Travel Beauty Essentials - what are your must-have beauty products when traveling?

[itsfi]

Makeup, skincare, body care, hair care, etc. - what are your must-haves when traveling?

Whether your approach to packing for a trip is a minimalist, moderate or maximalist one, whether you're going for work or play, by train, plane or car, or whether your vacation plans involve playing in the sun & sand, or with skis & snow, or anything between, let us know your travel essentials. 

Also, be sure to check out The Travel Beauty Thread 

[ather]

@itsfi  Such a great idea! I’ll have to look through my stash and see what are my essentials! 

[Mel231]

I am definitely a minimalist if I am flying. For a beach vacation, my "liquids bag" includes shampoo (sample size or poured into a sample-size bottle), mask (foil), Bumble and bumble Mini Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Heat Protectant Leave In Conditioner Primer 2 oz/... , sample size SPF (to tide me over until I buy full size at my destination), and waterproof mascara.

I also take nonliquids:  Bumble and bumble Mini Prêt-à-Powder Dry Shampoo .5 oz / 14 g , waterproof black or brown pencil eyeliner, and another pencil eyeliner in a fun color.  I love Sephora collection pencils!

[peculiarzmakeup]

Amazing picks! I think It’s always incredible to access what’s needed those look like some great products 😊🫶 @Mel231 

[ather]

@Mel231  Great picks! 

[Mellmars1185]

@Mel231 I like your minimal approach. It can be nice to just enjoy the moments while you are on vacation. Makeup usually gets washed away (depending on where you go!)

[CynthieLu]

Traveling with a sample size or mini SPF is a great space saving idea. Thank you for sharing! 😊 You right, you usually can find it somewhere at your destination. I usually put my SPF's or *spill risks* lol, in a zip lock bag, I'm so terrified of a big mess. @Mel231 😅

[Mel231]

@CynthieLu I use A LOT of sunscreen, so I use up most of the full-size bottle I purchase. On the last night of vacation, I use whatever is left to refill the travel bottle, so there is little waste.

[CynthieLu]

That's so well planned out @Mel231 😊 I love it! 

[itsfi]

@Mel231, wow! You have gotten your travel essentials down! Impressive! 

I am pretty sure I have a mini of the Bumble and Bumble hair oil - making a note to check. Oh, do you have a waterproof mascara you love?

[Mel231]

@itsfi Waterproof mascaras can be disappointing and clumpy. I am always trying new ones. My favorite so far is Maybelline Curl Bounce.

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Great thread! I like the bag in the middle photo. Where did you find it? I was recently debating on purchasing a new bag for travel. I currently own the same Sephora bag you have pictured. It has worked well and I like that it has a spot to hold brushes. As @CynthieLu mentioned, I use some smaller bag I have collected throughout the years. I will put my fragile items like powders and liquids in the Sephora bag and smaller items like foils and lip products in the smaller zipper bags. I will report back with my essentials!! 

[ather]

@Mellmars1185  Oooo great choice. Is there a bag you have your eye on? Can’t wait to see your essentials. 

[Mellmars1185]

@ather Thank you. There is a bag that I was looking at on Amazon that has a zipper and unfolds. It comes in 6 colours and looks like it can fit a lot in it. I am open to other brands but I would like to buy something similar. 

[CynthieLu]

Those bags come in so handy @Mellmars1185 👌👌

[itsfi]

@CynthieLu @Mellmars1185 this is my justification for picking up bags 😆 They’ll come in handy and I mean, what if a particular bag would be the exact size I need  in the future?! Hahaha!

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi @CynthieLu Truth 🙌. For my next big travel I am thinking to pack less...But I can always justify another bag lol

[itsfi]

lol @Mellmars1185, I too am “thinking” to pack less for my next trip. @CynthieLu Somehow I feel like that aspiration will stay in the “thinking” camp. 😝 

[CynthieLu]

Yes 💯 The bags are irresistible for so many reasons, they can come in handy for so many things right? They can fit an occasion, a mood, or end up being just right for so many things. How can we resist that sort of magic? 🤗

@Mellmars1185 @itsfi 

[Mellmars1185]

@CynthieLu @itsfi So true. Now I am thinking I should pack my magic bag too. You can never havr enough right 😆🤔

[itsfi]

Thank you @Mellmars1185; it's fun to see what are the go to's for folks when they travel - foils or decanting their full size products into containers, etc. I want to get better at packing - it's always such an exercise in restraint and editing, helped only by the limited packing space a suitcase provides. Hahaha!

Oh, I like that bag too; I took it with me to last year's Sephoria. It's one of my favorites 💗 - the other side of the bag has a band that I can secure my brushes in, if I want, or I can use it to hold more stuff. lol. It's from the brand Truffle . I picked it up on sale from Neiman Marcus a few (?) years ago - my first order was canceled because they ran out of stock and then I saw it come back online again months later and was able to get it, so I told myself it was meant to be mine. 🤣 I don't know if Truffle ships internationally or if NM still carries the brand, but if they don't, I do see similiar looking ones on amazon. 

Excited to see your travel essentials! 

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, another similar bag to the one above is the SEPHORA COLLECTION The Face Brush Set - this one only has one compartment though. But you get brushes. 😆