- Hello and welcome to another travel hack video.
My name is Kristen Sarah.
This is Hopscotch The Globe
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to bring culture into your life
and whether that is flying halfway across the globe to do so
or you're sitting in your own living room.
Now let's get into some travel beauty hacks.
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Use your fingers to curl your eyelashes.
My eyelash curler used to be
the number one item I would bring with me
no matter where I went.
But now it is lip gloss
because I don't need my eyelash curler anymore
when I travel.
Because I can just use my fingers and it actually
is way more effective.
What you do is right after you put on your mascara,
you take your fingers, your two pointer fingers,
you curl them like so
and you push up on your eyelashes.
When you do that, hold it for, let's say
anywhere from two to five minutes.
Basically you wanna wait
until your mascara is pretty much dry.
Remove your fingers and you will have
the most curly eyelashes,
very volume-ous, very dramatic
and it will last a long time.
Buy refillable perfume bottles.
I got mine from Shoppers Drug Mart
and if you are Canadian, you will know
exactly what I'm talking about.
If not, you can check out your local pharmacy
or even get it on Amazon.
It's a little tiny bottle
that's under a hundred milliliters
so if you're deciding to travel carry on only,
it's perfect.
And what you can do is take the perfume
you normally use at home
and transfer it very easily just like so,
into your reusable perfume bottle.
And that way, you don't have to worry about
customs taking it away from you
and you don't have to worry about your perfume bottle
bursting in your luggage
as in everything smelling like perfume.
Nobody wants that.
Use coconut oil for a lot of things.
Coconut oil, you gotta bring some when you travel
because you can use it for so many things.
You can use it for mosquito bites
to get rid of that itch.
You can use it for cuticle moisturizer.
You can use it for overall body moisturizer.
I'd stay away from your face though,
your pores a little different there.
You can use it for you hair moisturizer.
Doing like a hair mask overnight.
You can use it as makeup remover.
There's so many ways to use coconut oil.
It's natural and it's a great thing to have
when you're traveling and also trying to
take as less as possible with you on your travels.
Bring a hat or two for early mornings.
When you're traveling, waking up early is not unheard of
especially if you have a booked excursion
or you have an early flight
or you're traveling from one place to another.
Usually your morning starts pretty early
and you don't have time to mess with your hair
so having a hat is always a great thing
so you still look fashionable,
you look good even when it's like 5:00 a.m.
You're ready to go.
Hair elastics, bring a lot of them.
When I'm traveling, I put elastics pretty much
in every pocket, in my clothing
or my purse or in my luggage
so I know that no matter where I am
or where I'm going and I need a hair elastic,
I know where one is.
And also they're not all in one place.
And if that may have just so happen to go missing,
I know that I have some others stored away in other places.
Use lipstick as blush.
When I travel, I like to bring as little as possible
and that includes makeup.
So, using lipstick as a blush is something that I do
and no one knows the difference.
Get free samples from Sephora.
This is one of my favorite hacks.
You can go to Sephora and get samples,
free samples of anything in the store.
If you wanna try a new moisturizer,
that typically costs like $200 for a
like the regular sized container,
but you don't wanna invest in it yet
'cause you've never tried it.
Well, you can get a sample of it.
And it's great because these samples are tiny enough
to allow you to bring them carry on only
so you don't have to check your luggage
but it lasts you anywhere from two weeks to a month.
You're welcome.
Ditch the travel size products.
You know those really adorable travel sized shampoos
and conditioners and the shaving creams, et cetera.
Well, don't even bother.
First of all, you're not getting the most value
for your money and a lot of the times
the travel sized products aren't the best quality products
that you typically use.
So I would recommend just getting the normal size products
that you normally use on a day to day basis,
getting some small containers.
I love GoToobs, those are excellent.
They're all under a 100 milliliters
and just fill up those tubes and those little containers
with the products that you love and enjoy the most.
It's gonna end up saving you money in the long run.
You're gonna enjoy your products more
and it's also not a waste.
Those little products last only like
a few days, max a week and then you're throwing out
these containers made of plastic
and you know, it's not the best thing for the environment.
Pack that dry shampoo.
If you've never used dry shampoo before,
it is a lifesaver.
For me personally, I don't like to wash my hair
more than once, max twice a week,
especially if I'm traveling to hot destinations
or I'm swimming often, my hair tends to get a lot drier.
So I like to use dry shampoo instead of drying my hair out
by using shampoo shampoo and washing my hair.
With dry shampoo, you just apply a little bit to the roots
of your hair and if you have greasy hair,
it gets rid of that.
Your hair looks nice and fresh.
Even if you haven't washed it in a week.
Pack face masks for the plane.
I like to use a face mask when I'm on a flight
because the air tends to be so dry.
So I like to keep my skin as moisturized as possible,
make me look fresh and feel fresh
when I arrive to my destination.
You can get those sheet masks which
you're gonna probably freak out a few kids on the flight
but, eh that's kind of funny.
One of my favorites is from Origins.
Again, I have a sample that I just got
from Sephora that I'm currently using.
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It's their Drink Up Intensive Mask
and it goes on clear.
It really hydrates your skin.
No one can tell that you're wearing a mask.
And when you get to your destination,
you can just wipe it off.
Use cotton pads in your compact
to avoid breaks.
Those cotton pads that you typically use to remove makeup
you can take one of those, put it in one of your compacts
and it prevents the makeup,
your blush, your foundation,
your bronze or whatever from breaking.
Put plastic wraps over bottles.
If you're using GoToobs which I mentioned earlier,
they are these reusable bottles that are
made be using flexible plastic
and they tend to not leak.
I've never had an issue with them.
But I have had issues in the past
with the plastic, small plastic refillable bottles.
That some people like to use.
And what I recommend to avoid leaks and spills
is to take off the lid of that container.
Fill it up with your favorite product,
place some Saran Wrap over the top
and then secure it with the lid once again.
Bring a silk pillow case with you.
I like to bring a pillowcase in general.
It's just nice to have my own pillow case with me
that I can use in hostels, guest houses, hotels,
wherever I'm staying.
It kinda makes me feel a little bit more at home.
It's also nice to know
that I have my own pillow case that I'm putting my face on
at the end of the night.
If you wanna take it up another level
and to keep that hair nice and silky soft
so you don't wake up looking like a mess like this.
Or also is a beauty hack,
it's really nice for your skin to use a silk pillow case.
If you've never tried a silk pillow case,
go out and yourself one.
It is a life changer.
Pack peppermint tea.
During your flight, it's really nice
to sip on some peppermint tea.
It's actually a de-puffer.
So, when you are flying, you tend to not sleep as well
especially if you're on an overnight flight
and your skin just changes
and it gets a little bit puffier.
But peppermint tea helps to get rid of
that puffiness so when you arrive at your destination,
you're not looking like...
Use plastic straws to organize your jewelry.
There's a lot of places that offer plastic straws
with their beverages and instead of throwing them out,
you can use them over and over again.
What I like to do is take my necklaces
and thread them through straws.
Keeps 'em organized and it prevents 'em
from getting all clumped together and tangled.
No one wants to deal with a bunch of tangled necklaces
when they're traveling.
Always travel with Ziploc bags.
Honestly they'll be valuable to you
for so many different things.
It's just really good to have.
You can put dirty clothing in there.
If you have like a wet bathing suit,
the uses for Ziploc bags are endless so,
make sure you pack a few.
Wrap your makeup brushes in tinfoil.
There have been several times when I've traveled
and my makeup brushes went from looking beautiful
to looking, kinda like...
(laughs)
So in order to prevent the bristles
from like goin' all over the place
and then I can't really use my makeup brush anymore,
I like to wrap them in tin foil.
It allows them to keep their shape.
Put eye shadow on Q-Tips.
If you're traveling short term,
this is one that a highly recommend
if you are trying to travel light.
And you don't wanna take too much makeup with you.
You can take some Q-Tips and rub them
on your favorite eyeshadows
and just store them in some Ziploc bags
or in plastic wraps so that you can use those eyeshadows
once or twice and you're not bringing
a whole palette with you.
Use coffee grinds to exfoliate.
You don't even need to bring coffee grinds with you
'cause most likely, you're hostel, hotel, guest house
will have coffee available
and you can take the coffee grind,
the used coffee grinds and use them to exfoliate your skin.
You just take them and start rubbing them
over your legs, your arms,
wherever you want.
Avoid your face though.
It's more sensitive and it completely exfoliates you.
It's really nice if you're traveling to a warmer climate
or drier climate and your skin is starting to flake,
you wanna get off that flakiness.
Exfoliation, cheap exfoliation using coffee is really good.
Bring Tea Tree Oil with you.
Tea Tree Oil is amazing.
You can use this for so many things.
You can use it for acne,
dry skin, irritation,
bug bites, wounds,
even for dandruff,
the list goes on.
Pack that lavender oil.
Just like Tea Tree Oil, lavender has so many uses.
You can use it as an antiseptic.
You can use it for burns.
You can use it to relax at the end of the day,
to help you sleep.
The list goes on.
Use paper bags as a blotter.
I'm sure many of you have seen those blotting strips
that you can use when you have,
if you have oily skin
or you're in a hot destination and you're sweating,
well instead of buying those,
because they can be a little bit pricey.
You can just use a paper bag.
It does the exact same thing.
Use a pill container to organize your jewelry.
I'm sure many of you have seen those pill containers
that have every day of the week
that older people like your grandparents
might have their various pills in.
Well, you can use those for organizing your jewelry
specifically earrings when you're traveling.
I can't tell you how many times I've lost just one
of my earrings out of a pair when I'm traveling
and having a pill container to keep them safe,
to keep them organized has helped me
to not lose my earrings that I absolutely
love and adore that I've gotten
from all over the world.
It keeps them organized.
It keeps 'em safe
and I love it.
Use a binder clip over your razor.
What I like to do is take a binder clip
and put it over the blades of the razor.
It will definitely stay on until you take it off
so you're not gonna end up butchering your hand
or cutting up your luggage.
And that is it for my travel beauty hacks.
Hopefully you learned something new.
And if you have any travel beauty hacks of your own
that I did not mention,
leave them in the comment section below.
Don't forget to check out some of our
other travel hack videos so that you can
travel better, travel more efficiently
and I will see you later.
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