Over the Thanksgiving break, I flew to San Diego to visit my sister then to El Monte to celebrate the holiday there.

I didn't check in any luggage so I had to fit all my makeup in my carry-on luggage. I fit all my non fluid makeup in a Sephora bag I got as a gift from my lovely boyfriend, and the fluids in a clear quart sized ZipLoc bag. As you may know in the US, TSA regulations are strict about how much fluids you can bring on an airplane. All you have to remember is 3-1-1. Which means you can only carry 3.4 oz (or under) of fluid bottles in 1 clear quart sized bag per 1 person. Which also means you have to fit everything into there!

I used a ZipLoc bag but I highly suggest you invest in an actual bag so you can reuse it whenever you travel. Plus, ZipLoc bags are not ideal because they're so flimsy. I know you can find pretty good quality bags at Ross, TJMaxx, Target, Amazon, etc. for cheap too!

Since I knew I was going to bring a lot of fluid makeup products, I went ahead and gave my mom a separate bag of my toiletries so I can bring a total of two bags to SoCal, one for my makeup and one for my shampoo, conditioner, etc. I think that's a bonus of traveling with another person in terms of bringing more fluids for yourself. You can gift a bag to your mom, brother, or sister to bring in their carry on while you still have one for yourself.

Starting with my Sephora makeup bag (called The Weekender), I organized it in 3 sections:
When you first open it, you will see the left hand side consists of the palettes I brought and a brush bag consisting of my eyeshadow brushes. And on the left hand side, I put mostly my face brushes there.





If you turn the middle part over, in this pocket, I filled it with my powders along with makeup wipes, floss, tissues, q-tips, hairties, and a pair of lashes.


Those aren't Ardell 113s by the way, they're actually Ardell Wispies. I just lost the case for them...
Other products in this section are:

• Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso
• Mac Extra Dimension Skinfinish in Oh Darling
• The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer Highlighter
• Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder
• Kirkland Daily Facial Towelettes
• Reach Floss
• In the blue foral bag (I got it as an ipsy bag), it contains my
• hairties
• pack of tissues
• Q-Tips

In my TSA bag, I brought a handful of items:

Looking back on my trip, I didn't need to bring all this makeup because I didn't use a lot of it during my trip. But now I know for my next trip! Ha... ha.. whoops!

I included my lipsticks and gel products (dipbrow and paint pot) in this bag just to be safe because I wasn't sure if it was considered a liquid.

Starting off with foundations, I brought three:

• Mac Matchmaster Foundation in 1.5
• MUFE HD Foundation (old formula) in 127
• L'Oreal Infallible Pro Matte Foundation in 105