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Top 5 Travel Gear: Hair

a collage of travel gear items

Packing for a business trip can be full of anxiety. Not only do you have to pick out exactly what you’re going to wear for the next 3, 4, 5, or more days, but you also have to condense a beauty routine (that has taken you years to develop) into 3 oz bottles and a…

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Beauty travel tip: Bring makeup pencils!

a black bag with makeup brushes and lipsticks

A few months ago, I got an email from Reader E. I wanted to give you one of my favorite travel tips for makeup and since school supply season is upon us (yikes!) I thought this would be a perfect time to share my tip. I am what my husband calls a “competitive” packer and…

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Travel Hair

a red and black hair clipper

For a lot of women, fixing their hair is the single most time-consuming grooming task of their day. Between washing, blow drying, and styling, it’s easy to spend a good 30 minutes just on hair. For some people, that’s every single day. My curly hair dries out if washed every day, so that cuts down…

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Travel Toiletries: Tips and Tricks

a group of plastic bottles

One of the hardest packing skills to learn is how to pack toiletries efficiently. Most women have spent years evolving their hair care, skin care, and general beauty routines—and now you have to condense all of that into a 1 quart plastic bag? Unfortunately yes, to an extent. However, there are ways to work within…

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Quick Packing Tip: Facial Cleansing Wipes

a green package of wet wipes

Ah, New Years. That time of year when we evaluate how the past year went, and how we would like for the coming year to go.  One of my goals is to continue to make my beauty routine even more eco-friendly. As a result, I have been perusing The Body Shop for some products, as…

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A Website All About Travel Beauty!!

I have found a new website that is solely focused on travel sized, TSA approved, high end beauty products. 3floz has all of the great shampoos, conditioners, skincare, and other stuff I love, including an organic section!!  If you are in Manhattan you can even get same day delivery. I wish they had a store…

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Answering Readers’ Questions: Makeup On Planes

a close-up of a makeup kit

I recently got a question from a reader: “Can I take my makeup on the plane?” (picture from Sephora, Tarte’s Flower Child Natural Eye Shadow Palette, $44) The short answer: Yes. Going through security may be slightly tricky, but yes. The long answer: Any powders can be in your suitcase and don’t have to be…

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My favorite travel toiletries

a white tube with a dropper

I promised this a long time ago, and now I am delivering! I have gone through several toiletry phases in my traveling days, but I am by far happiest with the system I have now. I have my two bags, my clear plastic 1-quart size bag with liquids and my cute travel kit with my…

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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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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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