The cure for leaving your headphones on an airport seat or losing them after a long flight is a design that keeps them attached to you without tangles or snags. Worn wrapped around your wrist when not in use, Wraps Wristband Headphones feature 10mm titanium speakers and noise-canceling technology that make them ideal for flights, train journeys, and hotel gym workouts. The earbuds use noise-insulating foam tips to block out background noise (including a nearby snorer), attach to an adjustable black faux-leather bracelet, and are offered in finishes that match many smartphones and tablets: gold, rose gold, silver, and space gray. A Classic line is available in six braided fabric colors; a Talk series offers street-fashion tones with a universal one-button microphone; and a Natural range comes with wooden beads or a natural-tone faux-leather cable. Connection is via a 3.5mm gold-plated jack with a frequency response of 20Hz–20kHz, and the universal one-button microphone and cable splitter make it simple to pause music and answer calls.
Packing smartly for travel also extends to toiletries. A recent study by personal care company H2O+Beauty found U.S. travelers are often frustrated by the extra cost of travel-sized products that meet TSA rules—travel sizes can cost as much as twice the full-size versions. Joy Chen, CEO of H2O+Beauty, notes that travelers don’t have to accept the inconvenience of buying spill-proof or expensive travel items. To address this, the brand has introduced spill-proof solid formats such as a Cleansing Stick and a Powder Exfoliator. These TSA-friendly solids remain convenient for travel and perform like liquid products when water is added during use.
Also well-suited to travel, Somersets (based in Henley-on-Thames, England) offers 100-percent natural shaving oils for men and women that provide excellent glide in small, long-lasting TSA-friendly containers. Their lineup includes Women’s Sensitive Shave Oil, Extra Delicate Women’s Shave Oil, and men’s options like Maximum Glide Tough Stubble English Shaving Oil, Maximum Glide Original English Shaving Oil, and Maximum Glide Extra Sensitive English Shave Oil. Each formula comes in a 15ml (0.5 ounce) bottle designed to deliver up to 90 facial shaves. Herbal extracts such as tea tree, rosemary, cedarwood, aloe vera, primrose, and lavender help soothe freshly shaven skin, while the lubricating oils protect against cuts and razor burn and provide lasting moisturization. An added benefit: the products are not tested on animals.