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Tips for travelling / holidays and skincare / makeup

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sherazade · 20/06/2018 12:59

Going away soon - short haul flight within Europe . Basic cabin allowance - not checking any bags in . We'll be hiring a car and doing some driving around but mostly have a base.

What are your travel tips for skincare and makeup to travel as light as possible ?
Makeup wipes ? Decent stuff into small bottles ? Buy mini versions ? I need
A makeup remover preferably an oil
A moisturiser
A serum
Don't want to spend loads but open to suggestions
Please spam me with your tips and product recommendations for travelling light beauty wise !

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sherazade · 20/06/2018 12:59

*decant not decent !

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Nabootique · 20/06/2018 13:11

Muji do some lovely skincare in miniature sizes AND sell empty travel size containers to decant other stuff into.

TantricTwist · 20/06/2018 14:23

I just take whatever I normally use.

On a beach holiday however I would advise certain additional items but I can't tell if its a city break or beach holiday you are going on.

Isleepinahedgefund · 20/06/2018 14:54

I am to take my usual stuff but decant into smaller bottles/containers.

Makeup wipes are a must. They’re useful for so many things aside from removing makeup!

I’d get miniature bottles from Superdrug or £ Shop, the muji ones are nice but little bottles/pots in general are so hard to clean that often they need to be thrown away when you’ve used them. Then I decant my skincare etc into them. Contact lens cases are also really good for this (obv not the one you’re going to put your lenses in!), each side holds about a weeks worth of eye cream or serum.

Take some deep cleansing shampoo (tresemme one is particularly good), as you can wash hair and clothes with it (gets any stain out - got knows what it does to your hair!!)

If you have liquid products like toner that you apply with cotton wool, don’t take the whole bottle. Presoak the required amount of cotton wool pads and put them in a ziplock bag.

Makeup - take the minimum you can bear. I went short haul recently with just hand luggage and I took one foundation, one concealer, one blush, one powder, mascara, one shimmer brick from Bobbi brown (doubles as eyeshadow and bronzer ), setting spray, one lip gloss one lipstick. Take a stick foundation if poss - I like the Cover FX cover click ones.

macnab · 20/06/2018 14:54

I wouldn't be trying out something new whilst on holiday, in case I didn't like it or had a reaction etc. And I think the travel sized products, while handy, are such a rip off. So my advice is to stick to products you know and love, and decant them into travel containers. If you're going to France or Spain you can always pop into one of the many gorgeous pharmacies and treat yourself to something while there and leave half of it behind because it's too big for your cabin baggage

Have fun OP!

OCSock · 20/06/2018 17:09

Tablet/capsule packs, the sort we old people use, are handy for keeping small items of jewellery/earrings organised.

sherazade · 20/06/2018 18:44

Thanks for the replies
Staying mainly by a mountainous coast - mixture of seaside and city but not a beach holiday
Think decanting is the way to go but also going for makeup wipes too if we've had a really long day and I can't be bothered .
I currently use

Origins exfoliating scrub
Pyunkang yul essence toner
Body shop hemp cream
Face theory primer
face theory cleansing oil
Aldi charcoal water for eye makeup
Face theory Argan oil as a night cream

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