When I first announced to my girlfriends that I was going to challenge myself to take only a carry-on to Europe they responded with simultaneous laughter. Well, I can’t really blame them – I would normally need a carry-on just to hold all my hair and beauty products. But take a carry-on I did and have never been more proud of myself.

Typically, when travelling, I would bring my everyday make-up bag that is a little on the err larger size. However this time around I whittled it down to a “few” essentials and beamed with pride over the much smaller bag. What I didn’t realize then was that European summers will literally cause the make-up to slide off your face. Every day was the hottest day of my life, and in the end my “few” essentials became much fewer. These little beauties were all I needed:

skin & hair care

1. rms beauty raw coconut oil (not pictured since I forgot it in Rome…perhaps a sign I should go back?)
2. kahina toning mist
   
3. may lindstrom the clean dirt (not pictured as it was a sample from Garcy in an ‘un glam’ bag which she made me promise not to show!)
4. graydon clinical luxury by nature the putty
   
5. la bella figura barbary fig seed oil
   
6. la bella figura bohemia verde aromatic hair elixir (it smells so damn good that I caught myself walking around sniffing the ends of my hair…the locals must have thought “zee crazy tourist!”)

make-up*

1. kjaer weis mascara
2. kjaer weis cream blush 
3. jane iredale lip gloss 

*this is pretty much me wearing no make-up

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