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"Packing for a trip is exciting, but it can sometimes be stressful, too. I&amp;#x27;m leaving for France this week and I&amp;#x27;ve already started packing my favorite necessities. I&amp;#x27;ve picked out few favorites of mine that I always end up bringing along with me wherever I go&amp;amp;mdash;are the same essentials on your list, too? Overalls and cute comfy flats. I chose these since they&amp;#x27;re just a little something different besides just wearing shorts. Overalls: Wetseal, Sandals: Wanted Shoes It&amp;#x27;s summer, so why not bring some color. This electric blue dress is super simple, and such a statement, especially if you pair it with a chunky, metallic necklace. I&amp;#x27;m packing my pale yellow J Brand jeans that I cut at the perfect length, and also my reddish-orange jeans from Rag and Bone that needed no DIY since then came cropped. Colored jeans are so fun to play with in the summer. I try to break the loudness by pairing the pants with plain shirts. Yellow jeans: J Brand. Red jeans: Rag and Bone, Dress: Joie, Necklace: Ann Taylor I used to just throw all of my makeup in one bag and then be on my way. Now I take my time going through every piece and asking myself, Am I really going to use this? It&amp;#x27;s usually a &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; followed by a sigh that ends with a &amp;quot;no.&amp;quot; I only take what I really need and will use over and over again. Face lotion is pretty much a no-brainer; I apply it right before I use my powder foundation which is used as a light coverup. An eyelash curler is ALWAYS in my purse&amp;amp;mdash;when it gets really hot you&amp;#x27;re gonna wanna curl your lashes. SHOES! Oh my goodness, this is such a headache. I never know what to bring and I always end up bringing the wrong ones. What works best for me is picking out the shoes I wear right now. A lot of the time when I go on vacation I end up bringing shoes that I never even end up wearing. This is usually because I probably don&amp;#x27;t even use them much at home. I only plan on bringing three or four pairs of these shoes you see in the picture. I took all the shoes I wanted, and then after staring for a while I realized I only needed my wedges, pale pink flats, black short boots and my bass sandals. DONE! Left to right: Wanted Shoes, Steve Madden, Joie, Wanted Shoes, Jeffrey Campbell, Wanted Shoes, Bass, Nine West, Aldo. When you&amp;#x27;re packing for a vacation, what&amp;#x27;s your method of deciding what stays and what goes? Photos: Shaun Savage"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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