Packing

Travel Toiletries

This is one of those tough situations. It is so hard to feel beautiful while traveling, but it is one of the most important times! When you have to worry about remembering all of your presentation, your giveaways, and all the little details of working in a place NOT your office; or when dealing with…

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What to pack for a fun trip

Why is packing for a personal trip so hard? For a business trip I can literally pack in twenty minutes, from outfits to toiletries to boarding pass. For most casual trips I agonize for days over what to pack, making list after list, crossing items out, figuring what I still need to buy…For the Alaska…

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DFW has what??

This morning I was walking (okay, running) through Terminal C in DFW when something so amazing, so important, so impossibly exciting caught my eye that I skidded to a stop. What is this incredible vision, you ask? Yes, my friends, DFW now has a Sephora vending machine. If you have read any of my previous…

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Make-up Rave

a close-up of a lip gloss

Last week was crazy. I was literally in 7 different towns in 6 days. And I was in DFW airport 4 times in three days.  I was exhausted when I was done.  But there was a bright spot throughout all the madness: I fully realized how awesome my eye makeup is.  This stuff is so,…

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What to pack for a business trip

There are many schools of thought about how to pack for a business trip. Some people like to have options. I think options are great! Except for that whole carrying everything you take thing. My first business trip (four days) I took four separate outfits, a couple of “option” shirts, a large toiletry kit, four…

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Oh Pashmina, How I Love Thee

a mannequin wearing a blue scarf

I think the pashmina may be the most useful, versatile item you can pack when traveling.  It has so many uses! Blanket on cold planes, scarf to jazz up an outfit, sarong for over a swimsuit….I could go on.  They are available in a range of prices, materials, and colors.  If you forget yours, you…

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