10 Tips for Chicks for your wedding or any ole trip to Belize

A few weeks ago, i did a video with tips for your vacation to belize. Not just for brides, but for females in general (and a few very chic males i know 😉

I cant get it to give me a photo or something to click on or indicate it’s a video but CLICK THE PINK – Belize Wedding Honeymoon and Trip Tips

Here they are – the Lara’s Top 10 Chicks Tips and Questions Answered when coming to Belize

1. Wedges. Leave your spiked heels at home. why? because you’ll sink in the sand, twist your ankle on the cobblestone, and slip between planks on the docks, decks and walkways and ruin them anyway. Wedges are more like snow shoes – creating a larger foundation so you dont sink into every thing

2. Cotton, Cotton, Cotton – i know you love your silk wedding gown. Silk is one of the best insulators there is. It doesnt breathe. You will simply melt on your wedding day. Some thing with all synthetic fabrics. You know how the best clothes are all lined? Beautiful linings… i had to cut them all out. I dont buy clothes with any linings – poly, silk, satin – it’s all god-awful in the heat. The Cotton Bride is an incredible gown designer using the most sumptuous cottons to make stunning designer wedding gowns. For the rest of you, so long as it’s cotton, your dresses, tops, and other things will make you much happier.

3. Hair Tip – Give Up. Give up the battle with your hair. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you will get to enjoying your time here. If it wants to be curly, it will be curly. If it wants to be straight, it will be straight. Not even my dear friends who come to see me believe me until about day 3 – but trust me – you will lose. Think “If you cant beat ’em, join ’em!”

4. Powder not Liquid Make Up – due to the heat and humidity, liquid make up can be problematic in several ways. First, it will run, pool, and cake up. Second, it makes your skin break out down here. I think it’s the humidity. Third, it’s hot. I have trouble putting on body lotion because sometimes even lotion makes you hot, let alone goop all over your face. The powder make ups lay nicely and just help to keep your skin cool. also, most of them have an SPF in them, and you’ll need that.

5. Sunscreen. Yah, i know. I used to lay out with baby oil from morning til night all summer long at my shore house in Margate, too. I really did. And i never used sunscreen when i went to florida or texas either. Yah, i’m that kinda tough. But ya know what, this isnt Kansas. This is Belize, and there is water, and white sand, and open skies and SUN everywhere. You Will Burn. If you “never burn at home”, please at least use a 15. Nothing worse than ruining your vacation with a sunburn the first day. If you do get a burn, pour white vinegar on it. It will take away the sting. Also, on the topic of sunscreen – i do BEG you to PLEASE find a biodegradable kind. The sunscreen will wash off your skin minutes after you snorkel our beautiful reef. You need the sunblock, but when it rinses off your skin, it kills our reef. So please be kind to the reef, and use biodegradable sunscreen.

6. Lip block – dont forget your kisser! When i moved here 6 years ago i had trouble finding a lip gloss with a sunscreen. Estee Lauder was one of the only ones back then, so i bought a ton. But now, they have them from a bunch of manufacturers and i found some in walmart the last time i was up. Lipgloss with sunscreen – muy importante for any stylish island girl 🙂

7. Shots – There are government guidelines for shots, so check ’em out and make the best decision for you. I didnt get any shots to move here, but that was probably stupid.

8. What to pack – pack a couple pair of shorts, a pair of long pants, a dress and a couple tops. If your like me, you’ll start there, and before you know it you’re concerned your bag is going to weigh more than 50 pounds! I beg of you, take less. Pack as you would, then remove half. Literally. You wont need it.

9. Water – while the water is drinkable in most parts of San Pedro, no one does. You will be served bottled water if you request water. In general, the water from the tap though, is perfectly fine for teeth brushing, showering and cooking.

10. Bugs – Yes. We have bugs.