The Metro did an awesome double page spread a few weeks back on travel sets by many a different beauty brand. The majority were pretty reasonable too. The fact that most were affordable but didn't compromise on style and cool factor was also a huge plus in my eyes. All being around the £15 mark it was tempting not to blow £60 on about four different sets for my holidays BUT no matter how fun they were, none catered specifically to all my needs. In true Carrie Bradshaw form "Suddenly I realised..." a simple solution was staring me in the face. DIY and no I don't mean you should head on out to B&Q, this is me we're talking about. I'm the first to go out and buy numerous products on a whim but I also love being able to save some money and discover an alternative route to the same outcome. Some of you may be familiar with my DIY Facial, if not scoot on over here. I applied that same mentality to transporting my beauty products and here's how you can to.
Glance across your dressing table. Every product is in a different type of packaging. Light, heavy, plastic, glass, big, small, square, round...Now focus on the smaller products. That eye cream, those little bottles of shower gel you stole *cough* were given to you at the hotel, from your last weekend away. A lot of the packaging we use can be re-used in some manner. Some of my lotion and potion bottles I keep and use for decoration in my room, or vases but that's a whole other post entirely. Basically I discovered that whilst I was chucking away these pots, I could be saving them for the very time I don't feel like transporting that heavy glass Neals Yard bottle across the World.
Here's what it should look like...
- Use your eye cream pots for your daily moisturiser. You'll be surprised how it carries just the right amount for a week or two away.
- Any mini sample pots, from places like Kiehls, to carry your eye cream, conditioner or even foundation!
- Was there ever a better time to sign up to a sample service like Glossybox. I re-used the Abahna shower gel bottle.
- If visiting a hotel there honestly is no shame in leaving again with their mini Molton Brown products they've supplied to you and again, once used, RE-USE!
The best news, is they're all 100mls or under so not only are they light on your hand luggage, they're also adhering to air travel rules.
If this is all a little too sensible for you though, then you can still decanter in style with this Mister Mascara set from ASOS for £7.15. It even comes with stickers, which was the wow factor for me. Smitten.
*Mister Mascara images taken from www.asos.com
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