Shannan’s Journey

Pack 2 bags to travel + your cooler:

Bag for overnight in the hotel

• Request a fridge in your room, be prepared in case they don’t guarantee them, they are usually first come/first serve. Bring Ziploc’s for ice and a good cooler.
• Food, water (and tons of it-) 
• Buy a hot pot, or crock pot like what we used in college, you can heat up your food in the boiling water in the sealed bag. You can also cook your oatmeal, cream of rice in it.
• Sheets to wrap yourself in so you don’t ruin hotel sheets, sleep naked I’m not kidding.
• Old towel(s) - you can also ask the hotel for seconds (or whatever they call them).

In overnight bag for after show

• Scrubby thing to help wash tan off in shower.
• PJ’s for after show night.
• Clothes to travel home in day after show. Bring tennis shoes & socks, you’ll be dying to have real shoes on!

To get ready in morning at hotel

• No underwear the whole time after you begin spray tanning.
• Slip on shoes, don’t care how cold it is!
• Make up needs to be more of, and darker than you normally wear! Be sure to test the color of your foundation, or get suggestion for what to buy from more experienced competitor - Very Important! Be sure you have colored lipstick and lip liner! Liquid eyeliner is a must for fake eyelashes. It’s a really good idea to do a test run with your make up.
• Hair- blow dryer (don’t always count on the hotel one working). Usually best to wear your hair down. No prom do’s!
• Tan kit for touch up.
• Spray deodorant.
• Sparkly jewelry. Nice earrings. Bracelet. Ring if you want. Don’t even try to wear an ankle bracelet. Belly ring ok. Cover tattoos.

Smaller bag for show day (to take to venue)

• Suits
• Shoes
• Awesome body
• Food
• Small water bottle
• Change of clothes for after show (bring underwear; you’ll want some, I promise
• Make up, hair stuff
• Handheld mirror, or one that stands on its own
• Tan kit for touch up
• Towel to sit on in get ready room
• Yummy treats for right after show
• NPC card

Lots of girls use bags or small suitcases with wheels for show day. I have one that is a backpack and has a cooler built into the bottom.

3 most important things. SUITS, SHOES, AWESOME BODY. If you forget or lose something, you can usually beg and borrow. Word of caution! … I remember a competitor had her shoes stolen once & most recently 2 competitors had their suits stolen from backstage! Keep track of your things, the dressing room is not your house. Zip your bags up when you’re not in the room. Put your suits in bags with your names on them (don’t store them for long periods this way though as it discolors the stones). Look out for each other! Be helpful to other gals… you never know when you might be on the other end and need somebodys help yourself.

Be sure to pack your food exactly how you need to as you may not be able to buy things where ever you are competing, and you may evenwant to pack extra just in case (you never know what you may end up needing). Depending on how you are looking you may need to add in more food, so it’s best to have more than what you need.

Last but not least — you have worked so hard… think you’ll be great and you will be!  Be confident - it’s your day

Another simple Checklist :

Make-up

• foundation
• blush
• powder
• lipstick
• lip pencil
• eyebrow pencil
• eye shadows
• eye pencil
• mascara
• fake eye lashes (2 sets)
• eyelash curlers
• make-up brushes
• q tips
• cotton balls
• tissues
• mirror (small-port)
• Sponges-Foundation

Nails

• file
• polish
• clippers
• remover

Food

• Diet-see diet
• Supplements
• D-root
• flatware/napkins
• extra food

Dress

• Suits
• Shoes
• Boobs
• Bikini Bite
• Jan Tana/puff pad
• Lotion/Glaze
• clothes
• pants - dark
• tank - dark
• sandals
• zip-up jacket

Miscellaneous

• tweezers
• safety pins
• mini scissors
• towel
• wash cloth
• sheets/pillow case
• NPC card

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