The Must Have Miniatures

There are some products for which travel sized miniatures were invented. Personally whenever I travel I try to only take small sizes of my products so that I can either leave the empty bottle at the end of my stay or at least know that it won't take up too much valuable suitcase space.

I haven't included everything here, just the ones I think are the most convenient to have a travel size of. I would also include a shampoo and conditioner but I don't currently have a mini version so would be likely to just decant some of my regular products into small bottles like the ones available from Boots.

First off, a travel sized moisturiser. It doesn't matter if you are going on a sun holiday or a snow holiday, you will need moisturiser equally in both. I personally like to take a small tub of something very nourishing rather than a large bottle of something thinner. I find this size of Soap and Glory's The Righteous Butter will last me a week of post shower slathers and can even be tucked into the beach bag for a hand cream on the go.

Secondly, travel size Bioderma. Reviewed here, it goes without saying that you will want something that will rid you of makeup and temporarily make up the gap of a proper skincare routine. No one has room to be hoiking a 500ml bottle around in their luggage, this 100ml bottle will last a good couple of holiday/weekends away.

I also LOVE that Clinique give out miniatures in their Bonus Time promotions. I got this 15ml sample of my regular moisturiser last year and it is great for taking away without trying to squeeze in the 125ml bottle with pump (reviewed here). Glamour magazine is giving away a free gift with purchase of this for July, so worth a peruse of your local supermarket for either this, a mascara sample or a miniature chubby stick.

Deodorant....everyone needs it particularly on holiday. Sure and other Unilever brands have started producing smaller compressed versions of their products. Great for avoiding the large bottles without the fear of running out mid holiday.

Shower Gel is one of those things that normally come free in hotel rooms. With my sensitive skin however I always find it to be a good idea to take a small version of my current shower gel as no one wants an allergic reaction on holiday...it's not fun *voice of experience*

A small dry shampoo will be enough to get you through the week when you need to add some volume to lack lustre hair (too much chlorine/sun) or you just CBA to wash your hair before an early flight on the way home. 

And then finally, a body scrub. This one is the amazing smelling grapefruit one from The Bodyshop. If you have fake tanned in holiday preparation to avoid looking like a moo min by the pool on the first day (yes thats me) then this one is a must. Cholrine or sea water will wear this off quicker than usual and unfortunately not evenly. A scrub helps even everything up and *hopefully* ease you into a seamless transition from fake bake to sun kissed.

Where are you off on your travels this summer?