Sun Daze

I'm frozen. Chilled to the bone. From my office window I can see the Schuylkill, iced and covered with snow, and I honestly can't remember a winter that's been more frigid. (Then again, I am a huge whiner.) So I don't think I've ever been more excited than I am for my trip to Mexico next week. The sun! The sand! The complete lack of any need to wear my puffy coat and double layers of scarves and silly earmuffs! Still, I'm no sun-fool: I never leave home without wearing at least SPF 15, and I have quite the collection of ridiculous sun-hats. But what's a girl to do when the airlines won't let her bring jumbo sunscreen bottles on board and she doesn't want to waste time checking luggage? Why, pack Estée Lauder's new Sun Performance Mutli-Protection Sun Towelettes, of course! The single-use towelettes release a lightweight SPF 15 formula and an anti-spot protection complex that helps prevent uneven color development. Plus, they won't send airport security guards into a frenzy, or ooze out all over the bikinis and sundresses and skirts I'm crammed into my carry-on. Which gives me even more to be excited for — and one fewer thing to whine about.

$25 for a box of ten; available in department stores March 1st.