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LoveISSUE 2 Swim New Moon Top 5 Sea Baths New Wardrobe! The most stunning locations for taking The Summer a dip in the Ocean Wardrobe Swimming under the Moonlight Overhaul Time to Myself at Twilight Follow us @speedo #speedosculpture Notes from the Editor Like most women I frequently struggle to maintain balance within my busy lifestyle. Pulled between my role as a mother and wife, as well as juggling these with my career, it can be hard to find the valuable ‘me time’ I often crave. This edition of Love Swim is for women like me (and probably you) who know how valuable swimming could be for them but aren’t sure where to start when it comes to getting back in the water, and maintaining it. Why not be inspired by our Real Swim Stories (page 26) about women who make outdoor swimming part of their busy lifestyles or give yourself an added dose of waterside confidence with our Dare to Bare beauty tips “This summer it’s (page 24) and to get you started, try our habit making for Better Swims: 21 Day Swim Plan (page 38) time to travel and Consider swimming as a unique activity where relaxation explore, perhaps meets physical exercise, adventure and exploration. The idea of swimming under the light of the moon - even take a dip in while all our stress and worry floats away - is particularly captivating and beautifully described in our Real Swims a river, lake or the Twilight story (page 6) Why not try this unique experience with a friend, or as some precious ‘me time’ - you’ll ocean sometime always enjoy a great nights sleep after an evening swim. soon. Make Explore how connecting with the moon can affect you and your mood (page 5) and feel more aligned with the like the Moon Lunar eclipse taking place this August. Or simply dip into our Lunar inspired collection and find the perfect and create summer suit for you and your ‘first’ swim (page 12) anew” It’s time to travel and explore (page 36), perhaps even take a dip in a river, lake or the ocean sometime soon. This Summer, make like the Moon and create anew. I hope this issue leaves you feeling inspired – enjoy! Laura Agar Wilson Pinterest: @lauraagarwilson Contributors Style Beauty Travel Wellbeing Emma Bartley Alex Garman Savi Munjal Laura Agar Wilson Get the Gloss I Heart Beauty Bruised Passport Whole Heartedly Healthy CONTENTS WELLBEING Inside Love Swim Features The Moon and Refresh your seasonal style with The Summer 6. Cover Story Wardrobe Overhaul Time to myself at Twilight page 12 your Mood Real Swim Stories - Swimming under the Moonlight. 26. Time to Myself with in the Sun How to incorporate outdoor swims into your busy lifestyle - Real Swim Stories Style 12. Cover Story The Summer Wardrobe Overhaul New Moon, New Wardrobe! Refresh your style this season with our selection of body-shaping swimsuits 23. The Science of Sculpture Why our all over body-shaping fabric feels just right Wellbeing 5. The Moon and your Mood The unique effects of the Moon Beauty Travel 10. The Joy of Swimming A celebration for our love for getting 24. Dare to Bare 11. Top 5 Pools: Miami in the Water Feel body confident with our summer Dream swimming locations in one ready top 5 beauty tips of the World’s sunniest cities 34. Hydrate in Style Infused water recipes: water has 25. Conscious Cosmetics 36. Top 5 Spas never tasted or looked this good Protecting our Oceans by banning Our top pick of the most magical the Microbead spas from around the World 35. Replenishing Healthy & refuelling recipes for after 35. Get the Glow 37. Cover Story your swim How to give your skin and hair Top 5 Sea Baths some post swim TLC The most stunning locations for 37. Bathing in Nature taking a dip in the Ocean The unique cycle of the Moon - from the dark Swimming, particularly in the evening as the The amazing therapeutic benefits of sea and spa waters new moon to the bright full moon, and then Moon’s natural cycle revolves, is the perfect activity back into darkness - has been studied for to interlink mood enhancing movement with the 38. Better Swims: centuries. Although 4.5 billion years old and soothing effect of the water. It makes you feel great Your 21 Day Swim Plan 252,000 miles away from Earth, the effects of and you’ll sleep more soundly after your much his Ch Your guide to getting back into e T ang th ed the Moon can still be felt by us in many ways. needed ‘me time’. d the Water a M o e l n A w p o p The Moon can affect our moods and even our sleep This Summer we’ll see a Lunar Eclipse - where D patterns - particularly for women with links between the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth on feminine and lunar energies. Inspired by more the night of a full Moon - take place. Our Sculpture traditional studies, women now look to the bright SS17 collection has taken inspiration from this Change is so often seen as something Apps beautiful ‘Wall of Change’ to get disc in the sky as a way to reflect – as a natural beautiful natural event. to be resisted, something that causes inspired by the experiences of others. timekeeper or a prompt to live in the flow - but chaos and is difficult to work through. Create your own image describing your mostly as a reminder to take time to rest and relax. Try swimming under the light of the Moon with a But we all know that change is how life changing moments and share them. Change we grow and expand as a person. Then see just how inspiring your change friend as a special way to enjoy those ‘feel good’ can be. The Moon and Water also have a very special link - benefits, while observing the very special Lunar Now it’s time to be inspired by change. is Constant. the high and low tides of our Oceans being directly Eclipse on the 21st August. It’s time to celebrate the changes that This Changed Me is available free of affected by the Moon’s gravitational pull. In a less make you, you. charge now on the iTunes App Store. Change dramatic way, the Moon’s gravity even affects You can read more about it at water within the human body - we’re made up Words: Laura Agar Wilson This Changed Me is an App for sharing www.thischanged.me of 75% water. and celebrating the experiences that is Ok. @lauraagarwilson have changed our lives. Explore the 5 REAL SWIM STORIES ~ Time to Myself at Twilight: The Power of an Evening Swim ~ PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAXYME G DELISLE. STEPHANIE STYLED BY FRANCESCA TURNER. HAIR & MAKE UP ADELE SANDERSON. 6 REAL SWIM STORIES Apart from the odd dip in a hotel swimming pool on holiday after dark, getting in the water at twilight, especially in an outdoor setting, might feel a little scary and out of your comfort zone. We caught up with Stephanie, a lover of an evening swim in the great outdoors, to tell us why she enjoys it, how to overcome those freak out moments, and why you should think about giving it a try too. I feel completely free when I’m exam stress. It also used to only Swimming outdoors has definitely swimming outside, there is a real be when on holiday, or whilst living given me more strength and stamina primeval peace to be found in abroad that I’d be in water at every for the other things I do, like yoga. moving through open water. opportunity, but now I’ve worked Returning to the ‘moment’ you have It forces me to relax my mind, swimming regularly into my week. when you first submerge in the water focus on my body and is also a great meditation exercise concentrate on my breathing. As a busy mum to a one and three and encourages moments of calm It also stretches me to my limits year old, it’s also one of the only in my crazy working mum week. I’d - it’s so different from swimming times in the week no one is calling definitely encourage every woman to in a pool as you have to contend me and asking me to do something try and find the time to swim, despite with a totally different set of for them, so it feels like a real treat! all the obvious health benefits and physical challenges, like waves, It’s the one hour in the week when the fact it gives you such a good all tides, currents and weeds. I can just be Stephanie, rather than over workout, the way it re-balances However on the plus side, you being a mamma / wife / civil servant your mind and emotions is like do get to experience some / sister and more. I try to use my nothing else! wonderful, wild and natural swim session to relax my mind, places. re-connect with my body and get I love wearing my Sculpture swimsuit used to feeling like ‘me’ again. for my outdoor evening swims. The “As the night Not only is it lots of fun finding new If you’re on your own it’s lovely fabric feels so supportive without places to explore with my swim to just be able to hear your own being restrictive at all, and I love the approaches, you friends, there’s a real thrill in exploring thoughts.