant. We're talking Sun-In, Hawaiian Tropic - the lot!
Who remembers attempting to make their own salt spray at home, purely so that we could spritz it in, scrunch away and desperately try and channel those Kate-Bosworth-in-Blue-Crush vibes? Yep, we thought so. Any product that held a universal appeal way back when is a sure-fire route to revving up those summer vibes today.
Then there's the fragrance factor. Even if you never had the joy of discovering Bobbi Brown's Beach Eau de Parfum when you were younger, one spritz of it today will still send you into a summer spin. It some how manages to bottle those balmy, sun-lotion-infused scents of summer in one glorious coconut-laced scent.
Without further ado we present to you the most nostalgic summer beauty products out there. And here's the best part - they're all still available to buy now. Need a little lift? Need a helping hand to get into the summer spirit? Look no further than these beauties. They're there for the taking.
Nostalgic Summer Beauty Buys
1 of 8Sun-In Hair Lightener Tropical Breeze & Lemon Fresh Combo, £34
Remembering thinking (or wishing?) that a spritz or two of this would give us Giselle-esque blond streaks in our hair? Oh the naivety.
2 of 8Bobbi Brown Beach Eau de Parfum, £52
Somehow Bobbi Brown managed to bottle the smell of summer holidays. Even if you've never worn this before, one spritz will transport you to days filled with sun lotion, beach bags and sun-drenched beaches in seconds.
3 of 8Hawaiian Tropic Protective Dry Oil SPF 15, £6.49
Is it even summer if you can't smell Hawaiian Tropic? It's that sweet heady scent of SPF that comes with an all-round flattering oily sheen. Granted many of us used to think it was sufficiently effective to spritz on SPF 9, but we'll try and forget about that. SPF 15 minimum people!
4 of 8No7 Perfectly Bronzed Bronzing Pearls, £10
Remember when we relied on this little pot of bronze spheres and a big fluffy brush to fake a sunkissed flush? They're still a must.
5 of 8Garnier Summerbody Moisturising Lotion Sun-Kissed Look, £7.99
For many of us this was our first taste of fake tan, and boy did we feel daring. We might make a grab for more high-tech faux tanning options now, but see if the smell of this doesn't transport you back to those graudal tanning days.
6 of 8Charles Worthington Sunshine Mini Shampoo Takeaway, £2.29
What self-respecting holidaymaker dares to walk past an airport Boots without picking up one of these? Affording UV protection for hair in a hand-luggage-friendly bottle...what more could you want?
7 of 8RImmel Sunshimmer Instant Tan, £6.99
We might have picked up a bit of a glow mid-summer but that didn't stop us from piling on even more with this Rimmel mainstay.
8 of 8Bumble and bumble Surf Spray, £10
Right, granted, we might not have had the know-how to purchase Bumble & Bumble's Surf Spray back in the day, but who remembers trying to whip up a DIY salt spray at home? We were all about trying to emulate that Kate-Bosworth-in-Blue-Crush vibe.
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