Minimise your toiletries - save time, money and the environment

I also use no creams except for body lotion. This with 100s of creams has never interested me. Probably because I did not have any pimples to remove make-up during my teenage years plus I played football at an elite level so showering a couple of times a day was common so spending time on make-up plus lugging around lots of extra jars was never my thing.

I probably have the same toiletry bag that Lisa in Byn has written about above.
Mum C

A fun and different post. We are in the middle! Firstly, we pack very rarely. We have double of everything in the motorhome. Even any "pills". We have not travelled by plane for many years. A car may happen once in a while. Then we pack some shampoo, lotion, deodorant, toothpaste and hair gel. We can't imagine being without them, but that's all we use. Birgitta has never used make-up. When we shop for hygiene products, we buy almost "boxes of branded products" at a special price at Dollarstore.

Toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, sunscreen, tops, razor, tweezers, dental floss bows, nail scissors, sewing kit and survival knife (including corkscrew and scissors 😉 ).
A small bag "on the side" with hoarded shampoo, soap and skin cream from previous hotel stays in case it is not available at the hotel we end up at.

The necessities and the 'beside' bag always stay in your suitcase with all your stuff - ready for the next trip.

I don't want to be without certain "goods". As far as skin cream for body and face is concerned, it is absolutely necessary for me, as well as a special sun protection cream. Of course there are some other things too. However, no heavy toiletry bag.

What a fun and thought-provoking post. The owners think some people are packing things up on the fly.
In addition to what you have in your toiletry bag, my male owner also has tweezers, plasters, shampoo and hair gel. Depending on the trip, perfume can also be part of the bag.
But best of all, while I'm using it, it's already there, so convenient and practical.
In fact, the male has no idea what the female owner has in her toiletry bag.

There are really very few things most of us REALLY need when travelling. I prefer to travel with only hand luggage, and then I can't bring so much liquid stuff. I've become an expert at stuffing as much as possible into one of those little plastic bags you're allowed to take on the plane. When I was in Central Asia last year, for example, I had everything I needed for two weeks in such a bag - toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, sunscreen, aloe vera, liquid antibac, mascara and even daytime lenses for every day. One of the people I travelled with was so fascinated that she had to take a picture of my bag 😀.

The campervan has everything because we have double of most things, so we don't pack it. On a flight, it's just toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant and a face cream. Possibly a small jar of hair gel.

We don't pack balm, wraps and make-up apart from mascara either. However, there is always a Swiss army knife that has both scissors and a nail file. By the way, we don't use conditioner, packs or make-up here at home either. However, I need a special prescription face cream that can come with me.
I use shampoo, but I often buy it on the spot so that I don't have to carry the bottles. Have a little difficulty getting used to the idea of not using shampoo. I must say I like the smell of freshly washed hair;-)

Surprised that so many people pack deodorant. I never use that stuff
and I haven't heard anyone complain about 'bad air'. If you shower
and changing underwear is not necessary. In addition - some have
deodorant that smells way too strong (I've noticed it on younger men)
Autumn is here - 11C and drizzle.

Admiring your ability to come up with fun and interesting topics
to discuss.