When I go on holiday, half my luggage allowance seems to be taken up with toiletries. I just find there's so much to take.
Given the scale of my preparations, I try to make life as easy as possible by ordering everything over the internet and having it all delivered direct to my suitcase.
Pharmacy 2 U is an excellent online chemist run by pharmacists, so you're dealing with experts. It has a well-organised site, packed with leading health and beauty brands, and a freephone line should you need to speak to the company in person.
You'll find all the items on your shopping list among the various categories on the home page, which include medicines, embarrassing problems, beauty, vitamins, personal care, healthcare, men's grooming, baby and childcare and holiday and suncare.
Search for sun screens and aftersun lotions, photographic accessories, insect repellents, first aid kits and your preferred treatments for travel sickness and stomach upsets. Then look for your bath, shower, dental, hygiene and haircare products.
Check out the leading brands of cosmetics, moisturisers and body lotions (including some great discounts on Clarins) and men's toiletries and you've done. Add £2.50 for delivery (free if you spend more than £40) and your order should be with you in five working days.
Allcures, another internet pharmacy, operates along similar lines. It provides all your usual remedies for those common holiday ailments, while the beauty and toiletries department offers everything else you need to take, including a large range of sun products. Particularly helpful are the holiday lists, which contain the most popular holiday products.
Spend more than £30 and you qualify for free standard delivery, taking three to four working days. Otherwise, it costs £3.49.
At the Boots site, Wellbeing, you get the usual array of own-label and big name products, beautifully presented with plenty of back-up information and the convenience of delivery in two days.
Head for the holiday and travel category, which is further divided into prepare to bare (body scrubs, hair removal, self-tans), holiday healthcare (first aid, digestive care), sun shop (sun protection and swim accessories) and photo and travel accessories.
The selection of miniature toiletries offer travel-size version of body lotions, bath and shower gels, shampoo, hairspray and shaving foam. Special offers include two for one.
Add £2.95 for delivery (free if you spend more than £40).
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