a soft girls guide to summer
The season of blush cheeks, windblown skirts, and gentle joy
🫧 Let's Be Real for a Second
Okay, let’s be honest.
This blog post isn’t about practical summer survival tips or productivity hacks. It’s about romanticizing the heck out of the season — with zero apologies.
Because no, we’re not here to talk about sweaty subways, aggressive tan lines, or mosquito bites that itch for days. I know summer isn’t everyone’s favorite time of year (I personally thrive in autumn), but there’s something about this season that whispers to the soft-hearted, the daydreamers, the gentle rebels.
Because somewhere out there, soft girls are dancing barefoot through tall grass, cheeks kissed by the sun, daisies braided into their glowing hair, hearts full of stories. And that kind of summer? We’re fully leaning into it.
This is your Soft Girl Summer, and here’s how to live it fully — slow, sweet, and softly sparkling.
✿ Fashion for the Soft Girl Season
Summer dressing is where the magic begins — and it’s not about trends. It’s about textures that flow in the breeze, colors that remind you of ice cream, and clothes that make you feel like the main character in your own indie film.
Outfit Inspo:
🍓 Pastel sundresses – Think baby pink, butter yellow, or lavender. Bonus points for ruffles, puff sleeves, or vintage lace details.
🌼 Floral tops and lace skirts – Breezy fabrics that feel like poetry.
🍃 Oversized knit cardigans – Perfect for twilight strolls or journaling sessions on the porch.
💍 Accessories – Satin hair bows, beaded bracelets, delicate rings, pearl earrings, and mini handbags with soft shapes and gentle colors.
🥿 Shoes – Ballet flats for walking through bookstores. Mary Janes for picnics. Chunky sandals for café hopping and flower markets.
It’s not about looking like anyone else — it’s about dressing for the softness inside you.
✿ Soft Girl Beauty & Self-Care Rituals
Summer is the season of radiance — but not the kind that requires a 12-step routine or daily contour. It’s about feeling fresh, flushed, and a little undone in the best way.
Your Soft Girl Beauty Ritual:
☀️ Skin: A glowy base (BB cream or tinted SPF), warm blush, and a touch of highlighter on your nose and cheekbones.
💋 Lips: Glossy, lightly tinted lips — like you just ate berries in the sun.
🌸 Hair: Loose braids, messy buns with scrunchies, soft waves, or clipped back with vintage barrettes and floral pins.
💧 Skincare: Hydration is the vibe — facial mists (DIY rose water sprays!), light moisturizers, and cooling under-eye patches.
🫖 Self-care: Iced tea with frozen raspberries. Doing your nails in daisy designs. Journaling outside. Listening to birdsong while you rest your eyes.
This is your season to be slow. Gentle. Kind to your skin and soul.
✿ Dreamy Summer Activities for a Soft Girl Soul
This isn’t the summer of hustle. This is the summer of whimsy. Of wandering. Of embracing a slower pace and making art out of everyday life.
Here’s your soft girl summer moodboard — in activities:
📚 Read under a tree – Bring a floral blanket, a vintage paperback (hello, Persuasion by Jane Austen), and your favorite drink.
🚲 Bike at sunset – Just you, golden light, and your favorite indie playlist.
🧁 Bake with flowers – Try edible flower cookies or lavender lemon loaf. Or make homemade popsicles with mint and berries.
🧺 Host a pastel picnic – Think strawberries, cream, handwritten notes, a vintage Polaroid, and lots of laughter.
💌 Write letters – With real stamps, washi tape, and pressed flowers inside.
📓 Scrapbook or collage – Use dried petals, paper snippets, concert tickets — build a soft summer memory book.
🧸 Visit a thrift shop or flea market – Discover old love letters tucked in secondhand books or a lace top from 1998.
You’re not wasting time. You’re collecting softness.
✿ Soundtrack + Screen Time for a Soft Heart
Music and films are part of the magic. They wrap around your moments like a ribbon, giving everything more color and meaning.
🎧 Music to float through your summer:
Lana Del Rey – for melancholic glamour and longing looks from balconies
Clairo – the lo-fi indie softness you didn’t know you needed
beabadoobee – retro energy for your film-photo days
Men I Trust – dreamy and delicate, like a breeze through linen curtains
Faye Webster, Japanese Breakfast, Phoebe Bridgers – the emotional core of soft girl sound
🎬 Films & Series to watch with fuzzy socks and iced tea:
Pride & Prejudice (2005) – the eternal soft girl classic
Anne with an E – wonder, sensitivity, and poetic perspective
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – dreamy high school romance & handwritten letters
Little Women (2019 or 1994) – sisterhood, ambition, softness, and growth
The Summer I Turned Pretty – if you want that warm glow of young love and sandy toes
These aren’t just movies — they’re a feeling.
✿ Soft Girl Summer Bucket List
Here’s your printable (or Pin-able!) list of dreamy, do-able summer goals. No pressure. Just sweetness.
✅ Pick wildflowers
✅ Have a dreamy picnic
✅ Write in your journal in the sunshine
✅ Visit a vintage store and find a treasure
✅ Bake something soft and floral
✅ Swim in a lake or dance in the rain
✅ Start a summer scrapbook
✅ Mail a handwritten letter
✅ Make a playlist that feels like butterflies
✅ Capture a moment that feels like a movie 💕
You don’t need to tick every box. Just do what makes your heart exhale.
🌷 Final Words: You Are the Softness
Let this be your reminder:
You don’t have to earn rest. You don’t have to be productive to be worthy of joy.
Summer isn’t about becoming your “best self” — it’s about becoming your softest self. The one who smiles at sunbeams on the wall. Who collects words, memories, and moments. Who dresses like a poem and loves like a song.
So this summer, skip the pressure. Dance under the stars. Say no to plans that drain you. Romanticize iced coffee, early mornings, and barefoot walks. Let your softness lead.
This is your soft girl summer.
You deserve to enjoy every pastel-tinted, flower-scented second of it.
