No matter where you go or how much luggage space you have, packing your toiletries can be an absolute nightmare, but it doesn’t have to be…
To help keep your skin, hair and makeup looking their best without sacrificing half of your suitcase, check out our list of holiday must-haves. Our selection includes mini sized beauty products of our tried and true favourites, multi-tasking makeup items, and some products formulated specifically for holiday environments like high UV, chlorine and wind.
As always, daily SPF is an absolute must, especially for those heading to sunnier locales. Read more and find your perfect SPF here.
Skin Care
1. Conserving Beauty InstaMelt™ Day Dissolver Wipes
For those who love oil cleansers but don’t want to risk bag spillage, Conserving Beauty’s cleansing wipes will be a game changer. Unlike traditional wipes, Day Dissolvers completely dissolve in water and come packaged in compost safe biofilm made from wood pulp. Perfect for camping, in-flight cleansing and more, the Day Dissolver wipes break down makeup, SPF and impurities while nourishing the skin.
$39.00 – 30 x wipes
2. Summer Fridays Jet Lag Mask
A celeb favourite for keeping dry, tight and flaky aeroplane skin at bay. This vegan and fragrance-free mask contains a balancing, calming, hydrating and plumping blend of ingredients such as niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, glycerin, allantoin and cucumber extract. Pop the mini size face mask in your carry on luggage for the perfect in-flight skin treat.
RRP: $42.00 – 28g
3. Youth To The People Brighter Tomorrow Mini Set
A dullness busting duo infused with 15% vitamin C, Caffeine, vitamin E and prickly pear, goji and acai extract to brighten, hydrate, depuff and calm stressed out skin. Apply the 15% Vitamin C + Caffeine Energy Serum each morning to revitalise the skin then nourish and restore it each night with the Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Mask.
$44.00 – 1 x 8ml 5% Vitamin C + Caffeine Energy Serum, 1 x 15ml Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Mask
4. Fresh Prep & Treat Lip Kit
Whether your lips are chapped from the sun, sea, snow or wind, Fresh’s Prep & Treat Lip Kit will have your smile back to its hydrated and happy self in no time. The treatment mask and balm are enriched with a variety of nourishing and hydrating oils like grape seed, black currant, jojoba and castor seed and can be used as often as desired.
$41.00 – 1 x Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Recovery Mask, 1 x Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Treatment
5. Hismile PAP+ Whitening Pen
Brighten your smile whenever necessary and without bulky equipment with Hismile’s on the go PAP+ Whitening Pen. The PAP+ formula is gentle on enamel and gums, contains remineralising ingredients to help desensitise the teeth and gently lifts stains evenly.
$23.20 – 3ml
6. Isle Of Paradise Self-Tanning Drops
For those not holidaying in the sun or those looking to kickstart their tan without the risk of UV damage, Isle of Paradise’s mini self tanning drops are just the thing. With three shades to choose from, these customisable drops can be added to any moisturiser, serum or oil to brighten and bronze the complexion.
$43.00 – 30ml
Makeup
7. Ciaté London Dewy Stix Luminous Vegan Highlighting Balm – Glow
As one of the hardest working multi taskers in the game, Ciate’s Dewy Stix are a space saving holiday must have. The non-sticky formula can be applied to the cheekbones, eyelids, lips and collarbones for a hydrating, dewy glow, brushed through the brows to hold them in place and smoothed over the hair to tame down flyaways.
$38.00 – 5g
8. Benefit Cosmetics Mini Precisely, My Brow Eyebrow Pencil
Benefit’s ultra fine, waterproof brow pencil is now available in a teeny tiny size perfect for travel and brow touch ups on the go. With nine shades to choose from, a smudge proof formula and a micro precision tip, creating natural looking brows has never been so easy.
$27.00 – 0.04g
9. Milk Makeup Sculpt Contour Stick
An irresistibly compact cool toned contour stick. With a formula enriched with nourishing thyme extract and hydrating sunflower seed oil, Milk’s Sculpt stick blends seamlessly to create a natural looking shadow. Apply as a regular cream contour to add dimension or dot across the corners of the eyes in place of eye shadow.
$39.00 – 5.7g
10. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray
No matter where your travels take you, your makeup won’t be going anywhere with Charlotte Tilbury’s Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray. This fine misted formula can be used over, under or in between layers of makeup to smooth and set makeup in place without melting or creasing. Keep the mini size setting spray in your day bag for an instant refresh or spritz before heading out for 16 hours of makeup security.
$28.00 – 34ml
11. Nudestix Nudies Best Seller Kit Mini
Channel Sophia Ritchie Grange’s wedding day glam with a selection of mini Nudestix multi taskers. With five of Nudestix’s best selling shades to choose from, you can bronze, blush, and highlight to your heart’s content. The best part? Nudestix are so creamy you won’t even need to bring your brushes.
$81.00
12. Sephora Collection x Travalo Atomiser
Do away with the stress of packing fragile fragrances with a refillable atomiser. Sephora’s atomiser made in collaboration with Travalo can contain 5ml (roughly 65 sprays) of fragrance and features a clear window to see if any top ups are needed.
$27.00
Hair Care & Styling Tools
13. Glister Hot Smoothing Brush Sangria
With damage friendly thermal bristles, four temperature settings and a sleek, foldable design, Glister’s Hot Smoothing Brush will keep your hair looking fabulous wherever your travels take you (and won’t hog half your suitcase). The smoothing brush comes in a convenient travel case and also includes two sectioning clips and a glittering wide tooth comb.
RRP: $95.48
14. Mermade Hair The Pony Kit
A seriously convenient kit to help you achieve almost any style your heart desires. Each kit is available in black, light, very light and ginger to guarantee a seamless match and includes 50 bobby pins, a clear claw clip, a comb, a pink scrunchie, 25 thin hair ties, 25 clear elastics, 10 nylon hair ties, 6 spiral hair ties, ponytail gel and a case with removable dividers.
$35.00
15. Philip Kingsley Body & Volume Jet Set
A mini set of hair products formulated to add volume and shine to fine, limp and flyaway prone hair in carry on approved sizes. The travel size set includes a body building shampoo and conditioner as well as an elasticising styling spray that restores bounce and strength to damaged hair.
$41.45 – 3 x 75ml shampoo, conditioner and treatment spray
16. Ugly Swan Scream-Free Palm Hairbrush
A compact mini brush that gently detangles the hair without snagging or tugging. The zig zag design, nylon pins and boar bristles also smooth, soften and reduce frizz on wet and dry hair – A holiday must-have!
$39.95
17. Sun Bum Protecting Scalp & Hair Mist SPF 30 Sunscreen
Applying SPF doesn’t have to stop at the scalp with this innovative hair mist from Sun Bum. The SPF 30 formula is lightweight, colour-safe, water-resistant, vegan, and free from sulphates, parabens and phthalates. To avoid a dry, sunburnt scalp and UV-damaged hair, liberally mist exposed partings and hair and reapply every two hours.
$21.99 – 59ml
18. Evo Water Killer Dry Shampoo
A water, time and damage saving dry shampoo that cleans and refreshes the hair. The Water Killer dry shampoo also adds texture, is available in two shades and is safe for air travel.
$17.00 – 30g
19. Color Wow Dream Filter Pre-Shampoo Spray
While not a mini, Color Wow’s Dream Filter makes a great addition to chlorine or well-water heavy holiday hair routines. In just three minutes, Dream Filter breaks down the metals and minerals that leave hair dull, dark and filmy. This gentle spray is particularly effective for lighter and colour-treated hair.
$53.00 – 200ml
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