As a woman I am sure you know that your handbag is your life line, it carries around what you need to get through the day and items for things in case of an emergency but what do you actually need to carry with you ? Well it is entirely up to you what you put into your handbag and how much you need to carry around. Me, myself I need a lot of things with me constantly, I am starting to believe that it might be a slight case of OCD after recently I attended a wedding and was getting anxious that I couldn't fit the contents of my large coach handbag into a small clutch, "I need it, I need it" kept going through my head as I tried to jam the contents into a smaller bag, it was a mission I failed. I am sure many women have gone through this and I am not alone in trying to work out what to carry on a day to day basis and what to carry in a small clutch here in this blog I will help you and hopefully give you some ideas and tips on what to carry with you and how to transform it all into a small clutch. Enjoy.
Every day handbag items that every woman must have:
1. Mobile/Cell phone, Fully charged.
2. A music listening device, mp3 player or ipod.
3. A camera, tho one can skip this step if you have a camera phone or an ipod that has a camera.
4. A stylish purse that can hold all your cards, cash and identification.
5. Sunglasses, these are a must to protect your eyes from the sun and wind.
6. If you wear contacts and/or glasses make sure you have the stuff that you need to look after them, always carry a small bottle of contact solution and spare contact/glasses with you.
7. A small note pad and a few nice pens, for jotting down things you need to do or to record some important information, I don't trust technology. So I always have a paper and pen handy.
8. A nail file or two to help in a nail emergency.
The following items should be stored in a small cosmetic case for easy access.
9. Tissues, always good to have on you for emergencies, like say you are in a public toilet and you forgot to check the toilet paper before hand, there will be no need to stress if you have tissues in your bag.
10. Sanitary spray, to spray trolleys/baskets at shopping centre and public toilets before you use them.
11. Hand Sanitiser, great to use when you can't get to a place to wash your hands
12. Headache pills.
13. Paper soap, for when you are in a public toilet and there is no soap available.
14. Band-aids, handy for when you get blisters on your feet and for minor cuts and abrasions.
15. Dental floss. After lunches and dinners when food is caught in your teeth.
16. Tweezers. For when you see a stray eyebrow or in an emergency, like a splinter.
17. Tampons and sanitary pads. Also little plastic or paper bags to dispose of them in.
18. Anti-bac wipes for wiping down surfaces or your hands.
The following items should be carried in a cosmetic case.
19. A few lip glosses.
20. 2-3 lipsticks
21. An eyeliner and mascara for touch ups during the day.
22. Press powder.
23. Clips and hair ties.
24. A small roll on perfume and a roll on anti-perspirant deodorant.
While this seems like a lot of stuff to carry around in your hand bag it isn't in this day and age everything can now come in mini sizes so you can buy mini hand sanitisers, mini dental floss, small packets of tissues and so on.
With all your hygiene products and cosmetic products being in small cosmetic cases they are easy to find and there isn't a huge cluttered mess in your handbag and you aren't searching through your handbag to try and find the product that you need, it is all in one convenient little bag that you just have to pull out and there is the product you need, it also keeps them safe and clean as well so they don't get nasty and contaminated.
Now lets move on to the items you should have in your evening clutch. As you will be going out you won't need as much as you would need while you go about your every day.
Items a woman should carry in her clutch.
1. No need for a purse, you just need money, some form of I.D and your visa card, put these important things in the zip part of the clutch.
2. The lipstick you will be wearing that night to touch up between dancing the night away.
3. A few band-aids for blisters.
4. Mobile/Cell phone. Fully charged.
5. A camera. To capture memories.
6. A few tissues.
7. Spare contacts/glasses.
8. A small hand sanitiser.
9. A few headache pills. Simply cut off 2 rows and pop them into your bag, good to have them in case a pesky headache tries to ruin your night.
10. Your house keys and/or car keys if you are driving.
And that is all, I hope you have found this article helpful, while I have listed these items you don't have to carry them yourself. These are just some helpful suggestion and what I use and carry with me on a day to day basis, Please feel free to leave a comment with suggestions of what you like to carry with you in your handbag.
