Enhance Your Summer Life with Accessories, Tools for Beauty, and Supportive Bedroom Rituals
Part Two of our summer essentials round-up turns to accessories, beauty, and bedtime rituals, with products that support glowing skin, hair care, travel organization, sun protection, and restorative sleep.The right accessories can make summer wellness feel both functional and stylish. From sun-protective hats and easy pouches to sunglasses and outdoor-ready add-ons, these pieces help support long days outside, travel organization, and everyday ease. They are the kind of thoughtful extras that make summer plans feel more comfortable, polished, and prepared.
Accessorize for Living the Summer Life
Alf Grande Pouch (Mesh)
The Alf Grande Pouch is polished, practical accessory for summer organization, travel, and everyday wellness on the go. It is handcrafted in lightweight mesh with vegan leather trim and brushed gold hardware. The oversized pouch is a roomy daily essential while still feeling effortless as a clutch. It can be used on its own for errands or evenings, or tucked inside a larger tote as a stylish organizer for sunscreen, beauty staples, tech, snacks, or travel must-haves. An easy, lightweight add-on for beach days, flights, gym bags, and busy summer schedules. MSRP $59.
Meller Lani Tigris Brown Sunglasses
The Meller Lani Tigris Brown Sunglasses are a chic summer staple that blends classic inspiration with a modern, easy-to-wear rectangular silhouette. Designed for everyday comfort and durability, the frames add just enough character without feeling overdone, while polarized lenses, UV400 protection, anti-scratch coating, and a superhydrophobic finish make them practical for beach days, travel, driving, and long afternoons outdoors. Made with bio-based materials, they are a stylish, sun-smart accessory for anyone looking to elevate their summer wellness routine with a little extra eye protection and polish. MSRP $65.
HEIRÉE The Cuticle Pen
Summer wellness is often about the small rituals that help you feel put together amid busy schedules, travel, and time spent outdoors. HEIRÉE’s The Cuticle Pen makes nail care an effortless part of that routine with a clean, non-greasy formula designed to nourish cuticles and support stronger, healthier nails. The treatment-grade serum is dispensed through a precise click applicator, making it easy to use at home, poolside, or while on the go. Formulated with nourishing ingredients and free from endocrine-disrupting ingredients, preservatives, and fillers, The Cuticle Pen transforms nail care into a simple daily wellness ritual that takes just seconds but delivers lasting results. MSRP $30.
Beauty Upgrades for Your Summer Glow
Summer beauty is all about feeling fresh, protected, and glowing through heat, travel, sun exposure, and long days outdoors. This season’s essentials include skin-nourishing face and lip care, sheer SPF, hydrating under-eye masks, brightening elixirs, mood-setting fragrance, and haircare that helps refresh and rebalance the scalp after sun, saltwater, chlorine, humidity, and styling. From botanical skincare and cooling scalp scrubs to warm-weather-ready scent and glow-boosting staples, these picks support effortless radiance from head to toe.
Aerchitect
Aerchitect is a nervous-system fragrance brand designed for modern rituals, these fine-fragrance mists are a natural fit for summer recovery, mindfulness, and travel. Each scent is built around a physiological state rather than a mood: CALM helps support a post-day downshift, FOCUS encourages directed attention, and GROUND helps bring the body back to baseline. Designed to be misted on skin, hair, fabric, or into the air, the portable mists can complement a yoga practice at the beginning to center or at the end to extend the feeling of calm. They are especially fitting for summer’s constant transitions—from flights and hotel rooms to busy social calendars and long days in the sun—offering a sensory cue to pause, breathe, and reset. MSRP $95 Mood Toolkit, trial sizes of all three.
Badger SPF 40 Tinted Face
Badger SPF 40 Tinted Face is a sheer, daily tint that blends seamlessly, providing a light, matte, sun-kissed finish. This lightweight, waterless moisturizer is dermatologist-tested, and added iron oxide makes it adaptable for light to dark skin tones. The result is a silky skin-feel with SPF 40 broad-spectrum protection, 40 minutes of water resistance, and blue light protection. Moisturizing, vegan, reef-safe, and made with just 10 clean ingredients, including zinc oxide. Family-founded, women-run and a certified B-Corp company.Also available on Amazon. MSRP: $22.99.
Kandesn® Pure Bio Cellulose Under Eye Masks
Inspired by advanced K-beauty innovation, Kandesn® Pure Bio Cellulose Under Eye Masks are crafted from pure bio-cellulose, a material derived through a natural fermentation process that creates a second-skin fit for enhanced ingredient delivery. The masks help hydrate, soothe, and refresh tired-looking eyes, especially valuable during the warmer months when travel, sun exposure, and seasonal allergies can leave the delicate eye area looking fatigued.MSRP $39.61.
NEVRA Frost Cooling & Tightening Mask
NEVRA Frost Cooling & Tightening Mask is a cooling, creamy clay mask designed to refresh, smooth, and reset tired-looking skin. Formulated with kaolin clay and French pink clay to gently absorb excess oil and impurities, it also features rosehip oil, coconut milk powder, and colloidal oatmeal to keep skin feeling soft, calm, and comforted. Stored cold as part of the NEVRA ritual, Frost delivers a chilled, soothing sensation while leaving skin looking clean, balanced, and freshly renewed. MSRP $39.
Ora Juice Skincare Golden Beryl Elixir
Ora Juice Skincare Golden Beryl Elixir is a silky, fast-absorbing botanical face oil designed to support the skin barrier, replenish moisture, and restore a healthy glow without feeling greasy. Made for normal to dry, dull, compromised, or sensitized skin, the clean, hormone-conscious formula features antioxidant-rich botanicals, Coenzyme Q10, vitamin C, turmeric root, ginger root, and bearberry extract to help improve softness, elasticity, radiance, and long-term skin resilience. Leaping Bunny certified and free from parabens, phthalates, sulfates, silicones, artificial colors, and synthetic fragrances, it is a thoughtful addition to sensitive-skin and mindful beauty routines. MSRP $59.
Poppy & Pout: The Retro Surf Trio
Dive into cool, natural hydration with the Poppy & Pout Retro Surf Lip Balm Trio, featuring three jumbo-sized balms in summer-inspired flavors Citrus Sunrise, Midnight Mint, Coconut Coast that capture the carefree feeling of endless beach days. MSRP $26.95.
ACTIIV Defense SPF 30 Hair, Scalp + Skin Spray
ACTIIV Defense SPF 30 Hair, Scalp + Skin Spray is scalp-first hair health that uses cold-extracted botanicals to maintain the nutrient profile of the hair especially during the summer months. Formulated with Avobenzone and Octisalate, along with conditioning agents and cold-pressed micro-green red clover, it helps maintain softness, manageability, shine, and color vibrancy without weighing hair down, leaving a chalky finish, or disrupting styling. Safe for color-treated and keratin-treated hair, the mist absorbs quickly and can be applied throughout the day. MSRP $20.
Philip B Peppermint Avocado Scalp Scrub
A luxurious crème shampoo and sea-salt scalp scrub, Philip B Peppermint Avocado Scalp Scrub works double duty to gently exfoliate the scalp while cleansing away dirt, oil, sweat, styling products, and environmental buildup. Infused with sea salt, avocado, peppermint, eucalyptus, witch hazel, arnica flower, and aloe, the formula uses naturally deep-cleansing ingredients to leave the scalp feeling clean, refreshed, and revived. It is especially ideal post-workout, when hair needs a fresh reset. With its invigorating scent and scalp-refreshing feel, it helps hair look bouncier, feel lush, and start with a healthier-feeling foundation. MSRP $92.
Zenagen’s Eclipse Color Preservation Shampoo and Conditioner
Zenagen’s Eclipse Color Preservation Shampoo and Conditioner is a professional-grade, color-safe haircare system designed to gently cleanse, condition, and help maintain the look of vibrant, healthy hair between salon visits. Ideal for color-treated and chemically processed hair, the shampoo removes buildup without stripping moisture or dulling color, while the conditioner restores softness, smoothness, shine, and manageability without weighing hair down. Powered by ingredients like antioxidant-rich tangerine, horsetail, butterfly ginger, hydrolyzed quinoa, grape-seed extract, and acetyl tyrosine, the duo helps support scalp balance, hydration, strength, resilience, and long-lasting color vibrancy for salon-quality results at home. MSRP $28-$48 for 6.75 fl ounces.
Supportive Bedtime Rituals
Summer sleep calls for rituals that help the body cool down, unwind, and restore after long, active days. From breathable cooling sheets and plant-powered magnesium cream to temperature-regulating sleepwear designed for hot sleepers and hormonal night sweats, these brands make nighttime wellness feel both practical and luxurious.
Breescape’s Cooling Sheet Set 2.0
Breescape’s cooling sheet set is a summer sleep essential for hot sleepers looking for a cooler, more comfortable night’s rest. Made with patented BlendTek™ fabric, the set is designed to feel instantly cool to the touch while enhancing breathability, moisture management, and all-night comfort. Each set includes one flat sheet, one fitted sheet, and two pillowcases, with soft anti-slip grip strips that help keep the flat sheet in place. Available on Amazon, the sheets range from $159.99 to $199.
Nowful Sleep Magnesium Cream
Nowful Sleep Magnesium Cream offers a simple, calming way to incorporate magnesium into a nightly wellness ritual as interest in natural sleep support continues to grow. Made with magnesium, valerian root, passionflower, and lavender oil, the topical balm is designed to help relax the body, ease muscle tension, and support deeper, more restorative rest. The concentrated, non-greasy formula melts into the skin and can be applied to the feet, neck, or temples before bed. Made in the USA by a women-owned company, it is crafted with natural ingredients and is free from parabens, phthalates, and artificial fragrances. Also available on Amazon . MSRP $29.99.
Piper & Mint Drier Nights Sleep Tee & Pant Set
Luxurious cooling sleepwear is designed for hot sleepers and those experiencing hormonal night sweats from postpartum, perimenopause, or menopause. The Piper & Mint Drier Nights Sleep Tee & Pant Set is made from the brand’s proprietary blend of LENZING™ Modal and Mentha rayon—a plant-based fiber infused with natural mint essence, the fabric is soft, breathable, moisture-wicking, quick-drying, and naturally antibacterial. The collection includes nursing tanks, sleep tees, shorts, pants, and pajama sets. Inspired by founder Jackie Hutson’s own infertility journey, a portion of every sale supports BabyQuest, a nonprofit that provides fertility grants to individuals and couples pursuing parenthood. MSRP $120.
Tingle Toes Soothing Organic Foot Spray
Tingle Toes Soothing Organic Foot Spray is a refreshing plant-based spray for feet, hands, and mats. Made with organic peppermint and tea tree hydrosols, organic witch hazel, aloe, yarrow, white willow, and sweet birch, the formula helps cool, refresh, deodorize, and gently cleanse without preservatives, emulsifiers, or synthetic ingredients. Perfect for summer sandals, post-practice refreshes, gym bags, beach days, post shower, and travel, it can even be stored in the fridge for an extra cooling spritz after a long day. MSRP $20 / 4 oz.
Lorena Tapiero is a first generation Colombian-American who has lived and worked in Los Angeles, New York City, and Dubai. Her global experience and perspective gives her a powerful lens to reflect on food, trends, and health and wellness. Lorena is a yoga therapist as well as a writer and longtime media professional.