I have two bags for all my toiletries. One bag just doesn’t seem enough!

I don’t compromise on my skincare routine even when I’m traveling. I don’t use normally use free skincare samples when traveling because I don’t know what they can do to my skin. As the humidity in different countries (and different altitudes) can vary, I find it best to stick to my usual skincare products, lest my skin start breaking out unnecessarily.

So, to avoid bringing my full-sized bottles and jars of creams and liquids, I decanted most of my skincare items into travel-sized bottles and jars.

Depotted/Decanted Items

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Gel
Clinique Moisture Surge
Clinique Clarifying Lotion No 3
Cetaphil
Cleansing oil
Khiel’s Abyssine Eye Cream (depotted from 2 sample sachets)
Eye makeup remover
St Ives Whipped Silk body lotion
Perfumes – Clinique Happy Heart and L’occitane Cherry Blossom
Two sample-sized bottles of Cellnique Pro Sebum Gel

Others

Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturiser
Garnier SOS Blemish clear pen
Marc Anthony Simply Straight heat protect flat iron spray
Rexona antiperspirant deodorant
Contact lens multipurpose solution
Lux body wash
Charles Worthington Take Ways Stay Smooth shampoo and conditioner
Boots Vitamin E hair treatment spray
Charles Worthington Take Aways Stay Smooth frizz-taming serum
Lee Stafford Poker Straight dry shampoo
Toothpaste and toothbrush
Shower cap
Hairbrush and comb
Facial cotton and cotton swabs
Tampons, pantyliners and sanitary towels
Meds (ibuprofen, flu meds, etc)

I know, it seems like a lot, huh? Better to have too much than not enough.