Vacation Beauty Musts

With summer well underway, many people are beginning to cash in the vacation time and take off for popular hot spots. While everyone loves the time away (no matter how brief it may be), we’ve all been through the overstuffed suitcases. If you’re flying, there’s added pressure to pack light to avoid those arm-twisting checked baggage fees. While we may not be able to help with narrowing down the 10 pairs of shoes that you have to bring along, we do have a few suggestions for lightening up your beauty bag.

First, simplify your makeup routine. Cutting back on how much makeup you use each day will not only cut the number of products you have to bring, but will look much better than a face full of melting products. You’re on vacation after all, so there’s really no reason to look all dolled up. Cut down to the bare minimum: a tinted moisturizer, face powder with SPF, bronzer and a shot of mascara can take you from day to night.

Our suggestions? Neutrogena’s Healthy Skin Enhancer is a tinted moisturizer that is great for combination skin and hot summer days. With SPF 20 and Retinol, this product provides some protection from the sun and prevents nasty blemishes from popping up. {Neutrogena} Follow the tinted moisturizer with a bronzer, sweeping it with a fluffy makeup brush across your cheekbones, forehead, nose and chin; basically anywhere the sun would hit most. Sally Hansen Natural Sun Glow Powder Bronzer goes on light and sheer but with enough color to make it seem you spent the day in the sun. {Sally Hansen} Top off the look with a swipe of waterproof mascara, like Maybelline’s Lash Discovery mascara in Very Black {Maybelline} Later in the day, refresh your SPF and soak up some excess oil with a product like Bare Escentuals SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen, which features Titanium Dioxide as the active ingredient in a powder applied with a built in brush. {Sephora}

Finally, we have three additional beauty products to simplify your vacation. Wherever you go for your summer vacation, it’s important to slather sunscreen on any exposed skin. Supergoop! makes super-handy, zinc-oxide sunscreen wipes that are easy to travel with since they are not liquid. {Sephora} Another handy product is Cake Beauty’s Satin Sugar Hair & Body Refreshing Powder. This powder goes a long way, helping to absorb oil from day old hair, as well absorbing odor and oils from the skin. {Sephora} Lastly, the ease of Sula Beauty’s water-based nail polish can’t be beat. Because it’s water based, it’s much kinder to nails, allowing them to grow strong and healthy and as an added bonus you don’t need a nail polish remover to get rid of a color you’re sick of. We like Sorbet, Azure, and Champagne Coral for the summer. {Sula Beauty}