How to Muster up the Art of Packing

A bag with full of clothes and accessories and a hat with sunglasses and bangles laying on the table

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Packing is like an ancient form of art, the more your practice, the more experience you gather and hence a pro. Let’s conjure up some simple tips and tricks on packing that are borderline genius. Watch!

If you are planning a quick weekend getaway, pour a small amount of your liquid foundation or base into contact lens cases instead of carrying the whole bottles.

pouring foundation from tube to contact lens case

Fit your straighteners or curling rods inside an oven mitt to prevent anything from catching fire inside your suit case.

 showing curler put in straighter and curler bag to prevent from fire

Place your fragile items inside your handbags to save space.

Keep all your untied and floppy phone cables and chargers in a spectacle case to keep everything together.

Earphones and charger placed in spectacle case

To stop your liquid makeup from spilling all over your luggage, secure a saran wrap on top of an open bottle and then screw the lid on.

three bottles of shower gel, moisturizer and face-wash secured with saran wrap and their lid

To keep your baubles from getting caught in the tangles mess mid-flight, keep them out flat between two sheets of plastic wrap or you can make constructive use of weekly pill containers if you want.

Store your bobby pins in a tic-tac case or secure them tightly with a thin plastic or rubber band, to keep from losing them.

To set your collars stiff and ironed place rolled up belts in a circle inside your button downs.

If you want to keep your dirty shoes soles away from your clean white clothes, store them in a shower cap and stock them up with socks, rolls of papers and non combustibles inside your shoes.

Secure your razor blades with a small binder clip in case you’ve lost the cover, to avoid any mishap.

Air compression bags come handy when you plan to vacation far too long, to keep wrinkles in check.

In case you are carrying powder compacts, place a small cotton ball inside it, to prevent the base cake and the mirror from breaking.

Roll your clothes tightly to optimize space.

To hide your valuables safely use empty Chap Stick tube. They do wonders.

To keep your blazers wrinkle fee, pack them inside and out and roll them up tightly.