HOME AND AWAY? - Page 2

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

I don't do "home & away" makeup, but I am actually thinking about getting some skincare discovery/travel size kits for a very basic routine for when DH and I go to NYC later this year. Normally when we travel we drive so I can bring anything and everything. I'm the person who will be gone for five days but brings enough clothing options for two weeks! Then there are separate beauty cases for skincare, makeup, and hair. It's all way too much for NYC. I'm planning on a minimal skincare routine for those days and want to fit everything in one suitcase. Fortunately my makeup routine has been simplified lately and I don't need to take multiple eyeshadow palettes. If I do get the skincare kit (or kits) I'm thinking about, I'll finish them up when I get home, then maybe save those containers to refill in the future.

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

I guess if you travel alot and don't want to unpack and then re pack again. I never travel anymore--just hate it --but I do try to buy those travel sizes for me at home--I like not having so much that I will never use up. I end up tossing most of it and then feel like I've wasted so much money to boot---

tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I don't do "home & away" makeup, but I am actually thinking about getting some skincare discovery/travel size kits for a very basic routine for when DH and I go to NYC later this year. Normally when we travel we drive so I can bring anything and everything. I'm the person who will be gone for five days but brings enough clothing options for two weeks! Then there are separate beauty cases for skincare, makeup, and hair. It's all way too much for NYC. I'm planning on a minimal skincare routine for those days and want to fit everything in one suitcase. Fortunately my makeup routine has been simplified lately and I don't need to take multiple eyeshadow palettes. If I do get the skincare kit (or kits) I'm thinking about, I'll finish them up when I get home, then maybe save those containers to refill in the future.

@JeanLouiseFinch A bit off topic, but I have been wondering if you were able to get all your plans settled for your NYC trip. I remember you asking for recommendations here and received many. It seems miraculous to me how quickly you recovered and returned to "normalcy" after your surgery. A true blessing, for sure. I hope your trip is wonderful! Half the fun of a trip is the planning and anticipation.

Fear not Brothers and Sisters! I have read THE BOOK..........we win!!!

RollTide2008 · ‎02-14-2017

It's not necessarily about travel for me. I get dressed for work at the gym several times a week.

Gorgf · ‎03-10-2010

@SportyShorty07 Thank you for your kind reply. 😉 I am losing the yearn to travel. I live alone and hard to arrange to travel and live three hours from MSP airport. I used to go once a year. I have a friend who travels all over the world often alone every couple of months. She lives in Tx. and is 82.

I go on Utube and there are many ideas. The contact lens case came from Travel Tips by Laurie. She is a Piolet's wife and frequent traveler. She also recommended Gold Bond Hand cream for diabetics as long lasting hand moisture for travel. She has cosmetic case ideas and packing tips, cosmetics included. Many are reasonably priced choices. Sara Murdock is good and takes Rick Steve's tours. She uses a Bare Essential dry makeup in powder with SPF avoiding those liquids as much as possible.

Some people don't want to travel without their tried and true favorites or have skin that may react. Samples work fine for me. I have purchased travel kits but find I again may not use some of the items included, so a waste.

FLGators · ‎09-16-2010

I keep it to a minimum when traveling. I normally transfer to smaller bottles or use sample sachets/bottles if I have them in my stash.

kindred cats · ‎04-04-2020

Not sure it's a "tactic". Perhaps a convenience for some people.

The home and away doesn't come into play if I want something.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@tends2dogs wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I don't do "home & away" makeup, but I am actually thinking about getting some skincare discovery/travel size kits for a very basic routine for when DH and I go to NYC later this year. Normally when we travel we drive so I can bring anything and everything. I'm the person who will be gone for five days but brings enough clothing options for two weeks! Then there are separate beauty cases for skincare, makeup, and hair. It's all way too much for NYC. I'm planning on a minimal skincare routine for those days and want to fit everything in one suitcase. Fortunately my makeup routine has been simplified lately and I don't need to take multiple eyeshadow palettes. If I do get the skincare kit (or kits) I'm thinking about, I'll finish them up when I get home, then maybe save those containers to refill in the future.
@JeanLouiseFinch A bit off topic, but I have been wondering if you were able to get all your plans settled for your NYC trip. I remember you asking for recommendations here and received many. It seems miraculous to me how quickly you recovered and returned to "normalcy" after your surgery. A true blessing, for sure. I hope your trip is wonderful! Half the fun of a trip is the planning and anticipation.

@tends2dogs - I'm in the process. So far, I have the airline booked, hotel booked, Birdland table seating purchased, and Rockettes tickets purchased. Tickets for the Museum of Jewish Heritage aren't available yet, likely won't be until the fall. I'll keep checking. I've got some tours reserved but not paid for yet. We may make some changed there. The hop on hop off sounds like something we want to do. They have one around the city and another out to the Statue of Liberty but I also read that the parks department is the only official seller of tickets for Liberty. I have a feeling the hop on hop off company buys them from the parks department and sell them at an increased cost. I haven't been able to work on any of that lately that but after tomorrow I can get back at it. DH was a little iffy on going (safety) but after looking at maps and where we expect to spend the majority of our time he's feeling better about it.

Regarding my health, I feel terrific - as if nothing never happened. God is good!

Thanks for checking. 😊

Franklinbell · ‎01-04-2015

@Iwantcoffee That is just what I do. I travel often for my job and it is easier for me to have a seperate already prepacked bag. It stays in my suitcase and that is one less thing I need to think about. It makes life easier for me.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@Shanus - I use Mally's Face Defender. I do like it when she offers the travel size. I also like travel sizes of other skin care/makeup products. That size fits better into my airplane plastic makeup bag. When I'm not flying, it's the perfect size to take on a weekend or three-day workshop or training session. I can't refill Face Defender, but I frequently refill other products, pouring the product into smaller, travel-size containers.

When DH and I head anywhere in the car I take my full-size compact!