The Beauty Products I Actually Use When Travelling

At home I’m a minimalist, if there’s no space for it then it goes. When I travel however, I’m basically a hoarder, especially when it comes to toiletries.

On my recent trips overseas, I’ve failed dismally when it’s come to packing only what I’ll actually use. You see when I pack, I like to be prepared for every possible scenario so I naturally overpack. As much as I’d like to think my trips are exactly like the Net-a-Porter ‘what to pack for a European Summer’ email, the reality is that I don’t actually like wearing makeup or spending a lot of time with skincare routines when I’m on holiday. Ask me how many times I wore lipstick on my last trip, go on ask - well I’ll tell you. Not once, despite packing seven different colours (4 peachy nudes, 2 reds and an orange). I wore Mecca Cosmetica Lip d’luscious most days and thats about it.

I like to be up, fresh-faced and ready to go as quickly as possible. This includes hair, which I let air dry every day despite the European water being hellishly drying - on a side note: pack a moisturising hair mask to combat this, which I forgot to do on this last trip.

As such I feel I’ve made peace with my inclination to ditch makeup & loads of product when on holiday, as when I really thought about it, these are the products I actually used during my last trip…

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