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Labeling toiletries

Anyone found a way to label toiletries? Everything I do wears off. We take 1 month and longer trips. I put lotions, creams, hair serum (French water is brutal on my hair), etc. I've used sharpie on a container, sharpie on a piece of tape. Often, I can remember what is in the container while we travel, but its more of a problem when I get home and have small amounts to use up.

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I write on a tiny piece of paper and place clear packaging tape (the kind for mailing packages) over the top. Works for me. I just accidently put a container in my dishwasher with the label on it, and it survived the heavy duty pots and pan cycle. :)

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How about a piece of clear packaging tape over the sharpie writing?

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I use a contact lens case for my moisturizer and then color coded bottles for hair products. Pink is shampoo, white is conditioner and green is gel. I’ve done this for years so don’t need to label them.

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I used an indelible laundry marker - that shouldn't wash or wear off. I also marked them on the bottom of the container which doesn't get touched as much so not as likely to get worn off. I like the idea of colored dots instead of writing and I also like the idea of waterproof clear tape over the writing.

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My hubby makes me labels on his handy dandy label makers. They stay on the container even in the shower, don’t wear or fade off. Plus he can use different tape and font sizes to match container size. His label maker is similar to this

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I agree with packing tape over sharpie.
Rounded corners help, too. Put a piece of packing tape on kitchen parchment to cut to shape needed.

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I have to say I used a label maker and the labels on containers that went in the shower did not stay on. I had shampoo, co defines, and shaving cream in same container but different colors. I ended up using shaving cream on my hair!!!

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Thanks for the great ideas. My husband said to color code and then make a legend. Seemed overly complicated. I'm going to start with the packing tape and then perhaps a laundry marker.