Posts Tagged Toiletries

Putting Non-Liquid Toiletries to the Test : Alternatives For Easy Transit Through Airport Security

By Christine Sarkis, Reprinted from SmarterTravel, Jan 27,2009

Looking to travel light without going without? With 3-1-1 liquid restrictions still in place at airports, finding alternatives to liquid toiletries is a key part of packing a carry-on with all the face, hair, and body products you need on vacation.

Our intrepid testers put four alternatives to liquid toiletries to the test to see how easy they are to use and what results these products deliver. From solid shampoo to sheets of soap that dissolve with water, carrying on toiletries that bypass liquid restrictions has never been so easy, or smelled so good.

The Results

Lush

Uses: Shampoo and conditioner

If there was a favorite in the bunch, the Lush Karma Komba solid shampoo was it. Every tester loved the scent. One said, “The smell of the shampoo in particular is truly amazing. Not only did my hair smell and feel exceptionally clean, but I kept imagining that I was in a rainforest.” Other points in its favor were the “excellent foaming and clean rinse” and “not a lot of buildup.” Hair was “soft and shiny even on the second day.” The shampoo worked for a variety of hair types, as well. Testers said, “Left my super-curly hair shiny,” and “I am a black woman with a relaxer, so there are a lot of products that I do not use because of the texture of my hair. But I was impressed with this product because I used it on my hair at a time when I needed a touch-up and it left my hair feeling really clean, and it did not dry my hair out either.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Tags: airport security, friendly, liquid, shampoo, Toiletries, tsa

Is it OK to steal Hotel Ameneties ??

By Lynn Yaeger

(Travel + Leisure) — I stole a laundry bag from the Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires. It was made of thick ivory linen, embroidered with the words “dry cleaning” in cerulean blue, and looked like something that I could have found at an antique textiles show. But that wasn’t the case.

I’m usually pretty scrupulous about purloined souvenirs. Of course, I help myself to soap and shampoo, sewing kits, even those black sponges meant to spruce up your shoes — oh, and ballpoint pens and darling little notepads. But the laundry bag was my first sojourn into the land of, what shall we call it … outright theft?

How widespread is this brand of petty larceny? Read the rest of this entry »

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Tags: Amenities, Bathrobes, Hotel Amenities, Hotel Toiletries, Resort, Slippers, Stealing, taking, Taking from Hotel, Toiletries