I used to be super lazy and not take anything. Just lived with the tight feeling of my face after washing it with shower soap. The only cosmetics I’d take were always deodorant, tooth paste, tooth brush, shower soap. Hair was washed with the shower soap, too.
These days I take proper face wash, my moisturiser, sun screen (I’ve never gotten a sun burn, so I used to not be diligent about this), floss, and, if it’s more than like 3-4 days, shampoo.
If it’s for a fancy event like a wedding, I’ll bring conditioner and the small number of makeup products I’m going to wear (eyeliner and/or lipstick. I don’t do base and have black lashes and eyebrows).
The only cosmetics i usually use that I’m not bringing: (sometimes) conditioner, retinol serum, BHA peel, the clay I use for clay masks and cuticle oil. I use hand cream, but only when I teach, because the chalk dries my out like nobody’s business. So I keep the cream at work. I do keep the cuticle oil, retinol and bha at my partner’s place because I sometimes stay there for two weeks or longer, remote working.
I think it’ll be a different story when I go backpacking!
How about you? What do you bring? What things that you usually use do you not bring?
ETA: actually going away for four days right now, somehow I packed my cuticle oil but forgot my floss! I guess I’m not consistent haha.
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I’ve been travelling a lot lately and I seem to manage to forget something different each time…
But ideally:
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Skincare: oil-based cleanser that I can use mornings and evenings, Byoma clarifying serum cos otherwise my skin is not happy, moisturiser, sun cream
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Other: shampoo decanted into small bottle (my hair needs washing every other day), deodorant, tooth brush
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Makeup: primer, glow drops, concealer, multi-purpose pink crayon (can be used as under-eye colour corrector, blush, lip liner and eye shadow depending what I feel like)
I tend not to bring conditioner (can live without), hair moisturising serum, exfoliating serum (only use once a week), eye liner, mascara, lip stick, brow gel, blush, setting powder, foundation but if I were going to a wedding or something I would probs bring all of these.
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I never forget my towel.
I was going to reply sincerely, then I got the reference. Nice!
I think it depends on where I’m going. I don’t bother with shampoo/conditioner/body soap as my hair and body skin is very resilient. I also have a tiny tube of travel toothpaste that comes with me sometimes (again, depends on where I’m going).
My essentials are face wash, a good day and night cream of lotion and sunscreen. Extra luxury carries may include face masks, eye creams, a second face cream and toner. Travel sized is key to everything!
Interesting! If I could literally only pick one thing (well one combo I guess) I’d 100% go for toothpaste and toothbrush! I feel ok skipping a shower or a few, but not brushing my teeth every day feels horrible to me!
But yeah I totally makes sense to keep it pretty variable depending on where you’re going.
I think I’m still figuring out what a good balance looks like. I don’t like to bring too much when I travel, but I really miss my face wash after a day or two without it. Same thing with my conditioner, I can go a few days without it, but my hair is happier with it.
Not skin care, but cologne is another thing I’ve started bringing. Never hurts to have options for smelling good when out and about. Trying solid cologne and travel bottles now to see which I like.
Just another little option for cologne: can you just fill some of the stuff you usually use into a smaller bottle? That’s what I do with shampoo. Thinking about it, I should do it with face wash, too! Could buy a travel sized bottle once and then keep refilling that, or could just buy a small empty bottle.
