https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:51:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578380 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:33:10 +0000 ButterflyLady 578380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another girl scout here!</p> <p>My bag currently contains:-</p> <p>Purse (wallet) - contains cash, credit cards, some loyalty cards, and receipts.</p> <p>Small make up bag containing contact lens case, lip balm, lip gloss, nail file, face blotter things.</p> <p>Keys - house and car.</p> <p>Tissues</p> <p>Pen</p> <p>Phone and stylus for phone (stupid touch screen plus nails mean too many typos otherwise!)</p> <p>Sunglasses</p> <p>Reading glasses</p> <p>Tape measure (very handy)</p> <p>Reusable shopping bag</p> <p>Small hand mirror</p> <p>Painkillers</p> <p>Feminine hygiene stuff</p> <p>Comb</p> <p>Small notebook</p> <p>Diary/organiser - a slim one - I do use the organiser on my phone, but if I'm using my phone to make an appointment, it's not that easy to check my availability on my phone (if you see what I mean!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578355 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:19:11 +0000 Diana 578355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>right now I have:<br /> wallet<br /> phone<br /> keys<br /> lip balm<br /> (big) sunglasses in case<br /> ipad<br /> umbrella (sometimes I take this out if it's for sure not going to rain)<br /> lunch (in tupperwares inside an insulated fabric bag)<br /> tiny water bottle (the kind they give you on airplanes)<br /> (empty tissue pack, need to replenish this)<br /> some random pieces of paper/receipts<br /> pen<br /> scarf</p> <p>The lunch bag is the culprit, it means I have to use a big purse. But I figure it's important to have yummy, healthy, non-overpriced things to eat at work. </p> <p>And I totally agree, my Longchamps bag is so light and holds so much! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578348 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:57:26 +0000 Rabbit In The Moon 578348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use a small but efficient clutch/wallet combo for when it's just me. It has:<br /> - Floss and floss picks<br /> - Bus tickets<br /> - Cash<br /> - Cards - credit, debit, ID, red cross, costco<br /> - Punch card for my local coffee shop :)<br /> - Lip gloss<br /> - Burt's Bees chap stick<br /> - Emergency tea bags (you never know)<br /> - Keys and cell phone, one or the other fits in the front pouch of the clutch.<br /> - Photo of my wee one :)<br /> - Emergency origami pegasus, folded by my husband as a good luck charm.<br /> - Wedding ring, next to the aforementioned pegasus; I need to get it cleaned.<br /> - Coin purse<br /> - Gum</p> <p>Anything else I need I throw in my crossbody bag and pretend it's baby gear... that's usually my Kleen Kanteen water bottle, hand lotion, etc. I'm pretty minimalist in terms of my own self-care, honestly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578338 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:51:17 +0000 Mander 578338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most of the time when I am leaving the house I am going to class and planning to be out all day, sometimes working in the library for the afternoon. So I usually carry a big canvas bag or a book bag, which normally has:</p> <p>- Spanish dictionary and/or grammar book<br /> - notebook, pens, homework<br /> - wallet<br /> - phone<br /> - sweater and scarf<br /> - umbrella<br /> - folding shopping tote<br /> - zippered pouch with miscellaneous personal supplies (lotion, hair ties, aspirin, lip balm, mirror, etc.)<br /> - prescription sunglasses<br /> - handful of ginger candy to counteract motion sickness<br /> - snacks and bottle of water<br /> - old receipts, expired bus tickets, miscellaneous bits of paper<br /> - sometimes a camera<br /> - sometimes a netbook (with mouse and power cord) or ipad<br /> - sometimes my gigantic laptop (with mouse and power cord)</p> <p>If I go shopping while I'm out I usually stuff everything into my bag unless it is too big, which is one advantage of having a huge bag. But I do tend to stash things that I don't really need into my bag because there is so much room, and then I wonder why it feels so heavy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578327 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:43:12 +0000 MsMary 578327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a small "kangaroo keeper" that I transfer from bag to bag, which containes:</p> <p>sunbglasses<br /> 3 lipsticks<br /> protein bar<br /> nasal spray<br /> migraine meds<br /> business cards<br /> pens<br /> handkerchief<br /> wallet<br /> checkbook<br /> hairbrush<br /> dental floss<br /> mini-tape measure<br /> reading glasses<br /> Advil<br /> allergy pills<br /> keys<br /> iPhone</p> <p>I also generally carry my iPad, although it's pretty heavy and I've been leaving it home a bit more recently. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578255 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:10:21 +0000 Anonymous 578255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like small bags and clutches, so I carry my essentials: wallet, keys, lipstick, phone and mini hand sanitizer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578198 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:18:39 +0000 bj1111 578198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>switched to a cross body with so much hardware, it causes me to list. carry prescription sunnies, wallet that needs a clean out. ipad that has replaced my notebook computer for day to day, lipgloss, pens, ipad stylus, keys, phone. switching to a smaller bag has decreased the probability that i would stuff it with mtg papers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578131 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:13:26 +0000 Louise 578131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Purse (wallet) with cards and cash<br /> Organiser- I've moved over to using my iPhone for most things but I just can't give up a paper based organiser<br /> Hand cream<br /> Reusable shopping bag<br /> Earphones<br /> Foldup brush and mirror<br /> Hand sanitizer<br /> Tissues<br /> Lipstick and 4 lip balms! Not usually this many but my lips are really chapped at the mo so what works one hour doesn't work the next!!<br /> Zip pouch with<br /> Mini glass nail file<br /> Floss stick<br /> Hair elastic<br /> Mini nail kit<br /> Headache relief stick<br /> Couple of antiseptic wipes and plasters<br /> Headache tabs<br /> Eye drops and wipes</p> <p>Sounds like loads but I weighed it a few months ago and while can't remember the exact weight it's below the guide of less that 10% of my body weight or was it 5% I'll have to look it up x</p> <p>ETA I forget to add my phone to the list and keys which are very light just my house and car key and a torch key fob x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578119 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:10:43 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 578119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I try to keep my bag minimal because of the weight as you say, and that's why I don't like most 'statement bags' - too bulky and heavy without anything even being in them. When going to events sometimes I'll go sans bag at all - just put my essential cards and cash in my pocket and my phone in the other.</p> <p>Normal bag has:<br /> wallet - checkbook size so a larger one, not a foldover smaller size<br /> cellphone<br /> zip cosmetics-type bag - that has a powder compact and brush, a pill holder with some tylenol etc., a lip balm, a stick sunscreen, and a pack of travel tissues<br /> sunglasses if it's sunny and I'm wearing my contacts<br /> ...and that's it, basically.</p> <p>The zip bag makes it easy to switch purses. A bigger bag/tote would have the above along with a notebook and/or paperwork and/or laptop. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578097 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:56:30 +0000 fashionista 578097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I am at office right now and my list goes this way-<br /> 1. Lip balm-FA and Lotus<br /> 2. Lip gloss<br /> 3. Jhonshon's baby cream (tube)<br /> 4. Pen and cheque books<br /> 5. Keys(office, house, vehicle)<br /> 6. Umbrella<br /> 7. A Cardigan<br /> 8. Wallet (heavy one clutch styled with all my cards, blue-books, licenses etc)<br /> 9. Sunglasses<br /> 10. Some jewelry incase of emergency (studs, bracelet, pendent)<br /> 11. Tissues<br /> 12. A small mirror ( I can't live without it) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578090 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:37:03 +0000 ManidipaM 578090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Depends on where and when.</p> <p>For a very quick run to the shops, I'll often just pick up my wallet, keys and scrunched-up shopping tote.</p> <p>For a general day at work or out-and-about:<br /> - keys<br /> - folded/scrunched tote<br /> - phone<br /> - bottle of water (heavy, because glass; yet to succeed at locating all-metal alternative)<br /> - snack or lunch (not always)<br /> - notebook<br /> - two pens<br /> - sunglasses<br /> - card case (for work, but there's always a small emergency stash in my wallet too)<br /> - hair clip or elastic bands<br /> - sunscreen<br /> - small tube of hand cream (for AC offices)<br /> - folding umbrella<br /> - thin little rain poncho (sometimes, in season)<br /> In a small cosmetics pouch:<br /> - lipsticks (two, one for evening transition)<br /> - lipbrush<br /> - eyeliner pencil (kohl, actually)<br /> - mascara<br /> - lip balm<br /> - mints or some other hard candy (to combat hypoglycaemia)<br /> - migraine meds<br /> - emergency feminine supplies<br /> - small double mirror (one side with magnification)<br /> (used to carry compact for the longest time to 'blot', but lately my skin's been dry enough not to need it)</p> <p>For travelling, add to that:<br /> - book and/or iPod<br /> - camera (if vacation or new destination for work)<br /> - wool-silk blend stole (for arctic air travel)<br /> - phone charger<br /> - camera battery charger<br /> - iPod charger (depends on length of travel)<br /> Add a second clear bag of toiletries with<br /> - toothbrush and toothpaste<br /> - tiny vial of perfume<br /> - face mist (for airplanes)<br /> - facial moisturiser of the moment<br /> - foot cream<br /> - deo (usually anti-perspirant)<br /> - pack of 'focus' and 'sleep' sniff boxes<br /> - passport case<br /> - spare change of clothes</p> <p>For evenings out (work or personal), I switch to a smaller bag usually:<br /> - keys<br /> - wallet (or just a little cash, a credit card, and a few business cards)<br /> - phone<br /> - perfume<br /> - lipstick </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578049 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:13:31 +0000 Meredith1953 578049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I carry a LOT of stuff. Like the girl scouts my motto is "be prepared"!<br /> I carry keys, hand lotion, touch up makeup kit including dental floss and toothpaste (I'm ready for anything). nail trimmers, sunglasses, cell phone(droidx) portable 2 terabyte harddrive and blutooth keyboard (don't ask cause you do not want to know) tablet pc (I'll let you guess.. and no it is not an ipad). It all adds up to a pretty heavy little load..... "put the load right on me"...oh no...I hear Bob Dylan or the Band right now.l </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578039 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:53:24 +0000 Aziraphale 578039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm on team small handbag. Mine currently contains my wallet, keys, a pen, two or three lipsticks, a lip liner, a lip balm, a tube of zit concealer, a couple of panty liners, an iPod, my mobile phone and, I'm ashamed to say, a bunched-up collection of receipts from the past two weeks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578033 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:48:59 +0000 christieanne 578033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to swap bags often so try to keep pared down to make that faster. </p> <p>Hobo wallet - big enough that I can carry like a mini clutch. It's got too much in it typucally.<br /> Collapsible hair brush from sephora<br /> lipstick - or a couple if I forget to take out<br /> change purse for parking meters - i try to leave in car but forget<br /> phone<br /> ipod - sometimes<br /> pen<br /> moleskin datebook (red)<br /> tinier moleskin notebook (red)<br /> small cosmetic bag - every possible emergency accounted for there as long as it occurs in miniature scale<br /> sunglasses - always<br /> reading glasses</p> <p>there's ample room to add as needed: teeny umbrella, paperback, various papers from kids or unread mail </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578024 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:39:48 +0000 Janet 578024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! As of right now, about 50% less stuff than a few days ago. </p> <p>I did a major overhaul of my handbag contents. Now I'm down to:</p> <p>- wallet, which is much lighter and thinner than before. I took out less frequently used credit cards and got rid of ALL of my reward cards, which was quite a bundle! I downloaded an app called Cardstar that keeps all my rewards card info on my iphone (everything from airlines to Panera to Anthro).<br /> - keys, and I thinned out some that are not frequently used, that I can keep in my car.<br /> - business card case<br /> - change purse<br /> - eyeglass case<br /> - phone<br /> - And a lightweight pouch that holds a comb, lipstick, aspirin, gum, compact, a couple of safety pins and a couple of pieces of fashion tape, blotting tissues, feminine products, dental pics, and nail file</p> <p>If my bag is big enough, I will carry my iPad in it, but I promise I'll follow doctors orders and carry it by hand. I also have taken to the habit of carrying a water bottle with me a lot, but I'll be careful with that as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578007 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:17:20 +0000 Kari 578007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Probably still too much... but thanks to my iPhone I've pared down as I no longer need to carry a separate mp3 player.</p> <p>Full contents are:<br /> Wallet (contains credit cards, ID, &amp; cash)<br /> Small zippered pouch that contains lipstick, lip gloss, and nail clippers<br /> Travel-sized container of hand sanitizer<br /> Travel-sized container of hand lotion<br /> Glasses cleaning cloth<br /> iPhone<br /> Headphones<br /> Pen<br /> Breath mints<br /> Mini-umbrella (needed most of the year, but it's incredibly compact.)<br /> Keys<br /> At least one or two sanitary supplies - even if I don't need them, I've sometimes been able to rescue friends who were in need.<br /> Sunglasses - only occasionally in summer<br /> Mini notebook to jot down notes/shopping lists - my favorites are by <a href="http://mudlark.com/">Mudlark.</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578006 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:16:41 +0000 Victoria 578006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Velvetychocolate: I forgot about my perfume! I am a perfume junkie and ALWAYS carry different one with me(as well as changing lipstick every day, I think you and me could be twins in that regard, my notebook is Moleskin too, in Red!)is that weird or what, lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-578004 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:15:58 +0000 Anonymous 578004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too much right now because on vacation I've added-<br /> Gloves<br /> Camera<br /> Umbrella<br /> Normally i have-<br /> Too many various lip colors/glosses because I add but never remove.<br /> Wallet<br /> Phone<br /> A seperate card holder for all those horrible store discount cards.<br /> Sunglasses in hard case<br /> Sunscreen<br /> Hand sanitizer<br /> Small hair brush<br /> Small note book to log my debit card purchases (and pen)<br /> Dental pics<br /> Listerine strips<br /> Aspirin and anti-hystamine tablets. (small box)<br /> Tissues<br /> Hair band<br /> Mini tape measure<br /> Small clutch purse (all the little stuff goes into the mini purse) This is for when I want to down size when traveling or to make a quick change when switching bags. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-577971 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:40:46 +0000 velvetychocolate 577971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Phone<br /> Lip Balm - Burt's Bees Pomegranate<br /> Wallet<br /> Comb<br /> Keys<br /> Hand sanitizer - Whole Foods 360 brand peppermint spray<br /> Lipstick-of-the-day (yes, I know - kind of silly, but I like to wear different shades of lipstick on diferent days)<br /> Compact - Jane Iredale Pure Pressed Powder<br /> Powder Brush - Jane Iredale "Handi" brush in it's plastic case<br /> Sample-size of favourite perfume of the day - right now it's Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Liquid Nude<br /> Pen - very picky here - has to be 0.5 or thinner - right now it's Pentel Arts Hybrid Technica 0.5 mm Pen, Black Ink<br /> A few capsules of Enzymedica "Gluten-Ease" digestive enzyme capsules - I have a significant gluten sensitivity, and these help when eating out.<br /> Small Notebook - currently a Moleskine Ruled Volant Notebook in red (extra small)<br /> sunglasses<br /> Various receipts, papers and assorted other 'stuff' that really doesn't need to be in there, but that I'm terrible at cleaning out.</p> <p>*at times, I'll throw my Kindle in there, but this depends if I'm going somewhere where I think I might want my 'book' or will be waiting - example: dentist, hair salon, tire place etc. I don't carry a Kindle with me every day, just when I want it with me...but it fits just fine in my handbag. I mean, I can get the Kindle in and out, but this *isn't* to say that with said Kindle in handbag that I can access anything else in there - no, this isn't the case...:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-577966 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:33:15 +0000 Aida 577966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty much all of my purses are small, and I don't carry much in them. Phone, keys, wallet, small tube of hand lotion, small makeup bag (lip gloss, mascara), small mint tin. Sometimes sunglasses. That's it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-whats-in-your-bag#post-577954 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:21:11 +0000 Victoria 577954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As indicated by a recent thread, its really not a good idea to stuff your handbag to the gills(as we all often do!). Not to mention that lot of handbags are very heavy even empty-take Florentina Vachetta from D &amp; B-gorgeous bag, so stylish and so darn heavy, that even empty feels like its loaded with bricks.<br /> Personally, I recently had to reevalute what I carry in my bags as well as start getting lighter handbags because I was having back pains and extra handbag weight wasn't helping. So what do have in my bags now?<br /> wallet(which is actually a leather skinny from Coach)<br /> phone<br /> small makeup bag(only eyedrops, compact, lipstick and nail file in it)<br /> small notebook that I use for notes and app(yes I can mark app on my phone but I prefer writing it down in the notebook, its about 2x4 size)<br /> Kindle(I have kindle touch which is extremely light and weighs next to nothing)<br /> Umbrella(a necessity where I live since it rains at the drop of a hat)<br /> And during the week I also carry my lunch and bottle of wated. I guess this is my minimum.<br /> As far as the lightest bag I have encountered, its without a doubt Longchamps Le Pliage, as its made of nylon with leather handles. I use mine all the time. I just got leather Coach satchel that is also very light </p>