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Travel Beauty Tips And Hacks

January 16, 2014 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

 

Travelling means you can’t always take your normal stock pile of beauty supplies with you. Here are some simple beauty hacks and tips to maintain a beautiful regime on holiday. These tips and tricks make the most of what you already have and what items are around in.

1: Sugar sachets and lemon slices from the hotel bar can be mixed together to create a foot scrub, Add some olive oil for a gentler scrub.

2: Sock buns fit flat in your suitcase and can create beautiful curls without the use of a curling iron. Speed things up with the hotel hairdryer if you don’t want to sleep on it. You can also use this to add volume to a normal bun up do.

3:Pimple Popped up into your Holiday snaps? Advil tablets can be used to reduce the redness.

4: Black Hair? Use mascara to tone in those stray greys you didn’t see before your checked in. Red hair? Dab some red colorstay lipstick onto your fingers and run it over the grays. It’s not perfect but it will help.

5: Cut a block of soap into smaller pieces before you leave to create your own mini soap blocks. Use a peeler to create some soap curls, perfect for keeping in your handbag for public tourist toilets without soap. So much cheaper than soap sheets.

6: Suddenly needing a heat pack? Ask the kitchen for some dry uncooked rice to be microwaved for 1-2 minutes. When the handsome room service guy leaves,  pour it into a sock or stocking, knot up the end and you have a instant heat pack.

7: Use baby powder as a dry shampoo into your hair, you can also use it to dry out sweaty walking shoes or stinky arm pits.

8: Plan you Hair styles based on your days- Start out with it down and flowing before it gets frizzy, then next day add some curls with a salty water spray made from a sachet or salt and warm water, sprinkle into hair for beach curls. Then go for a tussled and pinned up do, before finishing off your holiday with a hair bun.

9: Vaseline – Can be used to shape eyebrows, soften feet, prevent personal chaffing or wind chapped lips. Can be used as a lip gloss, nail shiner, removes eye makeup and Mascara. Don’t have Vaseline try paw paw cream too.

10: Order green tea from room service and allow it to cool before soaking your face and hair in it. It will leave your hair shiny and your face less puffed and looking rejuvenated for all those holidays snaps and selfies.

Have any more ideas? Share them below in the comments.  Want to make the travel bag used in the picture? Free Travel bag Pattern.

 

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Have you read?

Book Review: The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More

If you’ve ever felt a pull toward the forest, found calm in a cup of chamomile tea, or found yourself talking to your houseplants (guilty!), then The Green Witch might just be your next spiritual companion. This beautifully written book by Arin Murphy-Hiscock is more than just a guide—it’s an invitation to slow down, listen to nature, and discover the quiet, grounded path of green witchcraft.

An Earthy Embrace for Beginners and Seasoned Witches Alike
Unlike some books that lean heavily into spellwork or ceremony, The Green Witch takes a more intuitive and nurturing approach. It celebrates the everyday magic in gardening, cooking, aromatherapy, and even just observing the natural cycles around you. It’s less about memorizing rituals and more about developing a personal relationship with nature.

This makes it a particularly great fit for women who are ready to explore spiritual growth without needing an altar full of tools or a deep dive into Wiccan tradition. It’s also a gentle way in for those of us in midlife who are reconnecting with our intuition, looking to slow down, or simply feeling called to something more rooted.

What You’ll Find Inside

  • Herbal profiles and magical uses for common plants (nothing too obscure!)

  • Seasonal rituals and daily practices

  • Ideas for working with essential oils, crystals, and the elements

  • A strong emphasis on personal empowerment and quiet observation

There’s also a beautiful message woven throughout the book: you are enough, your intuition is valid, and your connection with nature is sacred—no fancy robes or Latin chants required.

Murphy-Hiscock writes with clarity and compassion. There’s no gatekeeping or judgment here, just encouragement to walk your own path and trust your instincts. It’s like having a wise forest-dwelling aunt whispering in your ear, “You already know how to do this. Just listen.”

This book won’t turn you into a cauldron-stirring spellcaster overnight—but that’s exactly why I loved it. It’s practical, peaceful, and deeply feminine in its wisdom. Perfect for your bedside table, your garden tote, or wrapped in a soft cloth and tucked into your daily basket of herbs.

Highly recommended for:

  • Women craving spiritual connection through nature

  • Beginner witches or solitary practitioners

  • Crafty souls who already make their own teas, salves, or garden beds

  • Anyone looking for a little more magic in the everyday

The Green Witch is a soft, steady light on the path. And for many of us, that’s exactly the kind of magic we need.

 

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