One of the many joy’s of living in California- on Tuesday, I frolicked down the beach in Malibu then went snowboarding for the day in Big Bear on Wednesday. There’s nothing quite like the beach during winter though. It’s calm, deserted yet warming all at the same time.

As soon as this little one piece cutie came in the mail from Lulu’s (ad) I fell in love love LOVE. I wanted to save it for my Mexico trip next month but it was too damn good to make it wait until then. So here we are, soaking up some winter sun on the beach at the end of January + loving every single minute of it.

Photos: Hope Kindred Photo

Thankful for St Tropez for making my pale ass look like I sat in the sun for a week straight in Hawaii (similar to the dreams i’m constantly having)! I’ve talked about this on my stories a bunch but if you’re new here- I use their Classic Tanning Mouse on my entire body (besides my legs) then I use their Extra Dark from the waist down because for some ODD reason, my legs don’t hold the color as well. I use their mitt (ride or die and I would never apply my mouse without it) to apply the mouse and sleep with it on overnight. It’s the HOLY GRAIL. Trust Trust Trust. Here's the unfiltered before and after I shared on my stories a couple weeks back. PALE AF to TAN AF. P.S. this isn’t sponsored I just LOVE a good self tanner and preventing wrinkles, duh!