Nautica Voyage Sport edt for men review

nautica voyage sport edt fathers day gift idea

Pictured: c/o Nautica Voyage Sport EDT for men

Nautica Voyage Sport EDT is a new flanker fragrance to popular men’s fragrance Nautica Voyage EDT. This fresh take on Voyage by Nautica is a nautical, woody scent which offers an ideal fragrance experience for men on warm summer days. Love that!

The zesty, green top, and middle notes, combine with the woody, musky base to create a nautical fragrance experience with a slightly warm, woody base. It is ideal to wear throughout the summer on a daily basis. Nautica Voyage Sport EDT is light enough to wear to the office, and sporty enough for weekend activities. It is quite versatile!

Although most eau de toilette’s disappear after four to six hours, Nautica Voyage Sport EDT lasts throughout the day. It is long-lasting, and complex; a joy to wear throughout the day! My husband loves it! Of course, I like it on him 😉

 Top notes: sea spray accord, sea salt, coriander

Middle (heart) notes: citrus zest, geranium, green peppercorn, apple, palm leaves

Base notes: Brazil wood, musk, patchouli, vetiver

If you are looking for a fabulous gift for Father’s Day, an upcoming birthday, or late graduation gift, Nautica Voyage Sport EDT is the perfect choice! This is also a great gift idea to keep in mind for the holiday season later this year 😉

Hopefully Nautica will come out with more products in the Voyage Sport scent. My husband would love to see an after-shave, shower gel, and travel size spray. Perhaps a gift set will come out for the holiday season! Fingers crossed 😉

 Nautica Voyage Sport EDT can be found online here.

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Week seven and beyond swim workout

hot to start swimming for fitness

Are you feeling the burn! Do you feel stronger? You should! If you have completed the other five workouts, you should feel stronger in the pool, and in your other workouts. After all, when you are in shape for swimming, you are in shape for any athletic activity you choose. Swimming is the ultimate combination of overall body strength, and cardiovascular strength.

If you have noticed my swim workout posts over the last month, and have wondered how to jump in, please take a moment to read my first post “How to start swimming for fitness.” and jump right in! The water is perfect 😉

This is the last swim workout I will be posting for awhile. If you would like me to continue posting new workouts, with different types of sets, please feel free to email me or leave me a comment below. Once you have mastered this workout, you should be ready to use the board workouts left by coaches at the pool where you swim. You should also be ready to join a masters swim program; which is a great way to increase your swimming ability, and make new friends who also love to swim! Joining a master’s program is win/win!

Week seven and beyond (2000+ yards or meters)

Warm-up: 150 freestyle non-stop (week 7) 200 freestyle non-stop (week 8+)

4 laps alternating strokes in IM order (Butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, freestyle) rest 10 seconds between each lap

1 50 first lap butterfly, second lap freestyle

1 50 first lap backstroke, second lap freestyle

1 50 first lap breakstroke, second lap freestyle

1 50 freestyle (medium pace) rest 30 seconds afterwards

100 IM (rest 45 seconds afterwards)

8 50’s freestyle, lap one easy pace, lap two swim medium pace, rest 20 seconds between

Kickboard: flutter kick (freestyle kick) 3 100’s (4 laps each) non-stop (rest 20 seconds between 100’s)

2 50’s freestyle medium pace (rest 20 seconds)

1 50 freestyle as fast as you can go! (rest 30 seconds)

2 50’s freestyle medium pace (rest 20 seconds)

1 100 freestyle as fast as you can go! (rest 20 seconds)

100 freestyle easy pace (rest 30 seconds)

100 Kick your choice (any kick from any stroke you would like to do-you can even do each lap a different kick!)

4 laps alternating strokes in IM order (Butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, freestyle) rest 10 seconds between each lap

100 IM or stroke of your choice

2 50’s freestyle medium pace (20 seconds rest between) (add in week 8)

100 freestyle easy pace

  • Stretch for ten minutes, both arms and legs.
  • I hope you have enjoyed my sample swim workouts over the last six weeks. I enjoyed making them, and swimming along with you!
  • Stay tuned! I will continue to periodically post fitness tips, outfits, workouts, and more! Many of them will be swimming focused.
  • Thank you for swimming along with me, and stay fabulous 😉

Summer totes for summer 2016

best totes for summer 2016

Summer totes from top left: black tote (designer classic) / straw tote (under $70) / classic red tote (under $300) / straw tote (under $500 and packable) / red tote (timeless designer bag under $1000) / black tote (hot designer on major sale!) / tan tote (under $175) / navy straw tote (on trend & under $150)

Summer is here! This means we all need the perfect tote for the pool, the beach, and traveling to fabulous summer destinations! Since I am in the market for a cute summer tote, I decided to compile the most fabulous on trend, and timeless summer totes, in various price ranges, into this post.

Straw, shades of tan and brown, pom poms, embellishments, and shades of red, are all hot trends in handbags for summer 2016. I love having a classic summer tote on hand which can be worn with a casual outfit, or a dressier ensemble when a roomy tote is needed. (let’s face it, when you have kids sometimes the cute shoulder bag gets left behind and your tote is paired with a dressy outfit despite the unfashionable nature of the look)

I love the idea of an on trend, hot off the runway, embellished tote! The pom pom tote pictured above embodies all the hot handbag trends of the season, and it is super cute to boot! It will also be perfect for beach, and pool days. I am definitely leaning towards the navy straw tote as my summer 2016 tote.

The red totes are also calling my name. I would love a classic, red tote which can easily be worn during the summer months, as well as into the fall, and winter seasons. Red is an important color for the upcoming fall season; and it plays well with the 1970s inspired color palette for both summer, and fall. A red tote definitely has longevity with the current trends; plus it is a timeless bag that can be worn for years!

Which totes are your favorite for the summer 2016 season?