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Summer in Shanghai.
Jul. 6th, 2011 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_grynneCome this Friday, I will be going to Shanghai (from Sydney) for a little over a month (a combination of work and seeing family/friends). This time, instead of randomly tossing items that take my fancy mere hours before I have to dash for the airport, which is how I usual do my packing for these regular trips, I thought I would carefully plan what makeup I would take with me*.
If my idea was that this would lead to me somehow reducing the volume of my luggage, I was sorely mistaken, as I discovered after drawing up the list of "necessary items for 37 days of work and play in Shanghai" on my Notes app. Perhaps some further editing was required, I admitted to myself. That's where you can help.
What do you think is a reasonable amount of beauty products to take on a trip of this length? What could safely I do without?
Not pictured (because I have backups at home in Shanghai) are:
- foundation (NARS Sheer Glow, Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua and Becca tinted moisturiser)
- primer (MUFE HD primer)
- skincare
- lip conditioner/balm (Clinique Superbalm) and
- brow pencil (Shu Uemura).
( Toss or keep? )
*The problem is of excess, not of weight. My baggage allowance is 30kg, and summer clothing is not that heavy.
And of course, every time I go to the Shanghai apartment, I always leave some products there for the next time I go back, so not all of this is coming back to Sydney with me.
If my idea was that this would lead to me somehow reducing the volume of my luggage, I was sorely mistaken, as I discovered after drawing up the list of "necessary items for 37 days of work and play in Shanghai" on my Notes app. Perhaps some further editing was required, I admitted to myself. That's where you can help.
What do you think is a reasonable amount of beauty products to take on a trip of this length? What could safely I do without?
Not pictured (because I have backups at home in Shanghai) are:
- foundation (NARS Sheer Glow, Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua and Becca tinted moisturiser)
- primer (MUFE HD primer)
- skincare
- lip conditioner/balm (Clinique Superbalm) and
- brow pencil (Shu Uemura).
( Toss or keep? )
*The problem is of excess, not of weight. My baggage allowance is 30kg, and summer clothing is not that heavy.
And of course, every time I go to the Shanghai apartment, I always leave some products there for the next time I go back, so not all of this is coming back to Sydney with me.