Skin
A Five-Product Skincare Kit for a Two-Week Trip
Five products, one liquids bag, fourteen days. What to take, roughly how much of each, and the five things that can stay…
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Travel
The packing math for a 7- to 14-day trip
One decision sets the number of everything else you pack: how often you will do laundry. Work that out first and a…
Travel
Buying textiles abroad and shipping them home
A rug, a length of handwoven cloth or a pile of knitwear bought at the source can cost much less than at…
Makeup
Multi-Use Cream Sticks: What One Product Can Legitimately Do
A cream stick can be your blush, your lip color and, with caveats, your eye color. Here's what the formula allows, where…
Travel
Mapping a city's vintage shops before you land
Pick the neighborhoods locals actually resell in, cluster them by walking distance, and know the local word for a thrift store. A…
Travel
Laundry while traveling, and the fabrics that survive it
Hand washing works for wool, silk and synthetics and fails for cotton and denim. Knowing in advance which of your clothes dry…
Outfits
All-Secondhand Travel Outfits and a One-Bag List
Airlines don't care what your coat cost. Every layer here can be found secondhand, and the whole trip runs on the same…
Travel
Duty and customs when you ship purchases home
Shipping a purchase home does not avoid duty, and in most countries a mailed parcel starts attracting it at a lower value…