I have something to share with you.

I was asked recently for a few of my best travel tips by a co-worker who is new to traveling for business.  I have quite a few but this one is probably the easiest one to follow and can benefit you traveling for business and personal.  Always keep your toiletry bag packed and stocked.  

I have TSA Pre✓® so I do not have to take my toiletries out for security but they are in a clear case, close to the size of a quart size plastic bag.  Before any trip, I simply grab it and toss it right into my suitcase.  When I return home, I make sure it is re-stocked as I unpack before it goes back in my bathroom cabinet.  And I make sure that the items I buy are either short and wide or tall and slim so they stack easily in the case.

It’s easy to remember eye glasses, deodorant and my Clarisonic, so what do I always have packed in my clear bag?

• Travel size Contact lens solution and disinfectant
• travel size hairspray
• Rollerball perfume
• travel size toothpaste
• philosophy purity facial wash (in a small travel size container)
• Kate Somerville Age Arrest cream(travel size)
• Boots Night Cream (in a small travel container)
• Kate Somerville RetAsphere 2-in-1 Retinol Night Cream (in a small travel container)
• Lancome Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate(sample size refilled)
• Dr. Dennis GrossFerulic + Retinol Triple Correction Eye Serum
• Samples of Kate Somerville Exfolikate (only use it once, maybe twice a trip)
• Persa-Gel for monthly breakouts
• Shampoo and Conditioner(I add for longer trips)
• Body wash and moisturizer (I add for longer trips)

My makeup, razor, toothbrush, floss, q-tips, and WOW stay packed in a bag I use daily so that can be zipped and packed quickly the morning of my flight!