Post by maryland on Jan 22, 2023 20:22:50 GMT
If things are in a pill bottle, put them in snack sized zip bags. Make a copy of the dosage instructions and fold it to fit in the bag. Lather, rinse, repeat. Even better, take photos of the dosage instructions and keep them in an album on your phone marked "medications". For travel within the US, you absolutely do not need to keep meds in the original bottle. I keep meds, bandaids, moleskin, a thermometer, and such in a a small cosmetic bag. I tend to use more advil/tylenol when sightseeing and keep them in a small bottle. I know the Tylenol are while oblong tablets and the Advil are small round reddish pills, so they just go into the same container.
For lotions and potions, I keep them in containers like this. It takes a fraction of the space that even travel sized bottles take up. I'm not sure that liquids would work with these, but they are great for moisturizers and face creams. Brushes go into a travel container like this that will collapse to the brushes and keep them from getting messed up. A pencil case is another option. I have some with shorter handles that I use for travel, including a powder brush that only has a knob for the handle vs a long stem. I have smaller sizes of a lot of makeup (single blush, smaller Urban Decay set, sample size bottles for foundation) and they all fit into a 4x6" makeup bag.
I refill any used items when I return home and either keep these items in my suitcase or in a plastic basket in the linen closet. I do switch things out for summer vs winter--for example, I don't bring tubes of sun cream to Minnesota over Christmas (but my moisturizer is an SPF of 30).
Since you travel so frequently, challenge yourself to leave something new home once a week. You won't miss it!
I like the idea if photo copying the instructions, then labeling the pil containers. I will just pack enough to get us through one dose and if we need more we can find a store.
