Want to see what’s on my shelf out here in CA?
This, basically.
When traveling, my beauty product priorities are two-fold:
1) Maximize Multitasking. I’m a big product-experimenter, and love playing around with different formulas…but when I travel? No thanks: I’ll take exactly the items that I know I’ll actually use, no more and no less. And if those items pull double-duty (like the SPF-containing moisturizer), so much the better.
2) Minimize Lugging. I know we’ll acquire a bunch of stuff while we’re here, so when I was packing I tried to bring the exact amount of product that I anticipated actually using…that way I can just toss what’s left, if anything, at the end of the summer and free up some space in our already-overstuffed luggage.
A rundown of the items shown, from L to R:
1. Jo Malone Grapefruit Cologne. Selected because I thought the shot-glass sized bottle was about two months’ worth of fragrance, so I won’t have to tote it back East.
2. Simple Skincare Eye Make-up Remover Pads. I stick these in my bag for day trips, and will also be bringing them with me to the hospital when It’s Time.
3. Bright-pink blush and medium-dark bronzer. These are summery shades, so I can use ’em now…and lose ’em come September.
4. First aid kit. Rather than bringing along individual boxes of everything I thought I might need, I packed medications, band-aids, and other necessities into a single travel-friendly case.
5. Simple Skincare Eye Make-up Remover. I figured two bottles would be exactly the amount I’d need for two months (I love this stuff so much I cannot tell you, and use it every single day), and based on what I’ve gone through so far it looks like I was right.
6. Simple Skincare Protecting Light Moisturizer SPF 15. I put this lightweight moisturizer on under my makeup every morning; it’s got a lovely, summer-friendly texture, and I can just add extra SPF on top if I’m headed to the beach or somewhere especially sunny.
7. Simple Skincare Nourishing 24 Hour Day/Night Cream. Super-soothing on my sensitive skin, and a nice pre-bedtime ritual (I use it on my son, as well, since it’s fragrance, paraben and additive-free).
8. Two classic Essie polishes. Clambake and Licorice, specifically.
