Folding clothes into miniature versions of themselves in order to maximize space in a carry-on is hard; strategizing the smartest way to fit all the 3.4 oz versions of your life-or-death skin care necessities into a plastic bag originally intended for sandwiches is harder. I understand that this rule is in place for a reason, and I don’t want my plane to go down because of a bomb in a bottle of Gatorade any more than you do, but come on?do you think I’d really waste an entire 7.3 oz container of SK-II Facial Treatment Essence on an attempt at domestic terrorism" Absolutely not.
Adorable as they may be?so tiny!?buying specifically travel-sized products is very, very low on my list of priorities, because I want what I want, not something that I settle for just because it happens to come in plane-friendly packaging. So my general workaround is to only bag things that I must have in liquid form: moisturizer, serum, micellar water, and ? that’s basically it. Cleanser used to rank high on that list, too, because who in their right mind would risk using a hotel bar soap on their face instead" MORE: The 9 Beauty Products STYLECASTER Editors Refuse to Travel Without
But I’ve found a great solution to the conundrum of just how much cleanser you can fit in your carry-on?well, I wouldn’t say I found it, because it’s not like some #hack I developed on my own. (I have never developed a #hack on my own.)
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