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Birchbox

Birchbox is for the commitment-phobe and the avid traveler alike. Providing you with a monthly box of sample sized beauty products, Birchbox allows you to test out makeup, hair and skin care products, perfumes, and other items without having to purchase the full-sized version. While it's certainly to the advantage of any bad decision makers to be able to take the newest face moisturizer or blush color for a test-drive, these sample size products come in handy on vacations, too. Birchbox only ships in the US, so this isn't for the international traveler, but for shorter trips, just throw a few of the Birchbox samples into your carry-on and you'll fly through airport security worry free (as long as you take your shoes off, remove your laptop from the case, take off your jacket and your scarf...). [Photo via]