 Trini girl natural hi everyone i'm back with another episode in my travel series this episode of the series is about tips for traveling or being away from home while natural a lot of the points are relevant more to long trips but i think a lot of them are relevant to all trips so i know your trips can be short or long so you can decide like which ones are more relevant based on whether you're having a short trip or a long trip but i think overall they're pretty helpful the first thing for traveling while natural make a list check it twice make a hair list so you have your regular list if you do that i just kind of go in my closet and throw things in like hours before i fly but my hair stuff i pack that early because girl you know i don't need to be you know like it's such a disaster if you forget something important so make sure you have your own hair list and keep that list open for at least a couple wash days so that during the wash that you kind of think of things that you might need and pack it like keep it open for this a couple a week or two so that you have time to remember everything so once you come up with a really good list you can kind of reuse that list in future packing but then for that first list take your time and age it like sweet wine you know just keep it open for a week or two and just keep thinking about it and hang it up imagine the man you want to pack you write it down on your list and then you can double check your list after to make sure you have everything there the second tip is to know what your must-haves are i know you kind of pack everything you want to pack you know you don't want to be overweight when checking your luggage because you pack especially you pack your price and stuff i don't know but you don't want to have to throw your products because you're overweight and you don't want to have to pay 25 dollars or whatever either for like having an overweight luggage so i mean next to your traveler you know you weigh your stuff but just don't pack too much stuff don't pack too much stuff no you don't need a this or that don't go crazy pack your watch day essentials when i say essentials i mean like your clips your plastic caps you'll be handling tools i pack gloves and an applicator bottle just whatever your watch day essentials are and this is for longer trips especially where you expect to have a watch day but even shorter tips you just never know what will happen and those things are not heavy so those things you can always pack with you so if you're going on a longer trip pack your hair shares in case you have some knot or something that you need to do with and of course if you're packing your hair share so checking it in you know putting it in a carrier under the snake trinity natural told you to walk with scissors on the plane please if you have like if you use a special towel like a stamp free towel with a watch day or for the gym you want to make sure you pack that as well my other tip is don't pack anything that you would cry if you lost this is not the time to be packing your becura stuff or whatever like whatever pricey stuff that you buy because you know you never know what happened you just never know things can go missing things can spill you know so this is time to pack your drugstore stuff your toilet stuff your Walmart stuff your easily available stuff i mean you will still probably be really sad and your hair probably might be as much as it could be if some of that stuff spills but at least it won't be like it won't hit you you know what i mean at least it won't hit your hair you know what i mean i usually pack my share more just like i discussed um style milk and conditioner because they're cheap enough they're easily available a little goes a long way no blistering and stuff like that pack things that can double as more than one thing so if you have a leaving that can be a cream or um a moisturizer so you have a cream that can be a leaving or you have a conditioner that can be a leaving or a leaving that can be a styler like you know you can just pack one thing that can work for everything then that's great i usually pack two things just because i go for like a whole month sometimes and i'm gonna probably use both use all of both anyway but if you're just going for a week or something you know try to get by i mean i know you probably want to have a leaving i know you probably want to have a styler i know you probably want to have a shampoo the shampoo i would just put it in a shower size container because you don't need to go with your whole heavy thing a shampoo so a cleanser or a leaving and a styler you know i think that can mostly work for everyone if you have high protein and you need emergency protein you can pack whatever protein stuff that you need as well i didn't say conditioner because i usually go up and buy conditioner when i get there there are very few places that you go where you can't find a bottle of conditioner and since i use so much conditioner you know i can't really pack all the conditioner i need anyway so gonna probably have to end up buying what he's making so i just usually don't pack conditioner and i just then i'm getting it there so it depends on where i go if i know i'm going to a resort and i may not even get to a store um and i'm checking in luggage i might pack one conditioner you know usually i'm going to resort it's only like a week or something anyway so i might pack like um you know a relatively cheap conditioner maybe like a bottle of like trust me perfectly undone or something like that i'm just so i have a conditioner stuff that you want to pack you want to pack your spray bottle because that's an essential which natural is not a spray bottle i don't know you know so you don't have to pack it full of stuff just pack an empty spray bottle if you can get to a grocery when you go to the grocery you buy your conditioner you buy your oil and you can just like put water and put a little bit of both in that near you got you got your misting spray so everything that you packed you wanted to be effective you wanted to preferably not cause build up um especially like you know the moisturizers and stuff like that because you might be busy while you're there you know you might be here might be exposed to the elements and you here might get dry you want to be able to just run some moisturize on it without having to wash it i'm without worrying about build up so like i love the cameo rose um moisture butter that travels really well the curlery it's really light and it's really moisturizing and i can put easily put it on dry hair so that travels really well as well as like i mentioned the coconut and viscous time milk so cameo rose is another thing that i travel just because it works so well and it goes a long way so like you know twisted almond butter might be good if you have to do twist and the curlery is also good just put as a moisturizer so this is a packing tip but it's very important because when you get there if you're only products that go on then this whole video is kind of nothing almost so make sure you use lots of plastic bags when you're packing your products like individually i usually put each one in its own plastic bag and make sure i screw it tight and make sure i receive any sprays or like twist lock any conditioners that i can and stuff like that and i still individually put each in the plastic bag and then put all the plastic bags into one bigger plastic bag because i swear that there's some little other worldly force on the plane that unscrews everything things as you swore was close properly you close them yourself somehow you get when you get there they're open and spilled i don't know if it's like a pressure difference temperature difference or what but i thought it happens even to me at least if it's in its own plastic bag you can be frugal i just give that stuff all that plastic that i'll put on your hair you know what i mean so that's why i kind of put everything in its own separate plastic bag and you know seal everything for the best of my ability if you're going for a long time the grocery can definitely be your friend you know in addition to finding a cheap conditioner you can probably get some olive oil these days it's pretty easy to eat and find plexi so i mean you know if you're very really don't even need to pack anything because that's a regimen right there you know maybe just a little shampoo and then get there and you can make your own little evens and make your own styler with just conditioner oil and plexi gel like i could anyways you know so the grocery is your friend and kind of think outside the box i know some people like or have to cry everything clearly they aren't used to DIYing but maybe look up some DIY stuff before you go so you can probably DIY your conditioner if you're going to be there for months and you don't want to pack like jazz and jazz on your conditioner to wear down your suitcase find some honey the olive oil banana like you know pumpkin like whatever you find in the grocery that's moisturizing you can use it on your hair as a mask you know so grocery and DIY is your friend especially for long trips please don't forget your scarf and your bonnet in fact carry two scarves or two bonnets because you never want to be without those because typically people aren't going to have satin pillowcases just waiting for their natural hair guests you know what i mean so you definitely want to have stuff to protect your hair and since a lot of times your things get lost somehow i would say have at least two of each of those like i mean if you're about in person two bonnets with your scarf put some two scars and also don't forget your detangling tools if you do detangle with tools especially if you use like a fancy thing i know people have their weed add on there they have a curl like i have a hercules segment comb you never know you can have some kind of detangling emergency and you're gonna cry if you have to use some cheap comb that's just scratching on your hair with each stroke so even if you don't use tools i would still carry some kind of emergency tangling tool whether it's a denman brush or um a wide tooth comb and if you do use tools then definitely carry it because you definitely want to have it and this is just in case like i guess i can't do emergencies so even i know that's gonna happen and then somehow you know somebody still souping your hair or something you never know when you have to wash it so i'm always prepared for some kind of emergency wash day to happen so definitely i always pack my wash day stuff and i'm not heavy either so i pack whatever wash day stuff i can in terms of styling while there or in terms of hair management while there in general there are two options one is to try to delay your wash day until you get back and two is to wash after enough days so that you're not spending hours having washed it while you're abroad you know i'm mostly i guess thinking about vacation but while you're abroad you want to have fun you don't want to spend all day washing your hair or everybody else's on the beach or something like that so if you know you're gonna be there for months i guess you know wash after enough that you don't need to spend all day washing when you do wash if you're gonna be there only for a week or two maybe try to hold off until you get back if you are washing frequently you want to aim for fast drying styles you don't want to have wet hair all the time so you want to maybe use lighter products or use fewer products or you know whatever it takes like your hair dries faster so especially people like low cross people like myself if your hair is taken like over a day to dry anybody in it every day it's just not going to work you know so aim for fast drying styles aim for moisture retaining styles like a bun or something like that where it's just low manipulation retains moisture well or like twists or something like that twisting a bun you know aim for styles like that because you don't have to be combing your hair every day you don't want dry hair you don't want tangles so if you're not going to be washing your hair every day or you don't plan to then i would suggest definitely to have a shower cap or swim cap so i know it's not the cutest thing in the world but using a swim cap saves me so much drama when i'm on vacation um i can beat you to see i'm like oh i don't want to wet my hair but i like to swim so um i just use a swim cap so when i get out my hair is still relatively dry um i don't have to like deal with the tangling to do with wet hair to do with products to do with this and that you would hear being a mess and all that so when i'm in the water or when i'm traveling usually i go to the Caribbean or somewhere nice not usually but a lot of times i end up in the Caribbean or somewhere nice so you know i go on a swim cap put my swim cap on swim at the beach take off my swim cap and i'm good to go you know maybe misty with some water wet my arms and just fluff my hair and i'm good to go may have not looked the cutest in the water but i can walk out and be done though don't have to walk out and have to deal with like you know hair and that helps to preserve your style too if you're only going for like a week or two and your swim cap and shower cap as needed i mean you you know you know your stuff like i shower out of the plastic cap just to get moisture into my hair but i don't like totally soak my hair so if i'm going into the pool or beach i would use a swim cap using a swim cap helps my hair the last longer and while we're on that topic you should definitely know your beach and pool like damage prevention tips so you know i guess that might be a whole other video but basically if you are using the swim cap make sure it's nice and tight if you're not using a swim cap make sure you saturate your hair with fresh water first and you know add some oil or conditioner whatever to kind of keep the salt or the chlorine out of your hair if you're going to the pool and you're doing the chlorine thing you definitely should co-wash or wash regularly i guess even the salt fair in the beach you probably need to co-wash and wash regularly so if you want to be that girl you know tossing her wet hair then you know be prepared to co-wash or wash regularly i'm not about that drama so i put my swim cap on and i go over my life so hair accessories are also really important to have while traveling and to plan while traveling so ponytail holders headbands for puffs bobby pins um things like that like you know possible hats and scars and wraps and beanies and things like that can really make a difference to you so if you have stuff like that you can kind of have an easier time you can just kind of like you know pin it back throw in a ponytail whatever and you can spend more time having fun and less time dealing with open hair that's you know telling your life of its own because trust and believe when you're in a different environment your hair starts to act differently and you probably wouldn't know what's hitting you so definitely have some hair accessories so you can kind of put it up put it away put it back pin it back as needed another thing to check beforehand is like the weather and the water situation so i know you know first little problems or non problems we are used to just turning on the tap and having water but you might go somewhere where there might be a water shortage where there might be hot water and you need to plan accordingly so make sure you check that before you go in terms of a water shortage you know you might have to maybe even do a protective style or um try to do twists and finger comb your hair to the tangle and you know figure out how to use at least some water even similarly for like hot water other people use like distilled water in the store but you know there's only so much distilled water in the from the store you can buy so you still have to kind of ration so make sure you check that beforehand to you know just wondering and planning to wash and go every day and you know there's no water where you're going so and then the similar note you should also check the weather so i tend to recommend glycerin free because it's kind of weather independent but if it's very humid and you're using glycerin you hear my just frizz out and my hair goes from frizzy to dry it can be frizzy but it can't be like completely frizzed out because it's going to get dry so if i'm going somewhere really hot i avoid glycerin if i'm going somewhere really cool i also avoid glycerin i guess glycerin free is just the easiest deal for me but if you do like glycerin but it affects your hair check the weather before you go and if the weather where you're going is hot understand that you might not really comprehend how hot that hot is until you get there for example if you plan to use beanies as a hair accessory and you go then it's so hot you have to snatch it off and look crazy for example you know yes that happened to me once if you're going somewhere hot plan to keep yourself cool you know plan to maybe keep your hair back from your face and stuff like that if you're going somewhere cool you know plan to protect your hair as well so whether you might need like you know a slap or something like that the satin line caps something like that to protect the hair so definitely check the weather and react accordingly for your hair based on the weather so figure out your fastest wash day so if you are going to wash figure out your fastest wash day because now isn't the time when you're out there to spend like four hours washing your hair and you might need to practice it beforehand like if you have to do a little water wash day practice that if you have to do a fast wash day practice that you know maybe you need to stretch your hair beforehand or pre-pool beforehand or maybe you have to wash more often so you spend less time per wash figure out a faster wash day if your wash day is your long routine so know how you're going to wash your hair when you when you get there and for the whole trip know how you're going to wash your hair especially in this case where you're traveling and you have a limited amount of product make sure you budget your products well make sure I mean it's like food in the apocalypse you know you have this much leave and you have this much conditioner and if you go have the first week you're going to be on a lot for the rest so make sure you budget and you know okay I have this many days and budget pay emergencies too okay you only use this much per day or whatever you know I'm carrying up but you don't have to really struggle so carry or buy enough because you don't have to really struggle but I'm still saying just keep and feel really nice products you might want to save that for your special time so you know your fancy dinners parties whatever way you want to look really nice budget product like your best set of products for those occasions and the rest of the time you can you know relax do your bun do whatever you can kind of let it go a little bit more you're not going to see more 60 people again I guess so you don't have to look perfect every time it does save you product and save packing if you budget your product a little bit more value out there and while budgeting if you don't want to look busty when you're coming back make sure you budget some for the return as well if you don't care how you're looking at the airport then forget that you know so I don't generally care but I want to at least have some leave and some style left for the airport guys with all my hair looks like I don't want it to be dry and you know whatever to add to my travel stress because dry, fragile hair is just even more unpredictable than put together hair so I like to return I like my airport travel date to be kind of put together another tip is that you can let your hair go but not too much so basically you know you can let it be frizzy a little bit maybe even a little little dry you know you don't want to be like fussing over it too much you want to enjoy a trip but at the same time don't invite trouble so travel wind is the same as your wind at home if you're not going to be like near here just blow all over at home because it's going to cause tangles then don't expect all the pictures are so cute though to have your hair blowing all over by your invocation and not get tangles you know so don't be too bright don't look for trouble but it doesn't need to be perfect and late every second either just kind of relax and enjoy it if you want to delay until you get back home to wash the main thing to note on the kind of guide line is that it's fine to have a slightly longer wash day but it's not fine to have a complete set back like breakage and nodding and stuff like that so you want to walk the line you know of maybe making things a little harder when you get home but not too hard so you can let your hair go a little bit but not too much yeah so that was it um I usually travel a couple times a year and I'm traveling soon so I wanted to come on and just give you these tips definitely hope they were helpful this these are stuff I learned from experience so definitely hope they were helpful and um look out for more in my travel series thanks for watching bye