We feel you, the amount of planning, packing and sourcing that goes into ensuring that a getaway goes smoothly can be overwhelming and tedious. For this exact reason, we’ve brought it upon ourselves to put together the ultimate beauty packing list for the upcoming travel season that is filled with beauty travel essentials, regardless of whether you’re going to be bearing sub-zero temperatures or warm tropical climates. We’ve also made sure that each small but wonderful product in this roundup is carry-on-friendly, so that you can bring them on-board with you for a beauty lover’s version of inflight entertainment. And by that, we mean inflight skin-pampering.
Plane rides – especially long ones – can suck the moisture and soul out of your skin. To tackle that, slip on these soothing and cooling sheet masks that will quench your thirsty skin, leaving it soft and supple. And if you’re on a beach getaway that makes you feel like a sunburn is coming on, this one should calm it down too.
Another result of dry air on planes? Oily skin and scalps because our bodies tend to overcompensate by producing more oil. This turmeric and charcoal dry shampoo absorbs oil, refreshes the scalp and lends volume to once-grimy and flat hair.
Formulated with essential omega fatty acids and the brand’s signature blend of botanical oils – eucalyptus, clove, Egyptian chamomile and hops – each capsule is enough for one time’s worth of cleansing. It dissolves traces of impurities and leaves the skin supple and moisturised.
In true multi-tasking fashion, this facial coconut water-infused mist that primes, sets and refreshes makeup while it helps keep skin hydrated. Use it as a primer before makeup, a setting spray to lock your face beat in place or a mid-day dose of hydration to revive, brighten and smoothen skin. A win-win-win situation if you ask us.
We all know of Estee Lauder’s well-raved about ANR series. Think of this one as a portable facial treatment that boasts of the brand’s signature ChronoluxAI technology to help reduce irritation and support the skin’s defense system. Ideal for brightening, soothing and strengthening over-stressed skin, your complexion will appear calmer and more radiant after a night’s wear.
And if you must absolutely travel with your falsies, here’s a sleek, compact case that holds up to three pairs of lashes so that they won’t get crushed midway through your travels. Alternatively, book an lash extension session ahead of your travels.
These two-in-one 100 per cent organic coconut oil-infused wipes for the face and body helps are great because they’re single-use and mess-free. Reach for them whenever your skin needs a little pick-me-up and refreshing.
Why we heart this brush? Its nifty size means it fits perfectly into even the smallest of makeup pouches. It stows neatly too, thanks to its retractable mechanism and cap that keeps the tapered brush safely away without messing with its shape or contaminating it.
It doesn’t mean that you don’t need SPF with you if you’re going for a winter vacation. Even though you’re probably going to be bundled up in layers of winter wear, earmuffs and whatnots, the skin that’s exposed still needs to be protected with SPF. Enter this sunscreen mist from Supergoop that’s water-resistant (for up to 80 minutes underwater) and has 35 per cent less alcohol than other sprays, which means that it’s much more hydrating. To top it off, it features antioxidant vitamin C that prevents damage to the skin.
This one saves you the hassle of packing a toner separately from cotton pads because the 40 pads in this tub are already pre-soaked with Mamonde’s Rose Water Toner. Extracted from 100 per cent organic Damask Rose, it’s said to remove dead skin cells for brighter skin. And it can also double up as a sheet mask to refresh skin.
Available in two scents, this alcohol-based formula gently cleanses the hands whilst delicately hydrating and refreshing them sans rinsing. This one smells like a fusion of breezy floral notes, pear, bergamot and fresh aldehydes upon application. Then, it settles into a blend soft musks, smooth velvet plum and sweet amber.
This tiny cleansing device packs a punch when it comes to removing all the grime and dirt from your pores while being compact, lightweight and convenient to carry about.
A versatile, warm-toned eyeshadow palette that contains everyday shades that will match all your day-to-day looks. Basically what makes a good travel palette.