Beach bag essentials

Hi lovelies, so I don't know if I've mentioned it yet but i'm going on holiday this Friday to France for three weeks so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share with you my beach bag essentials this summer so here it is:

• Towel (preferably a colorful one that won't get damaged by the sea water/ sun cream
• A bikini bag to put your wet bikini or swimsuit into after you've been swimming
• A dress or jumpsuit to change into 
• A cover-up to protect your shoulders from the harsh sun if you decide to go for a walk on the beach/ promenade 
• Sun cream - obviously!
• A hat so you don't get sun stroke because trust me that is not fun especially if a dishy lifeguard comes to your rescue when your looking dazed-out and sweaty!
• Sunglasses to prevent sun blindness - just remember to take them off when you're sunbathing because I've been there and had the tan lines and it is not fun!
• Phone/  iPod to listen to music or play games
• Earphones so that everybody else at the beach/ pool doesn't have to listen to your music with you
• A book or kindle for light reading/ pretending to read when really your listening to what that family are arguing about next to you :O
• Ice cream money - I would advise against bringing a of of money to the beach because it's the prime place for it to get stolen!
• Deodorant - especially if you are going somewhere after thee beach and you don't want to smell like sweat and sun cream
• Chewing gum (optional)