AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
And I reckon the bold bits are superfluous.
I'm rubbish at packing-anyone else?
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AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
You can use showergel at a push, for a weekend, possibly even a week. Yeah, your hair wouldn't be silky smooth and A1 condition, but even if you're 'high maintenance' surely you want to take a bit of time off during holidays?You wouldn't wash youe hair for 5 days?
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Pumice stones?!? wtf!?!?!? Seriously, how hard and scaly and 'orrible can a person's feet get in a week?
AnnO'Neemus
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I don't even use soap.
My face just gets washed with water in the shower.
Or if I've been out for the night and worn makeup (rarely), then I use Johnson's baby wipes to remove mascara and eyeliner.
I've been using Johnson's baby wipes for years, because I figured that if they're gentle enough for a baby's bottom, they must be okay for my face, but then Olay and Simple and everyone launched their special face wipes, which cost about five times as much to do the same job
I figure the fewer chemicals I f' about with, the better for my face. I've never smoked either, but that wasn't originally to do with concerns about ageing, I've just never seen the point.
I'm usually mistaken for being anywhere between five and 10 years younger than I am. (But I am also Aspie, which helps, as Aspies often look younger than their chronological age.)
It's a pain when you carded at a bar in NY at the age of 30, having left your passport at your mate's apartment, but I always say I'll be glad of it when I'm 50.
AnnO'Neemus
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AnnO'Neemus
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Seriously, how untidy can a person's eyebrows get in the space of a weekend or a week? And even if you're away for a fortnight, if a couple of straggly lashes start to grow out, it's not going to kill you to have a couple of straggly eyebrow lashes, is it?
Likewise, nail varnish that's a wee bit chipped in the space of a week or so, seriously, who's going to look? who's going to care? are you going to be ostracised and chucked out of the hotel for having
slightly chipped toe nail varnish?!? AnnO'Neemus
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Originally Posted by sparklefish said:
not even a cute little one like this that can fit on a keyring?
You can't fly with them in carry on. And I don't do check in luggage.
My Swiss Army Knife was confiscated when I took a Beijing-Shanghai flight a few years ago. Lucky it was a day return work trip, so they confiscated it in Beijing and I collected it when I got back. I wouldn't have bothered except it was a present from a boyfriend, so it had sentimental value
Some women have boyfriends who buy them Tiffany trinkets, I have boyfriends who buy me Trangias and Swiss army knives. 
I want Tiffany trinkets, goddamit! AnnO'Neemus
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No, you're not. I haven't ironed anything for years.I rarely use an iron, I don't buy things that need ironing.
I used to be OCD-ish about ironing.
But then I recovered. My name is AnnO'Neemus, and I'm a recovered, formerly compulsive, anally-retentive ironer.
My cleaner was appalled when I told her I didn't want her to wash any laundry (I'm anally retentive about separating colours and stuff
)... or iron... anything, because everyone else wants her to do laundry and ironing. But then a month or so later, she happened to mention that she realised all my black clothes were still black as opposed to faded grey and it was probably due to not ironing them.
AnnO'Neemus
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I have two. In two different flats. But don't use either.not that weird
AnnO'Neemus
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How creased can they be after a few hours?
So you put them on a hanger and hang them in the bathroom while running a bath/getting a shower and the steam will help the creases fall out! Hey presto no iron needed.
Or alternatively, if you're going to such a swish event that your outfit *neeeeeeeeeeeeeeds* ironing, then you'd presumably be staying at an hotel that offers such a service through housekeeping/room service.
AnnO'Neemus
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And if she could target peeps in the City or round Chancery Lane and the RCJ and Inns of Court... she'd be minted.
An ex-bf of mine figured out that the definition of happiness is having at least five ironed shirts in your wardrobe on a Sunday night. And then you never have to have that ironing shirt in your pants while half asleep oh sh!t I'm going to be late for work moment ever again.
And then we got a cleaner, who was appalled at my slovenly ways (she was a bit old school*) and took it upon herself to look after him, and she started ironing his shirts. And then she roped in a retired butler friend to launder his shirts and they came back laundered, starched and ironed. He was a trainee solicitor and one of the partners at his firm raised eyebrows at hearing a trainee had his own personal butler in charge of his shirts! He did go down as something of a legend at the firm. Especially after calling in work to say he couldn't make it in as we were snowed in in a friend's castle after a weekend away. It was true. We were.
His friend lived in an castle. As one does. 
* My second boyfriend was in the army and could iron his kit and shirts better than I could. And by the time I was seeing this guy I figured I'll iron my own stuff, but I'll be buggered if I'm ironing a bf's (unless we're going out for the night and we're running late). But she didn't appreciate that I was working 12-16 hour days and earning more than he did and I was actually paying her wages, but did she sort out my suits and blouses?
AnnO'Neemus
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Looby
Well-Known Member
Shower gel in your hair is fucking rank, it would feel like shit. I've got long, think hair that needs to be washed and conditioned properly and regularly.
You both are!
We might be a bit excessive but some people on this thread sound a bit skanky tbh. Since when was perfume and facewash a luxury?
Seriously, how untidy can a person's eyebrows get in the space of a weekend or a week? And even if you're away for a fortnight, if a couple of straggly lashes start to grow out, it's not going to kill you to have a couple of straggly eyebrow lashes, is it?
Likewise, nail varnish that's a wee bit chipped in the space of a week or so, seriously, who's going to look? who's going to care? are you going to be ostracised and chucked out of the hotel for having
Seriously there seems some sort of badge of honour for how rough you can look on holiday in this thread.
I thought cleanse/tone/moisturise was a pretty basic beauty routine and have done this since I was about 14. If someone wants their nails/hair/eyebrows etc to look tidy/nice is that a crime? Some of you seem to think so.
Must go, I've got 5 bags to load into the car.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
I don't wear nail varnish but it's not like it takes up a huge amount of room - likewise tweezers. Yes, I could probably make do without them for 5 days but I'm hardly going to save a lot of space if I don't put them in!
Shower gel in your hair is fucking rank, it would feel like shit. I've got long, think hair that needs to be washed and conditioned properly and regularly.
We might be a bit excessive but some people on this thread sound a bit skanky tbh. Since when was perfume and facewash a luxury?
Seriously there seems some sort of badge of honour for how rough you can look on holiday in this thread.
If someone wants their nails/hair/eyebrows etc to look tidy/nice is that a crime? Some of you seem to think so.
Must go, I've got 5 bags to load into the car.
PMSL @ this post
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Not if it's L'Occitane Green Tea shower gel it's not. The men in my family use Tesco Value shower gel at 10p a bottle so that I can have the nice stuff......
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
You can use showergel at a push, for a weekend, possibly even a week. Yeah, your hair wouldn't be silky smooth and A1 condition, but even if you're 'high maintenance' surely you want to take a bit of time off during holidays?
The OP is going on a business trip not a holiday !
And even on holiday i would not want 'skanky' hair !
There is a lot of the stuff mentioned that i don't even own let alone take away with me but this thread seems to have turned into some sort of sneering match..........ladies ladies......tsk !
AnnO'Neemus
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Very sorry. Seemed funny at the time. After a couple of glasses of wine.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I have long, thin hair too. I wash and condition my hair every day, normally. But I just figure that my hair will probably survive a few days of not being conditioned, or maybe being washed with shower gel, it's not actually going to harm my hair.
And it's not that I consider perfume a luxury, I have some in both my flats. It's just that when I'm packing, I work on the basis of what do I really *need* as opposed to what I might *want* to take.
Of course, if you're packing on the basis of what you want to take, you're obviously going to take heaps more than you actually need.
I seem to have survived without the cleanse/tone/moisturise routine. And while I haven't thought about it before, thinking about it now, it's probably an invention of the cosmetics industry to make you spend money. I'm just not high maintenance, I'm not a morning person, I'd rather spend an extra half hour in bed. And I rarely blow dry my hair after running late one day and realising that if I put the top down on my car, my hair is dry by the time I get wherever I'm going.Seriously there seems some sort of badge of honour for how rough you can look on holiday in this thread.
If someone wants their nails/hair/eyebrows etc to look tidy/nice is that a crime? Some of you seem to think so.
Must go, I've got 5 bags to load into the car.
And a couple of nights ago while running late to meet a friend and my hair was sopping, I realised that red lights + air vents on maximum heat and maximum power = dry hair. But seriously, how untidy can a person's eyebrows get in a weekend/week/fortnight?
AnnO'Neemus
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Yeah, and so they'll have toiletries in the hotel. And hairdryers.
I'm not sneering. I just can't understand it. It just doesn't compute. I am genuinely baffled as to how untidy a person's eyebrows can get in the space of a weekend/week/fortnight.
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Yeah, and so they'll have toiletries in the hotel. And hairdryers.
I'm not sneering. I just can't understand it. It just doesn't compute. I am genuinely baffled as to how untidy a person's eyebrows can get in the space of a weekend/week/fortnight.
I spose it's all to do with personal comfort zones innit !
As i said i don't even own some of the stuff mentioned and wouldn't be taking a lot of it but certainly would take my own shampoo/conditioner, some make up and moisturiser/ cleansing wipes !
(very rarely pluck my eyebrows anyhoo)
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You can use showergel at a push, for a weekend, possibly even a week. Yeah, your hair wouldn't be silky smooth and A1 condition, but even if you're 'high maintenance' surely you want to take a bit of time off during holidays?
Unless it's specifically shampoo AND showergel it's staying well away from my hair because it will fuck it up.
And I need conditioner - every day - or else it will get into a huge nasty knot.
My hairs waist length and it needs a minimum of a proper wash and condition everyday.
Don't bother with heat or products though.
5t3IIa
Registered User
The thing that jumps out at me as 'no way would I take' is nail varnish remover but I've been away for work and even in exciting places sometimes the only thing to do is sit in your hotel room and watch crap on telly while re-doing your nails
Take it all - you've got a car and it's not a holiday
Take it all - you've got a car and it's not a holiday
baldrick
hmmmmm
that's an utterly mental list.
toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo shower gel, a comb, roll on and some moisturiser and maybe a razor if there was space. i have lots of hair but i don't even own a hairdryer. nor do i own an iron. christ, it must take some of you so much effort just to leave the house in the morning admittedly i'm not the smartest of people, but so what? i resent the accusation that i must be "skanky". just because i don't feel the need to waste my money on useless beauty products and nasty perfume? i wash every day, thanks.
toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo shower gel, a comb, roll on and some moisturiser and maybe a razor if there was space. i have lots of hair but i don't even own a hairdryer. nor do i own an iron. christ, it must take some of you so much effort just to leave the house in the morning
admittedly i'm not the smartest of people, but so what? i resent the accusation that i must be "skanky". just because i don't feel the need to waste my money on useless beauty products and nasty perfume? i wash every day, thanks.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
innit? I think it's having a go at us sensible ones in an effort to draw attention away from their profligacy, meself. I certainly no longer feel guilty for my posh shower gel. Also I am even more chuffed about the pupil at school who combed and plaited my hair (raising money for charity) who told all the year 11 girls I had the softest and shiniest hair she'd ever come across. So there neeer
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Takes me about 15-20 mins to wash, wash and condition hair, dry hair, mosituriser and do make up and get dressed......
each to their own i say..............lets all just agree to differ !
