My suitcase was the punchline of almost every joke I heard on my trip to Spain. It’s true, I took my flat iron, a train case of makeup, 5 pairs of shoes; it’s true that every cab driver hated me. But in terms of beautification, this is what I would’ve had to work with had I not lugged around that giant bag:
What is that, you ask? That, dear VAIN friends, is the blow dryer in my 5 star hotel. It functioned on a level even below what the aesthetics suggest. For the $10 spent on an adapter at the airport, it was worth that + more to use my own trust dryer – purchased at VAIN Ballard, of course.
It is worth mentioning that by the end of the trip, in Granada, I abandoned all appliances in favor of Kevin Murphy’s Fresh Hair every other day, and letting my hair air dry after mid-day swims in the creek. But that’s at the opposite end of the spectrum – if I did want or need to look polished while we were in the larger cities, I would’ve been lost.
My best advice after 10 days lugging an 80 pound bag? Choose one pair of shoes, ditch the train case in favor of just mascara + lip gloss, remember you’ll probably only wear one pair of jeans and one dress anyhow; but don’t scrimp on the blow dryer + adapter.
xo,
Sarah Jo, VAIN’s on-the-go beauty correspondent
