5 Good Reasons to Start Buying Travel-Size Grooming Products
If you’ve shopped for grooming products lately, you may have noticed that travel-size products are taking up more real estate than ever, both in stores and online. Instead of going jumbo and trying lure consumers with bang-for-buck, the industry is appealing to shoppers’ other needs, which outweigh the desire to buy in bulk. Here, a few reasons why the grooming industry is moving in a trial-size direction—and why we’re honestly kind of psyched about it.
Aesop Travel-Size Hair and Body Kit, $37, available at aesop.com
First, the obvious: They make traveling easier.
Those little clear plastic bottles you see at Muji are adorable and all, but they’re a pain to use. Buying smaller sizes just saves so much time.
Oribe 1.7oz Shampoo, $13, available at neimanmarcus.com
You can afford nicer products.
No man on any semblance of a budget feels good about spending $40 on shampoo but when it’s under $13—albeit in a much smaller container—it’s much easier to justify.
Bumble and Bumble 1.7oz Spray, $15, available at birchbox.com
They make it okay to be a commitment-phobe.
Buying smaller products means not having to make a huge commitment to something you’re not sure you’ll like or even need. You can play the field, so to speak.
Clinique for Men Travel-Size Skincare Set, $36, available at sephora.com
They don’t expire before you can finish them.
Newsflash: Grooming products expire. Do you really want to keep track of when you bought everything in your medicine cabinet and when it needs to be tossed? No you do not.
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Jack Black 3.3oz Moisturizer, $28, available at sephora.com
You can buy in multiples, guilt-free.
Leave one in your bathroom, your gym bag, and at your girlfriend’s apartment. The list of possible places to stash your favorite grooming products is long when you’re dealing in travel sizes. You could even keep stuff at your mom's.
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