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Travel hacks will make your life so much easier and your travels smoother and more enjoyable on your next vacation! From saving space on toiletries to the best luggage bags, this guide has everything you need to make your next vacation as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Save Weight and Space from Toiletries
Watch me cut down the weight of my toiletries to 1/7th the original weight! Most of the weight in beauty products come from the beautiful packaging, especially heavy glass perfume bottles. A few reusable containers will help you save space and weight in your bag allowing you to keep using your favorite products. Sure you could go raid the sample isle in Target, but if you want to keep up your skincare routine these few containers will make it possible.
Smaller Containers
For thicker products like face lotion, I love these small containers whose lids easily snap off by squeezing them making them easy to open while being leak proof. They may look small but they are deep and I find they hold enough face lotion for two weeks. I pump my lotion directly in them or use a clean kitchen knife to fill with thicker lotions.
Larger Containers
If you need more product, these larger containers work beautifully for body lotion or hair creams.
Thinner Products
For thinner products like micellar water, toner, or even perfume I love these 30ml spray bottles. Even on a two week trip, I do not come close to using everything so I tend to not to fill them all the way. The spray is nice and fine and I spray them directly on my skin or cotton pads.
Shower Squeeze Tubes
For products I use in the shower like face wash or shampoo I prefer these squeeze tubes. The top screws off revealing a pretty wide mouth so they are easy to fill. They take a little work to clean out but it is nothing unmanageable.
Use Containers Of The Same Size!
I do find that using containers which are the same size makes them easier to pack. Save yourself space so you can fit other things or bring back fantastic souvenirs. My full size products weighed 4 pounds and after decanting them into these containers, they only weighed a half pound! Here is my go to TSA approved toiletry bag to put everything in. They are much better than using plastic bags that usually bust open and I can fit way more. Happy travels!