Frequent flights can be tough on your skin, so we’ve rounded up the best beauty must-haves and airplane skincare products for long-haul trips – all under 100ml.
Although travel restrictions are different for domestic flights and different airports around the world, most airports still require all hand luggage liquids to be less than 100ml. This means you might struggle to take your favorite beauty products in the cabin with you when you travel.
Flights are known to be detrimental to your skin, particularly if they’re long haul journeys. From the dry air conditioning to the dehydrating affects of high altitude, to the general tiredness which impacts your body from jet lag, it’s fairly likely that you won’t feel, or look, your best after a long haul flight. You should consider investing in some travel size beauty must-haves which are specifically designed to hydrate, rejuvenate and revitalise your skin.
Try some of these hand-picked airplane skincare saviours on your next family vacation and you’ll emerge from the plane with a fresh face and a lighter carry-on bag.
Best Travel Size Beauty Hydrator
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream, $30
- An immediate skin revival gel-cream moisturiser for a dewy, glass-like, fresh water glow.
- Fragrance-free, lightweight bouncy gel-cream formula
- Smooths and plumps the look of your complexion and helps balance thirsty, dehydrated skin.
- Clinically proven to reduce the look of pores, redness and dehydration lines.
Best Sleep Enhancer
Lather Quiet Night Pillow Mist, $18
- Get your best chance at a good night’s sleep with this sleep-enhancing linen spray
- Infused with an essential oil blend of organic lavender, organic ylang-ylang, plus cedarwood, ho wood and lemon.
- Spritz over your travel pillow and let the soothing scent calm and quiet your senses.
- No parabens, sulfates, mineral oil or synthetic fragrance and colors. Never tested on animals.
Best Airplane Skincare Classic
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Nourishing Lip Balm, $35
- The ultimate travel size beauty go-to product, trusted by millions.
- Contains a combination of vitamins and minerals to indulge your lips with the moisture they need to stay soft and smooth.
- UVA and UVB broad spectrum sun protection.
- Portable squeeze tube with the comfy slanted applicator delivers everything your lips need look radiant, healthy, and beautiful all day.
Best Beauty Flight Hack
First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Pads, $20
- Sensitive skin-friendly + gentle face exfoliating pads with a blend of AHAs designed for daily use to help brighten, smooth and prep skin for makeup.
- Exfoliate away dull skin to help reveal a radiant and naturally glowing complexion.
- Now compostable for daily use – perfect airplane skincare product.
- Quick and easy alternative to your favorite cleanser
Best Travel Eye Cream
REN Radiance Brightening Dark Circle Eye Cream, $22
- Delivers a brightening burst of hydration that instantly refreshes tired eyes.
- Helps to even skin tone and visibly lift skin around and under the eyes
- Absorbs easily into the delicate eye area to help neutralize dark circle and puffiness-triggering free radicals
- Keeps your eyes plumped, smoother and brighter-looking throughout the flight.
Best Travel Size Deodorant
Malin + Goetz Eucalyptus Deoderant Mini, $15
- Synthesized with refreshing natural eucalyptus extract and odor-neutralizing citronella
- Appropriate for all skin types, especially sensitive.
- Formulated without aluminum, alcohol or parabens, allowing the body to function naturally.
- Natural fragrance and color.
Best Airplane Skincare Must-Have
Pixi Detoxifye Depuffing Eye Patches, $24
- Hydrogel eye patches designed to instantly de-puff and revive under-eye area.
- Formulated to refresh, hydrate and rejuvenate delicate under-eye skin for effective eye bags treatment.
- Infused with real Gold, Coconut and Cucumber to nourish, strengthen and soothe skin.
- Enhanced with Hyaluronic Acid and Caffeine for added smoothing and de-puffing as well as reduction in dark under-eye circles.
Best Travel Size Face Oil
Jurlique Rare Rose Face Oil, $62
- Calms the mind and relieves stress with its delicate rose scent.
- Helps restore suppleness and elasticity to reveal plump, glowing skin.
- Created using a beautiful blend of natural plant oils, including Olive, Jojoba, & Castor Oil, that can help moisturise, balance and improve skin suppleness.
- Contains Soybean Oil to reduce skin dullness and improve smoothness and Carrot Oil extract to protect and help skin glow.
- Infused with Vitamin E, which contains antioxidant properties which may help to protect the skin against environmental aggressors.
Best Travel Size Hand Wash
Aesop Resurrection Rinse Free Hand Wash, $13
- An alcohol-based formulation with purifying and hydrating properties, to cleanse hands effectively when running water is unavailable.
- Ideal for long toilet lines, or as a stop-gap in airports between flights.
- Mandarin Rind, Rosemary Leaf, Cedar Atlas for a citrus, woody, herbaceous scent.
- Feels clean, fresh, and non-sticky
Best Travel Size Treatment
Goop Nourishing Lip Repair Mask, $30
- Envelops skin in a comforting cocoon of hydration that lasts all day or night, for smoother, softer lips
- Made with high-performance clean ingredients, the mask delivers dramatic clinical results, increasing the hydration level in lips by more than 160% with a single swipe.
- Made with biomimetic ceramides to protect lips from environmental stressors, along with cold-pressed fig seed oil and an acai fruit sterol complex to hydrate deeply.
Best Must-Have for Nervous Passengers
Aesop Ginger Flight Therapy, $33
- A pulse-point therapy roll-on enhanced with oils of Ginger Root, Lavender and Geranium for in-flight or office use.
- Apply directly onto neck, temples, wrists, behind the ears and abdomen in times of stress, nausea or weariness.
Best Instant Beauty Fix
REFY Brow Sculpt, $18
- The perfect balance between a wax and a gel, to tame eyebrows and create a thicker, more groomed appearance.
- Long-lasting, easy to apply and keeps brow hairs firmly in place.
- The double ended brush allows you to comb and shape your brows to set them in place for a full, sculpted look.
- Dries clear and keeps your brows set
Looking for more Travel Tips? Read our pick of the best solid perfumes for carry-on bags, or check out our handy downloadable family vacation packing list to make sure you’re fully set for your next family vacation.
