How To Pack Smarter For Your Next Vacay

The ultimate guide to space saving in your suitcase
How To Pack Smarter For Your Next Vacay

Whether you’re going on a road trip interstate or flying to Euro for a summer vacay, no one enjoys hauling around an excessively heavy suitcase. If getting your suitcase from hotel room to Uber feels like a pump class at the gym, you need these packing tips in your life stat. We’ve all been that “I’ll need 4 outfits, but i’ve packed 35 just to be safe” person and had deep regrets mid-holiday when carrying your suitcase up a flight of stairs. While culling your bikinis, clothes and shoes seems pretty much impossible, we have some space saving beauty tricks that will ensure you pack smarter and lighter.

Makeup bags can take up a whole lot of space, especially when traveling. If your beauty bag looks anything like the vast majority of ours here at BB HQ, it’s an overflowing mess of serums, creams, tubs and tubes. There’s no greater hassle than digging through a black hole of unknown just to find your favourite lip balm. Before jetting off, we recommend sorting through your beauty bag and only taking your holy grail essentials that you literally cannot live without. Compact, travel size and ideally multi-tasking products are the key to space saving in your suitcase.

The Bali Body BB Cream is a perfect example. It’s a product that combines your primer, moisturiser, foundation, SPF protection and anti-aging skincare all into one compact tube. When you’re on vacay all you want is just enough coverage for everyday wear, then the ability to layer for additional coverage by night. The Bali Body BB Cream will be your new BFF on vacay - always ensuring a radiant, glowing complexion no matter what your vacay throws at you.

Avoid your sunny vacay drying out your lips with our Coconut Lip Balm. It’s conveniently compact and will slide nicely into your hand bag or makeup bag. Filled with nourishing oils, this balm will hydrate, plump and smooth your pout. With just the right mix of balmy and glossy, our Coconut Lip Balm is the perfect final touch to your vacay makeup look minus the hassle of lugging around umpteen lip products. You never know when you might get yourself a vacay smooch babes.

Whether your vacay consists of sitting poolside with a margarita in hand or layering up in winter woolies, hydrated skin is a must. Instead of packing the 1L supermarket bought body lotion that your Mum bought you, we recommend opting for our Natural Tanning and Body Oil. It’s the perfect size for traveling and can be used in more ways than one. If you’re vacaying somewhere tropical, lather yourself in this liquid gold for a seriously golden suntan. Filled with glow boosting ingredients, this OG Tanning Oil will take your tan game to a solid 10. When you’ve retreated back to your room, apply our Body Oil for seriously hydrated skin post shower. If you’re vacaying somewhere cooler, we recommend using the Bali Body Natural Tanning and Body Oil as your daily moisturiser. With this liquid gold by your side, your skin won't dry out in the cooler temps and will be left feeling hydrated and smooth. All this goodness in one bottle, your skin won't know what hit it. 

The most savvy space saving hack when it comes to packing, would be compact, sleek packaging to tightly hold your products. Our Tropical Trio, Self Tan Heroes, Golden Traveler Bundle and Late Night lover bundles come in perfect travel pouches that slide seamlessly into your suitcase ensuring that maximum space is saved. The pouches can also double as makeup bags or to hold damp wet bathers in your case. You can thank us later babe.

Now all you need to do is decide which 5 bikinis out of 20 to pack and you’re ready to go. Want to keep your skin glowing on a long haul flight? Find out how here

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How to combat dry and dehydrated skin

How to combat dry and dehydrated skin

We’ve all been there. Neglecting our skin is unfortunately a sin most of us commit on a regular basis. And let’s face it, there really is no nicer feeling than slipping into clean sheets with silky smooth skin to compliment. It’s the simple things in life that really go the extra mile. So we’re here to teach you the easiest and fastest way to give your skin a little TLC, in under 2 minutes. Step 1: Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate The most simple, yet the most neglected part of any skin care regimen. Long gone are the days of harsh scrubbing applicators and routines, feeling like our skin is going red raw with the pressure.  If you’re using a 100% natural DHA self-tanner, then the self-tan only sits on the first layer of your skin, your epidermis. Synthetic or chemical DHA-based tans actually seep into the lower levels of your skin, making it much more difficult to remove.  In essence, we always recommend that you opt for a 100% natural DHA self-tanner. Not only to add ease to the post tanning removal process, but to also support a healthy relationship with your skin and it’s overall health. To exfoliate, we recommend using a light to medium pressurised, natural body scrub that also harbours benefits for the skin. Our Essentials Body Scrub is an all-natural formulation that gently but effectively exfoliates the skin while replenishing moisture. Pink french clay and nourishing plant based oils work together to promote skin elasticity and renewal. Infused with a blend of grape seed oil and rosa damascena flower oil, this combination is designed to provide antibacterial properties, minimising the occurrence of body acne and other skin concerns. Step 2: Stay hydrated We know that sometimes getting your 2L of H2O every day can be more of a laborious chore, rather than a self care act. Keeping your skin hydrated should be no less of a priority than the latter.  There are generally 3 ways you can go about this: 1 - Mid-wash hydration This is usually when you use an in-shower or oil-based product whilst you wash. Our in-shower body oil is a great product for this method of combating skin hydration. Enriched with soothing ingredients such as chamomile and coconut oil, the formulation of our Shower Oil has been designed to soften the skin's surface and help control skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. Our in-shower body oil also includes nourishing plant-based oils such as grapeseed oil, which aims to provide intense hydration to the skin.  To use, apply generously to wet or damp skin in the shower. Following this, massage all over your body and focus on any dry areas or where the skin is cracked and neglected (elbows, knee caps etc). Lastly, rinse off in the shower and you’re good to go!  A product like that is perfect for daily use and complimentary for all skin types and skin aversions, including sensitised skin. 2 - Post-wash hydration The second and probably most obvious skin hydration tip is to moisturise daily. We recommend using a 3-in-1 product, like our Gradual Tan Moisturiser. Using 100% natural DHA and other natural ingredients and oils, our Gradual Tan can be used as a daily moisturiser, a tan extender or a gradual tan. 3 - General product mindfulness As explored above, the importance of choosing to use products that contain natural ingredients and oils is extremely important - especially when you are applying it topically all over your body's largest organ. Always be sure to educate yourself regarding what is actually in a product and favour ingredient-focused formulations. Also, try to get in the habit of electing to seek out products that are sustainable in their packaging and their ethos. Our new Essentials range has been designed using 100% recyclable materials and is safe for all skin types and pregnancy.

How to combat dry and dehydrated skin

We’ve all been there. Neglecting our skin is unfortunately a sin most of us commit on a regular basis. And let’s face it, there really is no nicer feeling than slipping into clean sheets with silky smooth skin to compliment. It’s the simple things in life that really go the extra mile. So we’re here to teach you the easiest and fastest way to give your skin a little TLC, in under 2 minutes. Step 1: Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate The most simple, yet the most neglected part of any skin care regimen. Long gone are the days of harsh scrubbing applicators and routines, feeling like our skin is going red raw with the pressure.  If you’re using a 100% natural DHA self-tanner, then the self-tan only sits on the first layer of your skin, your epidermis. Synthetic or chemical DHA-based tans actually seep into the lower levels of your skin, making it much more difficult to remove.  In essence, we always recommend that you opt for a 100% natural DHA self-tanner. Not only to add ease to the post tanning removal process, but to also support a healthy relationship with your skin and it’s overall health. To exfoliate, we recommend using a light to medium pressurised, natural body scrub that also harbours benefits for the skin. Our Essentials Body Scrub is an all-natural formulation that gently but effectively exfoliates the skin while replenishing moisture. Pink french clay and nourishing plant based oils work together to promote skin elasticity and renewal. Infused with a blend of grape seed oil and rosa damascena flower oil, this combination is designed to provide antibacterial properties, minimising the occurrence of body acne and other skin concerns. Step 2: Stay hydrated We know that sometimes getting your 2L of H2O every day can be more of a laborious chore, rather than a self care act. Keeping your skin hydrated should be no less of a priority than the latter.  There are generally 3 ways you can go about this: 1 - Mid-wash hydration This is usually when you use an in-shower or oil-based product whilst you wash. Our in-shower body oil is a great product for this method of combating skin hydration. Enriched with soothing ingredients such as chamomile and coconut oil, the formulation of our Shower Oil has been designed to soften the skin's surface and help control skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. Our in-shower body oil also includes nourishing plant-based oils such as grapeseed oil, which aims to provide intense hydration to the skin.  To use, apply generously to wet or damp skin in the shower. Following this, massage all over your body and focus on any dry areas or where the skin is cracked and neglected (elbows, knee caps etc). Lastly, rinse off in the shower and you’re good to go!  A product like that is perfect for daily use and complimentary for all skin types and skin aversions, including sensitised skin. 2 - Post-wash hydration The second and probably most obvious skin hydration tip is to moisturise daily. We recommend using a 3-in-1 product, like our Gradual Tan Moisturiser. Using 100% natural DHA and other natural ingredients and oils, our Gradual Tan can be used as a daily moisturiser, a tan extender or a gradual tan. 3 - General product mindfulness As explored above, the importance of choosing to use products that contain natural ingredients and oils is extremely important - especially when you are applying it topically all over your body's largest organ. Always be sure to educate yourself regarding what is actually in a product and favour ingredient-focused formulations. Also, try to get in the habit of electing to seek out products that are sustainable in their packaging and their ethos. Our new Essentials range has been designed using 100% recyclable materials and is safe for all skin types and pregnancy.