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IT’S YOUR TURN NOW…

I’m Carly and my goal is remind you that it is ok to take care of yourself. From great bathing suits to ways to improve your self-image to all important self-care tips…..around here we encourage every woman to treat herself with love and respect and to find peace in the stage of life they are in.

Welcome to the family, we’re happy to have you!

Around here you’ll find:

  • Fashion Tips for Pear Shaped Bodies
  • Bathing Suits that Make You Feel Amazing
  • Family Adventures and Travel
  • Running 
  • The Perimenopause Experience 

…and a whole lot more

So Who Am I?


I’m a former elementary school teacher married to a professional musician living in San Diego and chasing our dreams with reckless abandon.  I believe that hard work pays off, that community is more important that competition, and that women are stronger together.  I know that society tells us that there is one form of beauty, and I’m here to tell my daughter (and yours) that that isn’t the truth.  We lead by example, and I’m setting my own insecurities aside to be a role model to the future world leader living in my house.

I’m a public speaker, a community builder, a bathing suit collector, a runner, a writer and a truth teller.  I am also the creator of #JustWearTheSuit. Just Wear The Suit is an Instagram Community I launched to encourage women to shed inhibitions and to celebrate their beauty just as they are.

Join our movement and show the world that every body is a bathing suit body!

FUN FACTS ABOUT CARLY

I’d rather be

somewhere tropical

Listening to

taylor… ALWAYS!!

grateful for

my family

Favorite place

hands down it is – castaway cay always!

my weekends

RUNNING or drinking a spicy margarita

best snuggle buddies

MY DAUGHTER lydia & frodo the cat

let’s connect!

SEND me A NOTE + let’s chat @lipglossandcrayons on ig LET’S COLLABORATE