10 Date Essentials to Pack in Your Date Night Purse
Must-Have Date Items Before, During, and After a Date to Boost Dating Confidence
The date night purse, better known as the Mary Poppins bag, is an essential part of getting ready before a first date. Sure, our outfits must be versatile for various first date activities. We’ve picked our confidence-boosting thong chosen for ourselves, not the ones who may see the bows. Affirmations have been spoken in the mirror, and our face is glowing with Charlotte Tilbury’s newest glow mechanism. We sit somewhere between Vogue and the picture placed next to the word dater in the Urban Dictionary.
We’re ready to ascend into the world of dating, but not without our trusted sidekick, the dating night purse. This purse is not just any purse. The Y2K baguette swaying on our arm is our anxiety fighter—the confidant to our thong. The ultimate catalyst to our date.
Despite the numeral number that sits before the word date, the date night handbag is the keeper of the must-have date essentials. A bag that our mums would be proud of, while we simultaneously roll our eyes at the fact that we are becoming our mothers. With bags the size of peas, achieving our mother’s level of preparedness can be difficult, but that’s where our samples from Sephora come in.
To maintain a coolheaded demeanor, during every date stage, we’re sharing the date night essentials to pack in your date purse. Think of Hermione’s beaded bag without the undetectable extension charm.
Two Sizes of Condoms
Even if you’ve set the intention to not sleep with your date, it’s good to have a support system for your libido. Carrying two sizes expands protection beyond the average lover. Being prepared in the bedroom apartment gives you confidence and control if any condom excuses arise. Check out this column for more on this topic!
Headphones
Chances are these are in your ears before leaving your place. However, it’s good to note if they are missing. Music calms our nerves before a date and after a date. They are our lifeline to setting a positive mood. Try our Hot Girl Playlist!
Small Pack of Gum
Now, opt for the paper gum packs. Their petite style will have your Y2K baguette smiling like its shape.
Mini Deodorant
As Summer approaches with the rising trend of natural deodorants, having a mini deodorant handy will keep pit anxiety at bay. You can hug, dance, shoot pool, or lift your arms in expressive bliss without worry.
Vaginal Wipes
This sits with the condoms, but you don’t need to be going back to their place to use them. Swamp butt is real, and the wipe is packed for us to freshen up in the bathroom after that underestimated long, sweaty walk to the bar from the subway.
Chapstick/Lip Gloss
Chapstick goes without saying, as many of us are borderline addicted to it, but putting on any form of lipstick is a great activity to do while your date is in the bathroom and you’re trying not to look at your phone. More on how to not look at your phone on dates here!
Mini Make-Up Remover Wipe
Wiping your makeup away after a spicy home dessert with your date must be what it feels like to be touched by heaven. You’ll be thanking your mother’s lesson of preparation as you reveal your natural beauty. Even if you don’t stay over, wiping Charlotte away on your way back home is empowering.
A Sample Size Face Lotion
Sephora samples were created for this very purpose… we like to believe, anyway. There’s nothing like the mini panic attack of standing in your date’s bathroom, and scurrying for a moisturizer for your make-up-free face. Glow with confidence once again with the mini lotion sample you so carefully placed into your date night purse.
Band-Aids
Don’t let your new Chanel-inspired slingbacks ruin your date happiness with their heel-cutting tendencies. Keep Band-Aids handy to rectify the situation and bring your attention back to the person in front of you.
Eye Drops
A prerequisite for our bonus tip below… but also a great reliever for climate change’s worsening allergies. Red or itchy eyes are low-key, the worst attention-taker of any date. Look bright-eyed once again with your trusty eye drops. Just watch your date, be jealous, and ask for you to drop a couple in their eyes. HOT.
OUR SECRET PRO TIP: Bring Toking Supplies (for 21+ & up who live in legal states…)
Toking is an increasingly populating date activity for dates that just don’t want to end. If the green stuff is your vibe, bring your own stash to the occasion to keep your coolheaded demeanor. Keep a small holder case filled with your personal rolls, edibles, and personality lighter. Firstly, you will be in control of what is smoked, making it safer. Secondly, it gives you that “Je ne sais quais.”
We know you’re wondering how you’re going to fit all of this into your Jacqumues Chiquito, but sometimes we must put ourselves before fashion. Carrie may have brought Vogue instead of dinner. But we’ll be strutting with confidence as our vintage medium-sized Mary Poppins bags jingle with divine preparation.
