welcome to what i hope will be the most useful travel toiletries video that you will ever come
across if this is the first time you've seen our channel i'm nicole and usually i'm making travel
videos with my partner mico but today we're going to do a deep dive into my toiletries so he decided
to sit this one out because i think he would just do a lot of nodding and smiling as we talk about
women's toiletries so i'm flying solo today mico and i've been traveling full-time for the past
year and a half and in that time we've learned so so much about the best travel gear to have and how
to pack for travel so let's just dive right in and i'll show you what's left in my toiletry kit it
after having refined it over the past year and a half of traveling the first thing you're probably
noticing is that i have two kits and the reason for that is because this is like a really proper
classic hygiene kit and it houses everything that i use on pretty much a daily basis
this guy is what i use to house everything that's sort of extra that i don't use every
day it's actually mostly like hair care items for when i wash my hair so we'll go through this guy
in a minute let's start with the everyday items so this is what my hygiene kit looks like when
she is full and i will quickly say before i get into this that whether i was just going on like
a trip for a weekend even maybe a holiday for one or two or three weeks or traveling long term
full-time like i am this is actually still the same kit that i would pack so first things up
deodorant this is something that if i was heading on just maybe a weekend trip i would perhaps bring
a little less of i bring floss with me when we travel i know not everyone does but i have it
contact lens solution so contacts can be a little tricky when you're abroad we brought a ton with us
when we left and we went home for the holidays um and i restocked up on some more contacts
depending on where you are in the world contact lens solution can be a little difficult to get
we've never come up against a time where we couldn't find any but there have been a few
times that we were really low and it was a bit of a pinch i've also got my hairbrush in here okay so
this used to be like a foldable hairbrush with a mirror on one side this just pops out
like that uh it's not in the best of shape anymore uh but actually it still worked really well when
the mirror fell off i thought i might need to replace it and i'm like why it's fine the
only thing is it's less of a handle like the mirror was kind of a nice little handle here
and now i don't have that but it's fine it works for me and something that i absolutely love that
is for my hair is called it's called puff me so this is a hair product that is exceptional for
anyone who's traveling with only a carry-on this is really the reason that i found this
for the first year of our travels we traveled with exclusively carry-on and of course that
means obviously limits on liquids it also means no aerosols so that means no hairspray no dry shampoo
so this puff me is like this little it just has a little like i'll show you can you see that
so this tiny bit of powder comes out of it you just spray it into your hair and then it gives
it a little bit of volume so it's almost like a little bit of stickiness otherwise my hair
is like super super super flat against my head especially in humid weather so this just gives
it a little bit of um if i can kind of spruce it up and it adds a little bit of volume to it
the next thing i have in this front pouch here is this is actually i think this was like some sort
of electronics case but what it houses now is my jewelry so when i left canada i came with no
jewelry and the reason for that is because i love buying jewelry abroad as the souvenir that i bring
with me it's tiny it's usually fairly inexpensive and they can be like really specific to the region
of the world you're in so all my jewelry now really reminds me of like the places i've been
so i pick up earrings every now and again when i find something i like and that's my little gift to
myself as we travel the world ah this guy if you have seen any of our packing videos before you've
already seen this guy because this is one of my favorite products that i own this is a makeup
remover cloth this is the brand erase to your face i have been using this almost every day for
a year and a half and it's still in great shape and it is exactly what you think it is you just
get it wet and it washes away your makeup i just just use water with it i don't use any product um
and obviously the point of this is so that i don't have to bring makeup remover so no liquids
again to help with that carry-on limit and in addition to that you're not having to find and buy
makeup remover all over the world instead you can just use this little guy and then some more super
common basics toothpaste mico and i just carry one for the two of us toothbrush i will say when
we first left to travel full-time we had those like travel toothbrushes that were like it was
like a half size and you pulled out of it out of its case and attached it to like the handle to
make a full-size toothbrush and that was fine it worked really well but eventually you need a new
toothbrush we just have started to get regular toothbrushes and we just find these little caps
i definitely recommend you get a little cap for your toothbrush just to keep everything else
clean in here okay there are a couple small items left in here so one of them is my razor so this is
a flamingo brand i like it it's just easy because it's one of those ones that like has the handle
and then i bought a bunch of different heads to go with it i believe you can actually get this online
i found it at home i think in like walmart but um i should say that for all the products that i talk
about here today i will provide a link to them down in the description below i'll fit as many
as i can down there and for any that i can't fit there we do have a full packing list maybe
you've seen our full packing video before and we have a full packing list i'll link that down
below you can always click on that and uh just see everything that's in our backpack including all of
these items okay let's finish this bottom section here of my toiletries there's just two things left
a comb and i've got a hair scrunchie in here that actually empties out the whole bottom part of my
main toiletry kit which just leaves us with the top i've got these two mesh pockets and all i put
in here actually is my makeup so for makeup what i carry is an eyebrow pencil highlighter this is
just like something cheap from home that i have had forever and of course a brush eyelash curler
and mascara i will say getting mascara in certain parts of the world can be really hard to get like
good mascara um i've gone in a couple of asian countries and it's just it was just not the same
thing but a quick tip if you are into certain like makeup brands or hair care products or something
like that one place where you can often get really high quality products while you're abroad anywhere
in the world is actually the duty-free shops at airports so as a worst-case scenario this is one
thing that i have purchased before at a duty free shop because i love this mascara and so it ends
up being a little bit more expensive but worth it if it's something you love so another thing
that i do use every day that belongs in a toiletry kit but that isn't in mine because mico carries it
is our bar soap so far soap is obviously very easy to get all around the world
and again if you are traveling carry on you don't want to have to be bringing body wash
with you because it'll contribute to your liquids limit so best to be able to use a bar soap and now
we found these matador soap cases that have just been absolute game changers for us they've got a
little clip on the back here and you just unclip this guy and it rolls up kind of like a dry bag
and on the inside you just put your soap inside and when it's wet you put your soap inside there
wet it dries it even while it's in here so it's fantastic especially if you need to like use
it in the morning and then just chuck it in the bag and you're going to be packing your stuff up
that morning it allows the soap to dry as it's in here and it doesn't get anything else wet
or mucky or icky or soapy so that's everything that's sort of in the day-to-day toiletry case
it's kind of it's kind of a mess here now sorry sorry oh i'll show you this now okay so this
is our sea to summit toiletry kit what we love most about this i'd say is how lightweight it is
there's nothing to this in terms of weight but somehow it has really held up in the past year
and a half and i have really filled this thing you guys as you've seen it just kind of opens
from the top and right away we've got the main pocket sort of in the bottom where i kind of
where i put my deodorant and hair puff anything that's kind of more bulky and then there's a nice
mesh pocket you can put more sort of thin things here like my razor and my toothbrush and they've
got these two mesh pockets i really like these they're like almost like stretchy fabric this
mesh fabric is like stretchy and i also feel like there is a bit of leeway there if you need
something awkward in there and that's why i put my eyelash curler in there because it's an awkward
shape but it just fits perfectly in there and doesn't stretch out the fabric it also has a hook
do not ever buy a hygiene kit without a hook you'll find around the world that honestly
putting your hygiene kit on the counter is often not an option either because there is no counter
or the counter is gross and you don't want to do that but usually there's like a towel rack or a
hook in the bathroom or even just like the shower rod curtain something like that shower curtain rod
uh and you can just put it up there as long as you have a hook so you definitely need a hook
and then in the back i've got another zipper oh there's actually something back here that i forgot
to show you which is the cotton swaps so q-tips i just buy these wherever we are around the world
but there is that pocket in the back that you can keep something that's kind of slender back there
now we have the small size of these hygiene kits but if you are interested in checking
this guy out there's also a medium size and a large size if you need something bigger okay
let's see what's in bag number two like i said these are things that i don't use every single day
they just kind of sit in a different pack because obviously they weren't gonna fit in this one
which is somehow very full so first things first some more of those matador soap packs
because like i said we absolutely love them i'll show you what's inside so
this is my shampoo and conditioner this one's shampoo this guy's conditioner i love Ethique
hair products so Ethique is a brand out of new zealand the reason i love them is because they're
so dedicated to like sustainability and reducing plastics and fair trade i have been using their
bar shampoo and conditioner for about a year and a half as long as i can get my hands on it this is
the product that i use this is their condition you can see it's a little squishy because i use it um
and in addition to this i actually tried i got a sample size because family came to visit me from
canada and i made them bring me these Ethique products again because i love them so much
i happen to get a sample size face scrub this face scrub is fantastic it's like i would describe it
like the the most like subtle sandpaper you can buy put into a cute little soap product and then
i just rub it all over my face and it feels like baby smooth skin i love it it's fantastic um so
why do i have bar soap is again for carry-on um originally it was for carry on now it's just
because i love bar soap and i think it's good for the world but originally it was a solution
to not having to carry so many liquids again so i highly recommend i mean of course especially
if you're doing carry-on to get bar shampoo and bar conditioner but even if you're not honestly
it is a fantastic solution to reduce the amount of plastic that you are consuming the other huge
benefit to using bar shampoo and conditioner for me at least is that these last me forever
if i were to buy like liquid shampoo and conditioner i would have to be buying
them all the time especially if you're having to conform to the max 100 milliliter limit on all of
your liquids for carry-on um but this this bar of shampoo and conditioner each one lasts me i'd say
an average about five months one of these bars lasts me and i wash my hair an average of probably
every three days i've obviously got like fairly long hair so this stuff goes really far
the next product is something that i came across again as a solution to a
carry-on issue so again with carry-on you can't bring aerosols i wanted to
bring a dry shampoo because i didn't want to have to wash my hair super frequently
but most dry shampoos are aerosol can so that wasn't going to work so i found this guy and
this is just it's a dry shampoo but it's a powder and so instead of obviously spraying it on i just
boop boop bopp through my hair and then work it through with my fingers i think there is like
about half of the bottle left and i have i've been using this for a year and a half i don't
need a lot of it and i'm to be fair i don't have super greasy hair which is helpful um but this
is lasting me ages the next two items are luxury items for me they are not things that i actually
left canada with originally but they're things i've accrued just because i love them the first
is a leave-in conditioner now the reason i have this is actually because depending on what kind of
region we're in in the world there have been lots of instances where we don't have warm water in the
shower and while i don't mind that generally when you're washing your hair with cold water i just
like have no interest and i just want to get the shower over really fast so by having a leave-in
conditioner i just don't need to condition my hair in the shower i just shampoo it and i walk out and
i put my conditioner in and i call that a day when it's just a little too chilly to stay in the water
so definitely a luxury item not something that i need to have something that i like to have
and the second luxury item is again a moroccan oil product and this is it's just a hair oil having a
hair oil just kind of allows me to go longer in between haircuts which is something that i don't
love to get abroad it just makes me really anxious i get so nervous that like with the language
barrier i'm gonna really ruin a haircut one of these days so i try to avoid haircuts so this is
to help with not having to get as many haircuts all right there's just a few things left in here
i have a hand cream this is again something from canada and obviously hand cream you just get that
wherever you are around the world i also carry vaseline thankfully this is actually super easy
to get around the world as well everyone seems to have vaseline and they even usually have it
in these tubs nail clippers of course this is a nail file i used to have two of these
and i had one in a bag that i brought onto the plane as like a carry-on bag recently
and although it has always been in my carry-on bag and i have never in a year and a half had
a problem with having a metal nail file they finally took it away from me so you probably
shouldn't have a metal nail file if you're doing carry-on only you should probably just get the
cheaper bendy ones i just love this but for a year and a half to let me through with one of
them now i'm just down to one instead of two which is kind of sad it's fine i've also got
hair elastics and bobby pins in here and as i'm going through this i'm realizing that i'm missing
my tweezers i think i just yeah i just forgot them i've got a pair of tweezers as well and uh that's
everything like i was saying i think whether i was traveling for like a weekend or full time
like i am right now i think this is actually still the same amount of stuff that i would bring if i
wanted to like have everything that i need okay now this bag is empty i'll tell you a little bit
about it it's just a regular old packing cube it has a zipper on either side it's actually really
big there's a lot of room in there so if i really need to like stuff it full of something i can so
okay now something that you might be noticing is not included in my hygiene kit is menstrual
products so for me just with the contraceptive method that i've chosen i actually don't have
to deal with menstruation which is wonderful when you're full-time traveling but if it is
something that you need to deal with my suggestion would be a menstrual cup and i know lots of women
travelers talk about using a menstrual cup it's a great option um one of the reasons it's such
a good option is actually because trying to get certain feminine hygiene products abroad can be
really difficult so tampons in particular i know we spent quite a bit of time in the middle east
in 2021 and you just don't see tampons anywhere i couldn't find them so it can be a little
difficult to get certain products abroad so keep that in mind as you are planning your trip
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