On The Go Beauty…. What’s Inside My Travel Beauty Bag

On The Go Beauty…. What’s Inside My Travel Beauty Bag

Even though I’m back to being a Jozi girl, one thing I’ve learnt from being a former Durban blogger, is how to travel smarter. I used to travel all the time (to Jozi and CT) for overnight launches and I eventually created a little on the go beauty bag. A bag that’s always packed and ready to go, with some essential travel beauty products. Since we’re heading into holiday season, I thought I’d share the contents of my travel beauty bag to give you gals some tips and advice on what I can’t travel without. This little Lou Harvey toiletry bag is the perfect travel size toiletry bag and holds a ton of products. In the past I had different toiletry bags, from ones with built in hangers (so you can hang it on a bathroom rail in your hotel room) to many, many others. I love this one because, when it’s unzipped, you can see and grab anything… no having to empty the contents of your entire bag every time you want to find something. And I mean it’s cute too so who can argue with that?! Now let me show you what’s inside… These are products that live permanently in my travel beauty…

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Beauty Scoop! New Summer Beauty

Beauty Scoop! New Summer Beauty

We’ve had quite a lot of exciting makeup and beauty launches happen recently, and just in time for summer! Here’s a round-up of a few summer essentials you NEED to know about… Smashbox Photo Filter Creamy Powder Foundation I LOVE these! Think of them as a photo filter in a compact! These new foundations offer fantastic coverage, and even better, they look amazing on camera! Perfect for those selfies and instagram feeds! They have a creamy, powder finish as the name suggests and contain light filtering technologies that reflect our pigment’s true colour, while still offering coverage. They also contain a Photoset polymer with liquid bandage technology which means they adhere to the skin in a non-streaky way that’s oil free and doesn’t cake. 10 out of 10! Available in: 10 Shades Price: R425 each Find them at: Selected Woolies, Foschini, Edgars and Red Square Stores YSL Couture Palettes These beautiful eyeshadow compacts from YSL Beauté are amazing! In celebrating “50 Years of Edgy Beauty”, YSL created eight different eyeshadow palettes, each one inspired by an iconic fashion moment from the house of YSL’s history. The range includes beautifully designed compacts, inspired by Yves Saint Laurent’s ‘Mondrian’ dress that he designed as a tribute to the famous painter…

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