Beauty Tips For Body Care
Hello everyone. I was cleaning out my travel containers that I used for my skincare and I thought you guys might be interested in my opinions on them. If not, skip on by!I've accumulated a large army of small bottles and jars, half of them are purchased (from Muji mainly), some are sample containers, and others are travel-sized bottles of skincare (mainly from this one time purchased at Sephora - Skin Wonderland). I've discovered the following:Creams, whether they're originally from a jar or a tube, are best placed in another small tube or in a jar (generally a jar). DO NOT put them in a small pump. 99% of the time, the pump straw is too small to actually have the cream travel through and depending on the size of the pump bottle, it can be a pain in the behind to clean up.ProTip: if you tried the above (like I did at first) and you've discovered that soap isn't really doing much to get rid of the cream in your small pump bottle, throw some oil cleanser in it (if you're willing to sacrifice some product!). Do the shake-shake-shake dance for a couple of minutes and then let it sit for another ten. The oil will do the soap's job.HumanGear GoToob are a great way to transport beauty products, but I find over time that they are, overall, heavier than I would prefer and the cap is a pain to clean with products like conditioner. It tends to stick to it. Also, that little suction part really don't work when the tube is filled all the way -- the entire thing becomes to heavy for it. And it takes up a lot of space, both in your toiletries bag and on the sink counter or bath tub. Lastly, dust tends to stick to the version I have (not sure if they fixed that in the new ones -- linked).I favor longer pump spout for oil cleansers as that's easier to use on the daily but makes it a bit hazardous to travel with. (See Clinique's Take the Day Off Cleansing Oil). That one was busted on me during travel, and while I was able to pop it back in place, it was leaked for the rest of the trip.Lush sample jars are quite large and appear to be leak proof (I haven't actually taken it on the airplane so I can't vouch for it). Great for creams.The Body Shop sample jar container is about a half to a third of the size of the Lush one, but still great for shorter trips. I will say that based the way the cap is, I would suggest not over packing the container with product as it will be a pain to clean later on.If you ever get the chance to stay in a Marriott and you notice Paul Mitchell shampoo/conditioner bottles in your room's bathroom, snatch those up. You may have to use your teeth to pop open the cap, but once you get them off you'll notice that the bottle has a decent size opening for creams and etc.(Have you noticed the battle I have going on with creams and etc? Lol)That travel hack where you put in some creams or bit of make up in an eye contact case is half smart and half not. It's smart because it is tiny and leak proof but it's somewhat not smart because you will loose some product that will be stuck to the grooves inside the case.I haven't totally gotten down a fool-proof way to travel with a cleansing balm. Partly because I don't really have a container big enough for it, aside from the small container of Josie Maran I have that holds 2oz/59ml. And partly because it does take up space. I'm always afraid of it melting away in my bag and somehow leaking so I usually take an liquid oil cleanser in it's place.The general rule of thumb I have with packing skincare is that nothing should be in a bottle/container larger than 1oz/28g/30mL if the trip duration is between 7 to 14 days. Obviously you have things like body-related products (lotion, soap, sunblock, etc) that would require a larger size container but for anything face-related, I generally only need to take about 1oz of whatever it is with me.I've gotten it down where I can now condense all of non-solid products, skincare and others, all into a slightly-larger-than-an-actual-quart-size-bag with a bit of room to spare. I personally find that packing up my toiletries is all part of the pre-trip excitement and cleaning isn't actually that big of a hassle at the end of the trip. Just use up all of the products post-trip, throw some soap/water or oil cleanser in the container, let it sit (generally for a few or more hours as I am a forgetful and lazy person), then rinse, then dump them in a drawer (also can be days after the rinse because, again, lazy person) afterwards.Also, not that this is important or anything but my favorite travel container is my OLEHENRIKSEN Truth Serum pump bottle. The Sephora link above shows the current version of it while I have the old version. I absolutely love that bottle for a serum and I've never had any issues with it, leaking or whatnot, at all. I wish I had like 4 more of them. I can't attest for the new one though.Let me know your thoughts, whether it's about the formatting on this post or if you have any travel-related suggestions yourself or anything really.
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