Image: Brittany Stewart
I am not what you call a light packer. Even if I’m just going away for a night or a weekend, you’ll usually see me lugging around a huge bag packed with literally everything but the kitchen sink. After all, who knows when something will come in handy?
Unsurprisingly, my handbag is much the same. At the bottom lurks a debris of forgotten, broken and utterly useless items including (but not limited to) a single glove, three broken bobby pins, nine blue pens and an empty perfume sample.
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And that’s not even mentioning the giant makeup bag of moisturiser, lip balm (I swear by Carmex), hand cream and three different mascaras I carry with me everywhere because – as the scouts say – always be prepared.
Or at least it was... until I discovered the magical wonder that are multi purpose balms.
Basically magic and dreams in a bottle (or pot), they're the beauty product that can do, well, pretty much everything. From lip balm to cuticle cream, eyebrow gel to household lubricant (seriously), they're the Beyonce of beauty products - i.e every other products wants to be one.
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