What’s in my Travel Makeup Bag?

Okay, I have to admit this. I always always have problems packing for travel. Especially makeup. I get extremely fickle minded and feel like bringing everything I have and ended up with more makeup than I actually need and would use. What could I do when the beauty junkie side of me keeps telling me that I might want to use that colour, what if I need that lipstick, etc? As a result I ended up with tons of makeup in both my luggage and hand-carry. Worse, I get paranoid about keeping my makeup in my check-in luggage. I’ll think how they will be destroyed or lost. So I usually will hand carry my favourite ones, especially expensive ones! I remember during the security check point in the airport when I went to Paris last year, the officer literary blurted out, “Oh My God. Are you going to use all that?” when he saw the amount of makeup I had. Lol.

That’s not even including my skincare and bath stuff. Speaking of which, I am super picky too when it comes to bathing products, especially for my hair. I usually refuse to use the shampoo provided by the hotels. My hair is long, as in waist length long and I’ll get frustrated when the hotel’s shampoo dries up my hair and cause them to get tangled! So I always insist on using my own shampoo/conditioner when I travel. And skincare; for the life of me, I can never make myself skip my skincare routine, not even when I travel. It has become such a part of my life that when I skip them, I’ll feel extreme guilty and uncomfortable, like something important not done. You can call me weird. =P

For the recent Birmingham trip though, I was contemplating a few days before that on how much should I bring. It was such a short trip and that made it even more difficult. I know we’ll have to carry our stuff along most of the time and so having a heavy luggage will not be convenient. Alas, the Boyfriend managed to convince me to just pack enough, somehow stuff everything into ONE backpack, for the BOTH of us. HORRORS!!!

But I did it anyway =). I decided to bring exactly ONLY what I will use for makeup and NO backup at all, not a single piece and leave the extra spaces for my skincare and haircare. I decided in the end that I could skimp on makeup but not skincare, no matter how short the trip is! Your skin got to look its best during holiday, no?

My favourite polka dot makeup bag. Eeek…it looks kinda dirty here. Don’t mind that, I carry this in my handbag every single day. =)

The inside and the brush roll

ALL these in the polka dot bag! =)

I brought BB cream instead of foundation as I can apply it using my fingers and so one less brush to bring! For eyes, only one Kate palette which was super convenient!

All the brushes I need

Do you have trouble packing for travel? Do share with me!

Thanks for reading. =)