Happy & Healthy
11 handbag must-haves to get through the day without worries
A ladder in your pantyhose before you step into that important meeting. Runny mascara after a hellish bike ride. A painfully torn nail just before your date walks in. Menstruation that you suddenly feel coming on while it doesn't feel like it's that time of the month at all. Yikes, for some things we are just not always prepared.
Life is full of surprises. Just ask my coat that tore in half this morning on the train. Well, not completely in two or anything, but there's a hole in the back. And that's almost the same. After work, I'm heading straight to a fancy dinner, so a coat switch isn't really an option. Luckily, there was our super intern Roos who leaves home later and could still take a sewing kit to the office. What a heroine.
The aforementioned misery inspired the following post: the items that every woman must have in her bag to get through the day without worries:
1. Clear nail polish. For that ladder in the pantyhose and such. Truly a matter of life and death. Or even better: just don't wear pantyhose at all, saves a lot.
2. Cleaning wipes to remove mud and food stains from your clothes and shoes. Truly a brilliant solution.
3. Mini deodorant, to combat sweaty armpits after that race against the clock.
4. Makeup removal wipes, since the panda look is not the makeup trend of 2016.
5. A pocket mirror to check if your hair is okay and if there's no quinoa stuck between your teeth.
”For some things we are just not always prepared”
6. A nail file to get your broken nail back in shape. Jet and I swear by the glass file from the brand Kho.
7. A tampon, or those small panty liners like Lights by TENA, because we all understand why that's handy.
8. Dry shampoo to prevent Elvis from getting jealous of your greasy quiff. Josselin swears by the dry shampoo from Moroccanoil and I totally agree with her.
9. Tissues, so you don't end up like a 6-year-old toddler with a runny nose after sneezing. Not cool.
10. A mini sewing kit. Roos and I understand why.
11. A band-aid, to soothe that potentially coming blister from those gigantic stilts of heels.
So, now I can buy myself a new bag that fits all of that. I say: win-win.
