The Budget Fashionista

What: Learning to pack TSA-approved sizes for air travel is a beauty must. What the experts say: Frequent and not-even-very frequent fliers are painfully aware by now that all liquids, gels and aerosols taken aboard a plane must be in three-ounce containers or smaller, and must all fit inside a single quart-size Ziploc bag. Globetrotter and Vogue Beauty Director Sarah Brown writes, “My time-tested, TSA-compliant strategy: I put everything that’s not technically a gel/liquid/aerosol into an entirely different makeup bag …

Summer travel is pricey enough without having to figure out how to replace that tired carry-on on a budget. Still, even if we can only afford to check one bag (or are reduced to abandoning our fabulous new wedges so we can cram it all into one measly carry-on), we’d like that bag to be, well, super cute. We kind of like Overstock.com, assuming you’re planning ahead of time and can wait for something to be shipped. But what’s your …