Sephora

rebeccaa93 · ‎03-07-2025

Hey guys, on my next sephora run i’m thinking of grabbing some products for my new tote bag. Do you guys have any thoughts?

WinglessOne · ‎03-07-2025

Hey @rebeccaa93 ! Which tote bag did you get? I almost always carry a Lands’ End medium canvas tote, in addition to a crossbody purse. Not sure what kinds of products you want to put in your bag, but I’ll you what’s always in mine:

Hair ties - I keep either a couple mini silk scrunchies (like Crown Affair The Silk Scrunchie No. 001 Set Olive or Slip mini scrunchies) or a silk scarf in a plastic baggie, plus a few bobby pins.
Hand cream - usually either Gold Bond Healing Hand Cream or Skinfix Eczema+ Ceramide Hand + Foot Relief Cream 3 fl oz / 90 ml.
Hand sanitizer - I prefer to use a hypochlorous acid spray that’s far less drying (for me) than an alcohol sanitizer; I can also use it as a hydrating soothing facial mist if needed. I usually carry a mini bottle of SkinSmart, which costs considerably less than the very similar Tower 28 Beauty Mini SOS Daily Hypochlorous Acid Spray for Breakouts & Redness 1 oz/ 30 mL. I do also sometimes carry a mini bottle of Purell or a Touchland Power Mist Hydrating Hand Sanitizer.
Hand cleanup - sometimes I’m not trying to sanitize my hands, I just need to clean food residue or other gunk off ‘em while I’m on the go. Luna Daily The Mini Everywhere Spray-To-Wipe - With Prebiotics + Vitamins C&E, for Sensitive Skin 1.... is very handy for this, though there may be less expensive options elsewhere. Makeup remover wipes are also good for this, particularly micellar water ones. So is a resealable pack of sanitizing wipes.
Nail oil - aka “cuticle oil.” I’m not always good at reapplying it to my nails and the skin around ‘em throughout the day, but I still carry an oil pen (inside a snack-size plastic bag because I’m paranoid about the pen leaking). CND Solar Oil’s a good one. I normally carry a refillable Bliss Kiss pen and fill it with any oil I choose.
Face mattefier - my nose area can become a grease puddle throughout the day. (The rest of my facial skin is mostly dry.) Sometimes I carry LH Cosmetics Blotting Powder or Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder - Tinted Primer & Foundation Universal to tame my oily zone as needed. For the LH Cosmetics powder, I also carry a flat puff for application. (I can apply Danessa’s balm powder with my fingers instead.) Usually that’s Beautyblender POWER POCKET PUFF™ Dual-Sided Powder Puff for Setting and Baking or a Real Techniques mini puff. I suppose ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr Precision Setting & Baking Kite Powder Puff Set or Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Soft Touch Setting Powder and Baking Puff Duo are 2 other options.
Sunscreen - if I know I’ll be out and about longer than a couple hours, I carry a tube of Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen Invisible Broad Spectrum SPF 40 PA +++ and my Beautyblender Pocket Puff (I use the sponge side to reapply sunscreen over makeup).
Small makeup bag - okay so, I don’t always carry this because I don’t always need to carry all the makeup I applied in the morning. But if you think you’ll want to do that (for touchups throughout the day), a small makeup bag’s a good idea to keep all your products together vs. moshing in your tote bag. Even if your makeup bag’s just a small canvas pouch, that’s fine; whatever helps you stay a bit organized.
LED magnifying mirror - not just for makeup touchups or sunscreen reapplications; sometimes I need to see if an eyelash is floating around my irritated eyeball and try to coax/flush it outta there. I carry a fairly small rectangular mirror I bought from Amazon: it’s dimmable with 3 light modes and I love it. There are plenty of other options though.

There are other things I always carry, but in my purse instead of my tote bag: lip balm (I just use plain ol’ Aquaphor Ointment), a couple backup lipsticks, a non-LED mirror that’s smaller than the LED one I mentioned above.