I've been going on about holidays for a while, but it's finally less than 2 weeks until I go to Mexico. Yeah! Just thought I'd show you what I ordered from Boots as holiday essentials, I got it delivered out of laziness as I didn't want to drag all this back from the shops:
Suncream with insect repellent, aftersun and insect repellent - I'm obsessed with not getting bitten on holiday so I use this suncream, along with repellent and a little insect repellent bracelet thing. In Cuba I even had a plug thing for the room but haven't this time. Hey, I didn't get bitten once in Cuba and some people got eaten alive, especially as some of the restaurants were open air by the water! I'd totally recommend this suncream as it's something you use anyway, it's waterproof and it keeps bugs away, it's on offer at the moment too so worth stocking up if you're going away.
Original Mint Source Shower Gel - as above really, I don't think it's intended for this but I think this repels bugs too (ha!). When I went to Spain on my first girlie hol I took this and didn't get bitten once, despite using no repellent or anything - except for when I nicked some of my mates different shower gel instead of using mine so I got nibbled! I swear by this on holiday, whether it's just a psychological thing or not.
Then we've got Aussie Miracle Take The Heat Shampoo and 3 Minute Miracle, Aussie Leave In Conditioner, Palmers Cocoa Butter, Veet, hairclips and Just Good Things facewipes. Think all this stuff is fairly self explanatory. I also already have Batiste Wild (favourite Batiste), hairspray and Superdrug Nail Varnish Remover wipes (holiday essential!) in my collection to take.We didn't go abroad last year as we'd just bought our house, we had a good old fashioned British seaside holiday in Devon though which was good. I had planned loads of beauty appointments - hair, gel polish, pedicure, waxing, lash extensions and brow tinting - but in the end fitting everything in was getting tricky and I thought "oh sod it!". So I'm getting my hair done, gel polish on fingernails (on my lunch break!) and some temporary lash extensions. To be honest the hair and lashes are for the wedding I'm going to next week rather than the holiday.
What are your holiday essentials - treatments and products? Is there anything I've missed out?
I don't go on hols til September but I've started getting stuff together. Must try the original source shower gel as I get ate alive in Turkey though I've already got my factor 50 sunscreen and my Burt's Bees insect repellent (as well as stuff to treat bites) I've found lemon scents keeps the bugs away too xo
ReplyDeleteYeah citronella is lemony and that keeps bugs away doesn't it? Might try and root out a lemony fragrance from somewhere (or I'll just have to make sure there's a slice of lemon in all my cocktails) :-)
DeleteHave a fantastic holiday, tres jealous! xx
ReplyDeleteI wrote you a comment but I think it died when the internet made me refresh the page .... any way. I was saying how I love orginal source products and how i'm still living off the Aveda samples I grabbed from the hotel we stayed in from our honeymoon for my holiday supplies. That or I'm boring an decant the normal stuff I'm using into those tiny travel bottles!
ReplyDeleteYeah I did that the last two hols but my little bottles have gone AWOL and I keep forgetting to look for more! We've got a half decent luggage allowance for once so I've treated myself to full size he he!
DeleteI don't go on holiday until October, but I bought 2 bikinis for £6 from Primark yesterday it's a bit early but they are hard to find after August! x
ReplyDeleteSo annoying isn't it, like no-one goes away after August, certainly wouldn't get much use for a bikini in England at the mo. I've been buying hol clothes since about Jan!
DeleteYou should try the soltan once sunscreen, it's really good! I love having beauty treatments before holidays but never have my hair coloured because it fades so much in the sun.
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