I've been gallivanting across the countryside a lot recently. I would call it glamourous but there's not a lot that's really, truly glamourous about camping in the south-west or spending a few days in sultry Sydney. And no, Sydney was not sultry in a good way.
While I've been spending my time away from home my toiletries bag has become my new best inanimate friend.
There are times when toiletries bags can go very, very wrong.
Like when you're camping and your toothpaste decides to explode.
Ok, so your deodorant has a nice, gritty, minty-fresh coating but it's not really the point, is it?
I thought I'd be smart and space efficient when I went to Sydney and I bought some of those little, internationally acceptable bottles of shampoo and conditioner. They're little and cute like me, what could be the problem?
The flight back to Perth would be the problem.
Yep, that nasty surprise the next day when you retrieve your toothbrush to find that not only does it have a liberal amount of toothpaste on the handle, but a more than liberal coating of conditioner on the bristles.
Classy.
So yesterday I turned the bag inside out and gave each item a throrough rinse. The tooth brush had to go, but everything else survived the undercover assault on the toiletries. Even the five cent coin that turned a funny, blue-beige colour.
Yes, coins can turn blue-beige and I can prove it.
But the question is - what makes anything remotely liquid explode in a toiletries bag?
It's not just restricted to explosive air travel either. The amount of times I have gone on a road trip, packed my own shampoo only have a slippery mess later is unbelieveable.
The time has come for me to find a solution. How do you stop shampoo, conditioner or toothpaste from making a big, ugly mess in your suitcase?
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