The summer season is here, bringing quick trips to the beach, long excursions abroad, or a break from school or work. It’s time to start packing smart for your travels, making sure to line up your travel-sized beauty essentials to keep your routine intact and your face glowing while you’re away from home.
No matter the situation, it’s always wise to pack makeup essentials that won’t take up too much luggage space. Travel-sized products have become a lifesaver for avid travelers who want to maintain their routine and enjoy their favorite products, no matter where they are in the world.
Whether you’re off to a skiing trip in Niseko or a tropical getaway in the Philippines, curating your own personal travel-sized essentials will be the cherry on top, keeping you refreshed, rejuvenated, and feeling great. Not only are these travel-sized products convenient to bring along, but they also offer a great way to try beauty items you’ve been curious about, without fully committing to investing in the full-sized versions.
So, what are the travel must-haves for your R&R getaway? We’ve listed a few that are worth making it into your travel bag.
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Travel Essential Containers
Cadence Capsule System – The Cadence System is the perfect container for organizing your trusted skincare and beauty products during your travels. Crafted with recycled materials, this innovative product features a magnetic, stackable design. Each capsule is fully customizable, modular, and leak-proof. This female-owned and -led business is redefining what it means to travel—proving that bringing your personal essentials is not only possible, but easy.
Strokes Beauty Silicone Makeup Holder – An ideal travel item for keeping your makeup products and brushes well organized wherever you go. The silicone material offers flexibility, allowing you to store everything from brushes and lipsticks to bronzer—however you choose.
Sunnies Roll Up Travel Kit – This eye-catching tomato red on-the-go kit is perfect for keeping your toiletry essentials well organized and easily accessible, wherever it’s placed in your luggage. The roll-up feature allows for effortless packing without taking up much space.
SPF
Shiseido Clear Sunscreen Stick SPF 50+ – For over 150 years, Shiseido has been a household name in beauty and skincare. Hailing from Japan, one of its most notable products is its sunscreen line, which offers multiple options to cater to specific needs. Shiseido’s Clear Sunscreen Stick, free of white cast, is easy to use, portable, and lightweight, making it a go-to for any beach getaway. Its SynchroShield™ technology, along with WetForce and HeatForce technologies, provides enhanced protection, even in water or under the heat of the sun. What’s more, you can apply it under or over makeup, and it’s long-lasting!
Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen – This beloved SPF product has been a go-to for protecting your skin against UVA and UVB rays, with the added bonus of doubling as a makeup primer. The clear sunscreen features an oil-free formula that glides smoothly onto the skin, leaving it feeling weightless. Bonus points? It’s antioxidant-rich, fragrance-free, and paraben-free!
Brow Gel
Mini Benefit Cosmetics 24-Hour Brow Setter – A cult favorite that keeps your brows shaped and intact throughout the day. The flexible brow setter is the perfect tool to lock in your brows with its quick-drying properties.
Setting Spray
One/Size On Til Dawn Setting Spray – Created by the iconic Filipino-American beauty influencer Patrick Starrr, this one-of-a-kind waterproof setting spray keeps your makeup smudge-proof and sweat-proof for 16 hours straight. Its mattifying properties leave your skin protected, whether in tropical or colder climates, and it does not disappoint.
Makeup Wipes
Neutrogena Makeup Remover Wipes Singles – As one of the most recognized makeup wipes, it’s perfect that it has an on-the-go version that can even fit in your travel purse. With 20 individually wrapped refreshing towelettes, the ultra-soft cleansing towelettes leave your face makeup-free and thoroughly cleansed.
Travel Mists
Mario Badescu Mini Mist Collection – These five unique signature blend sprays from Mario Badescu—Rosewater, Lavender, Cucumber, Orange Blossom, and Coconut Water—leave your skin feeling rejuvenated and well-hydrated during the extra-warm season. Each blend targets multiple concerns, such as reducing redness and improving skin texture and tone.
Deodorant
Kopari Deodorant – The aluminum-free deodorant glides smoothly onto your underarms, keeping them protected, soothed, and odor-free. Bonus? Its fresh sea breeze scent keeps you smelling great all day long.
Malin + Goetz Eucalyptus Deodorant – Their #1 best-selling product, the Eucalyptus Deodorant is formulated without aluminum, parabens, or alcohol. The natural eucalyptus extract provides a refreshing scent while effectively neutralizing odor on all underarm skin types.
Toner
Tower 28 SOS Rescue Spray – This viral toning treatment has become a must-try for skincare and beauty enthusiasts. The SOS Spray is made with hypochlorous acid, which helps soothe redness and irritation while protecting the skin from bacteria. Its simple blend of sodium chloride and water also makes it safe for those with sensitive skin.
Facial Wash
Youth to the People SuperFood Cleanser – Just a drop of this product goes a long way. Made with superfood antioxidants like kale, spinach, and green tea, it effectively cleanses your skin of impurities and helps prevent clogged pores. What else? This perfect blend balances your skin’s pH without stripping or drying it out.
Eyeshadow-On-The-Go
Anastasia Spice Mini Eyeshadow Palette – The palette contains nine full-pigment shades, ranging from warm-toned neutrals to brilliant golds in matte and metallic finishes. This essential mini eyeshadow collection features ABH’s highly pigmented, easy-to-blend formula and offers a versatile color range for creating everything from subtle to dramatic eye looks.
Cologne
Jo Malone Travel-Sized Cologne – The 30 ml travel-sized bottles feature 17 of the carefully crafted scents from the iconic British cologne and perfume brand. Its timeless and elegant fragrances are a staple for many, making the travel-friendly size a perfect companion for any trip.
Blush
Rare Beauty Dewy Liquid Blush – The popular radiant blush comes in six richly pigmented shades and travel-friendly sizes, keeping your beauty routine in check anytime, anywhere. Its easy application and intense color payoff make it a top contender for travel must-haves.
Strokes Blush On-The-Go – This small and travel-friendly, heavily pigmented blush and beauty sponge duo comes in nine different shades. What’s to love about it? It’s long-wearing, lightweight, easily blendable, and buildable—giving you the perfect flush.
Bronzer
Sunnies Healthy Touch Up Bronzer Duo – The newly launched weightless bronzer duo blends warm and cool tones to give your skin a sun-kissed glow. Infused with macadamia nut and camellia extracts, plus vitamins E and D, it nourishes, hydrates, and protects your skin.
Hair Oil
K18 Molecular Repair Hair Oil – The 10 ml weightless anti-frizz hair oil effectively nourishes all hair types and repairs strands on two levels of the hair fiber, leaving your hair feeling silky smooth.
Essence
Cosrx Advanced Snail 97 Mucin Power Essence – This essence is formulated with nutrient-rich, low-stimulation snail mucin, which helps fade dark spots, brighten the skin, deliver intense hydration, and boost collagen production.
Sleeping Mask
Summer Fridays Jet Lag Mask + Moisturizer – A mask and moisturizer in one! This multitasking, on-the-go product can be applied day or night to deliver deep hydration and revive dull, stressed-looking skin. Why else pack it? It’s not just for your face—it also works as a hand and body cream.
Lip Balm
Rhode Peptide Lip Tint – This fragrance-free peptide lip treatment is made with five essential fatty acids that glide smoothly onto your lips to effectively hydrate and moisturize them. It comes in five sheer, buildable shades: Ribbon, Toast, Raspberry Jelly, PBJ, and Espresso.
Pimple Patch
Hero Pimple Patch – Need to get rid of a pimple quickly—without pricking or popping? Hero’s award-winning hydrocolloid sticker gently absorbs blemishes and pimple gunk in just 6 to 8 hours.
Moisturizer
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+ – From dry to very dry to dry combination skin types, this is your must-have travel essential—deeply moisturizing and strengthening the skin’s barrier to hydrate, soften, and smooth your complexion. It’s no surprise that this is Clinique’s best-selling moisturizer, developed by a celebrated dermatologist and known for its silky, fast-absorbing formula that unlocks a youthful-looking glow.
