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Top 10 Summer Essentials : Over 50 Lifestyle
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May 13, 2024
My top 10 summer essentials in collaboration with The Transatlantic Housewives of Youtube: @BusyBeeMaree @Maria_crocker @tinastalktime and SPECIAL GUEST @CarolineMrsM ************************************************ Products mentioned include: Luxear Cooling Blanket : https://amzn.to/3WElkim (aff link) Gold Bond Friction Defense : https://amzn.to/3QAUcgp (aff link) Audible Membership : https://amzn.to/4b613qp (aff link) Wireless Earbuds : https://amzn.to/3UvWSgv (aff link) ****************************************************************** My mission for The Geordie Grandma is to inspire women over 50 to feel good, look good and enjoy life after 50 through budget fashion, beauty and travel in the UK and abroad.
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Hi everyone, it's Karen from the Jolly Grandma. Welcome back to the Sunday Sunshine Show
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which is as always in collaboration with the Transatlantic Housewives of YouTube. And that
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is Marie from Busy Bee Marie, Maria from Maria Crocker and Tina from Tina's Talk Time. And
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today we have a special guest and that is the lovely Caroline from the channel Caroline
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Mrs M who I'm sure most of you already know. She kindly agreed to join us today so we're
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very excited about that. As usual on a Sunday morning, we all talk about the same topic
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but we put our own spin on it. And this week is Summer Essentials. So once you've watched
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my video and what my 10 Summer Essentials are, you can go across and watch Marie, Tina
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Maria and Caroline to see what theirs are. So I'm just going to jump straight into it
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I've got 10 things that for me are really essential in the summer months. I know we
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don't seem to get a lot of summer in the UK. It is only just starting to get warm now and
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it's May. So let's hope that continues at least for a few weeks. So my first Summer
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Essential is probably the most essential thing ever that I've ever bought. And that is my
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cool blanket. This I think I got this about three years ago, and it has become a real
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must have. I just I couldn't do without it now. It's called an Arc Chill blanket. And
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on one side, you've got the smooth, shiny, cool side. And then if you do, if you do feel
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a little bit chilly, the other side is like a jersey material. But this cool blanket
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I use it if I'm just sitting in the house and it gets too warm. If I'm in bed, I'll
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just throw the quilt off my side of the bed and put the cool blanket over us. And it's
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just it's quite a big blanket. It did come in a few different colours, but I quite like
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the grey. And I think this is a double size. But it is just it cools you down straight
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away and it stays cool. I'm not quite sure how the technology works, but for a woman
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of my age, you know, and especially if you're in menopause or postmenopause and still getting
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hot flushes, this is an absolute boon. I just I couldn't be without it. And if I go on holiday
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I'm going to take it with us next time because I think last time I was away, it got quite
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warm and I could have done with it. So, yeah, a cool blanket is a must have essential. It's
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actually got pillowcases that go with it as well. And I have got those on the bed and
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it's just just so nice during the warmer months. So, yeah, cool blanket, first summer essential
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The second summer essential is a deep moisturising foot pack. It doesn't necessarily have to
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be the Derma V10 one, but I usually do go for these because they are quite nice and
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they're fairly cheap. I think only about a pound. And I think when we start getting into
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sandals in the summer, it's just so, so important to have your feet looking nice, isn't it
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You don't want kind of rough, nasty looking feet if you've got your sandals on. So a deep
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moisturising foot pack. I probably use these a few times through the summer. So it's just
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nice to have them in stock. So that's that one. The third one, sticking with the feet
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theme, is nail polish. I love nail polish on my toes during the summer. I do put it
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on my toes during the winter as well, but you don't really see it. So it doesn't matter
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if it's wearing off or anything like that. I don't have to take it off if I've forgotten
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But through the summer, I do change my toning of varnish regularly. And I really like these
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gel ones. And I think these are from Primark. Yes, they are. P.S. The gel effect. I'm not
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sure if they still have these, but I've got a pink one. I've got a blue one that are really
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nice. I've got a lilac-y colour. And I just bought this orange one, which isn't gel, but
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it is quick dry. And I just think those are quite summery colours and just make your toes
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look really nice when you've got sandals on. So onto the fourth summer essential. And I
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think I heard about this from It's Me Marlene's channel, and it is the Gold Bond Friction
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Defence with aloe. And it soothes, comforts and moisturises rough skin. Now, what I use
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this for is on the top of my thighs. At the top of my thighs, if I'm wearing a dress in
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the summer, because if you are a bit chubbier, maybe your legs tend to rub together and
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it can get quite uncomfortable. And this Gold Bond Friction Defence is the best thing I've
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ever bought for that. It's just like a little bit like a moisturising stick like that. And
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you just rub it on. And it's just, I highly recommend that if you have the problem of
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your legs rubbing together at the top and it causing a bit of discomfort, you maybe
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don't want to wear cycling shorts under a dress all the time. That is really good stuff
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My next summer essential is a sun hat. Now I only tend to wear these when I'm on holiday
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for some reason. I am going to start wearing them sort of in the garden if I'm going for
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a walk in the park. They are really useful. And I tend to get the straw looking ones with
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a band around because I quite like the brim on them. I think it keeps the sun out of your
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eyes as well as the sun off your head. I've got a couple of them. I've got a lighter coloured
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one with a little blue chain around, which has got a floppier brim, which I quite like
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I think I bought both of these while I was on holiday. But I did, I went on, I remember
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going on holiday years ago too. I think I was in Tenerife and we sat in a bar outside
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a pub and had a few drinks and it was really hot and I didn't have a sun hat on and I
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burnt my scalp. So I've never made that mistake again. I always get a sun hat now when I'm
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going on holiday. And if I forget to take it with us, then I just buy another one. But
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they are really handy and definitely part of my summer essentials. The next thing on my summer essential list is Audible, the Audible app. If we're going
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on any car trips anywhere, so if we're going away for a few days in this country and it's
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an hour, two hours, it's really good to have an audio book or a comedy audio to listen
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to when Warren's driving. So I love Audible for that. You can download so many different
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kinds of audio books. We've had, I think we listened to Craig Revel Horwood's autobiography
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which was really interesting. We've had Tom Allen's autobiography. The comedy things we've
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had, we've listened to John Bishop. We've listened to Mickey Flanagan. It's just really
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nice to have something to listen to while you're driving. And it's so easy to download
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something else if you've finished the one you're listening to. So I highly recommend
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Audible if you don't have that. I do recommend it because it is so useful. Useful for in
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the house as well, but specifically if you're going on a trip, really useful. So the next
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summer essential that actually goes with the Audible, that could go with the Audible is
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some wireless earbuds. Now I've just bought these ones recently and these are the Jessabang
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YT18 True Wireless Earbuds. I will leave the links to these things in the description box
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below if I can find them and they're still available. But these, I'm really enjoying
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these little Jessabang earbuds. They come in this lovely little cream case, which is
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a hard, like a hard plastic. And inside is the two little earbuds, the wireless ones
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And these are noise cancelling ones. They're not totally noise cancelling. You can hear
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some noise outside, but they are pretty good. And they just go over your ear. This bit goes
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around your ear and that bit goes in your ear. And they charge up in the box. So you
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can see mine are on 86% at the moment. It comes with a little USB cable so you can charge
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them while they're still in the case. And I just found those really useful, especially
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for I tend to walk more during the summer. It's really nice just to go out for a walk
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pop these earbuds in and I can listen to music as I'm walking. It's quite motivational
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I also find them useful for in the garden during the summer because the houses are quite
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close together on our street. We don't want to be playing loud music or, you know, listening
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to audio books that other people might not want to listen to. So it's really handy to
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have the earbuds for that. So yeah, definitely recommend these earbuds. So the next summer
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essential, this is the eighth summer essential for me, is a cup of iced tea. I love iced
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tea in the warmer months. And I've been using these Adagio teas. This one is a citrus mint
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green iced tea, a well-rounded green tea with the fresh zest of lemon and orange, finished
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off with the cool gentleness of spearmint. And these come in little bags. I think there's
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about 10 bags in here, six bags in here. And they come in these little, these little
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kind of gauze bags and it's got all of the little leaves in the bag and you just pop
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that in the water, put some ice in it, in a jug and leave it in your fridge as long
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as possible overnight if you can. And you've got a really fresh mint green iced tea, which
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is really, really nice. I've also got the white peach iced tea as well, which is exactly
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the same in the little kind of gauze bag. And they do, they really smell lovely and
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they taste just as nice as they smell. Yeah, so I recommend those Adagio teas. You could
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do it with any kind of tea bag, but these ones are just, I find these really refreshing
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and nice for the summer months. The ninth thing on my summer essentials list is a hanging
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flower basket in the garden. We have got Deccan in our garden. We do have a little patch of
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soil that has got some little plants in, but we've also got quite a few hanging baskets
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and like a trough that Warren plants up with flowers every year for summer. And they are
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just absolutely beautiful. It just makes you smile to look at, you know, nice flowers that
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are grown in your garden. And the smell is absolutely gorgeous. Really is. We haven't
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actually planted ours this year. These are some photos from last year, I think. We really
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need to get cracking and go and get some flowers to put in these hanging baskets because they
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really are just a joy. And the 10th thing on my summer essentials list is a trip to Scarborough
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and Whitby. Now, if you've watched my videos before, you know, I love Scarborough and Whitby
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I've been going to Scarborough every year since I was about nine years old. Took the kids there
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We've took the grandkids there. I've even made a couple of YouTube videos, vlogs in Scarborough
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and Whitby, which I will link at the end if you want to go and have a look. I just, I love
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Scarborough and Whitby. Scarborough is a seaside town and Whitby is, it's got like a little harbour
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and you can go on boat trips and just got some nice quaint little shops. They just, I don't feel
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like it's summer unless I'm being to Scarborough and Whitby. So do you have anywhere that you feel
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you have to visit during the summer? If you do, let us know in the comments below where it is
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So those are my 10 summer essentials. Like I said, remember to go across and watch Caroline
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who was our guest today, Marie, Busy Bee Marie, who was in Vegas, Maria from Maria Crocker and
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Tina from Tina's Talk Time to see what their summer essentials are. Thank you so much for
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watching. I hope you enjoy the rest of the day and I hope that it feels like summer wherever you are
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See you again soon. Bye for now
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