Surprisingly, I am NOT a light packer. I like to have a ton of clothing options for every trip I take, so I have to save precious suitcase real estate in other ways. One of the main culprits for overpacking is toiletries. Here’s how to reduce the space toiletries take up when you travel…

My beauty routine drastically changes every summer. Lighter products, simpler eyes, and definitely more SPF. With the change of seasons, I always take some time to thin out my beauty products and toss the ones that have outlived their useful life. How do you know which ones to let go of? Most beauty products have a general shelf life beyond which they’re not worth much to your skin or hair. What’s worse, you risk getting an eye infection or getting a nasty sunburn using expired products. It’s painful to throw out beautifiers you spent good money on, but it’s important to do so to protect yourself and keep your beauty routine at the top of its game.

In our Taming Your Tech series, we've tackled several forms of digital and media storage, like floppy disks, VHS tapes, and CDs and DVDs. If you've followed the steps, you should have cleaned up all your mystery backup and storage devices. But what about your computer? While it's only one physical piece of equipment, it can house a TON of clutter. Before you start deleting files willy-nilly,* step away from the laptop and let's deal with something else first: backing up your computer.