Trip booked, clothes packed, makeup bag... busting at the seams? We’ve all been there. You want to bring your full beauty routine with you, but realistically, it won’t all fit. To help make the seemingly impossible possible, we curated a helpful guide to help you pack your favorite beauty routine with Lancôme’s collection of travel size toiletries, plus a couple of travel beauty hacks along the way.
What Is the Travel Size for Toiletries?
The travel size for toiletries typically refers to smaller, more compact versions of your favorite beauty items that are convenient to pack and compliant with airline regulations. The rule set by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requires that all liquids, gels, and creams in your carry-on luggage must be in containers that hold 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) or less per item. This means that yes, you can bring all your everyday essentials with you, but make sure they’re in the right sized packaging. And a benefit of the size limit, you save space in your luggage.
How Do You Pack Toiletries for a Trip?
When packing toiletries for a trip, you’ll probably want to save space and be efficient in what you bring along. It may help to list out your daily essentials, like shampoo, deodorant, makeup, and skincare products to make sure nothing important is left behind. Don’t bring your full bottle of shampoo. Instead, opt for travel-sized containers for shampoo, conditioner, body wash, etc., and travel sizes of the products in your makeup & skincare routine to ensure you’re traveling light and complying with airline regulations.
Also, consider the length of your trip and the activities you have planned to adjust the amount and types of products you bring. For example, pack multi-use products and leave behind items that your accommodations may provide. Also, consider your destination's climate to pack accordingly. For example, bring moisturizer and serum if you’re headed somewhere dry, and bring your go-to facial sunscreens for sunny destinations. And remember to keep essential toiletries, like hand cream, lip balm, and especially medications, in your carry-on in case of luggage delays.
Travel Hack to Prevent Spills: Take some plastic wrap and place it under the caps before you tighten them. This helps seal up any gaps between the cap and the container. As an extra precaution, place potentially leaky items in separate plastic bags.
Must-Pack Travel Size Toiletries
Travel Size Skin Care for Hydrated Happy Skin
Traveling can be hard on your skin. Changes in climate, dehydration, and lack of sleep can all contribute to depleted moisture and a dull, tired-looking complexion. To counteract these effects, replenish moisture from the inside out by drinking lots of water and applying nourishing, hydration-latent skincare. Our Advanced Génifique hydrating serum is the perfect pick-me-up for dehydrated skin – and the 0.67 oz. & 1.0 oz. sizes can easily fit in your carry-on. Formulated with Bifidus Prebiotic, Hyaluronic Acid, and Vitamin C, this hydrating serum visibly smooths and plumps for dewy, radiant skin.
For a quick boost of hydration, maybe after your flight or a long day in the sun, apply an Advanced Génifique Hydrogel Sheet Mask. This refreshing sheet mask is made of a hydrogel matrix that releases a full serum’s worth of ingredients to help strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier and lock in hydration. Leave it on for 10 to 30 minutes to visibly improve skin smoothness, hydration, and radiance – wherever you are.
Máscara de hidrogel Advanced Génifique
Potencia la luminosidad
Travel Size Skin Care to Help Protect Your Skin
Whether you’re hitting the ski slopes, visiting a small country town, or vacationing to a tropical island, you need sunscreen. Besides protecting your skin from UV rays and preventing sunburn, sunscreen also offers anti-aging benefits. Sunscreen protects skin from sun-induced skin damage that can accelerate premature aging, like the formation of fine lines, wrinkles, and discoloration. So, if you’re going to leave a product behind, don’t let it be your favorite sunscreen.
For a multi-use sunscreen, consider our UV Expert Defense SPF 50+ Primer & Moisturizer. The 3-in-1 formula is mineral oil-free, antioxidant-rich, and the 1.0 oz. & 1.7 oz. sizes are perfect for travel. It’s a makeup primer, moisturizer, and SPF 50 broad spectrum sunscreen that delivers grip, hydration, and protects skin from UVA & UVB sun damage. Apply UV Expert daily and reapply throughout the day to ensure sun protection throughout all your travels.
Imprimador y humectante UV Expert Defense con FPS 50+
Protege e hidrata
Travel Size Makeup for the Face
If you want to travel light, you might not be able to bring your full-size foundation bottle. As an alternative, opt for a compact powder foundation for buildable full coverage, like Dual Finish Powder Foundation, which conveniently applies dry or wet. Alternatively, you can use a concealer, like Teint Idole Ultra Wear All Over Full Coverage Concealer for a lightweight and natural-looking no makeup makeup look base. This is also a great lightweight option for summer makeup when heat and humidity are high.
With powder foundation, apply how you normally would at home. With concealer, product placement and blending are key to creating an even complexion like foundation would. Take your concealer and apply it at an angle from the outside corners of your eyes upwards towards your temple, under the eyes, on the high points of your face, and over any blemishes and discoloration, like redness. If you can’t fit your makeup brushes, use damp fingers and tap, tap, tap to blend – never underestimate the power of a thorough blend! Otherwise, use a flat concealer brush for areas where you want fuller coverage, like around the eyes, and use a fluffy brush to blend and diffuse.
Pro Tip for a Dewy Look: Try mixing a few drops of Advanced Génifique Face Serum with Teint Idole Ultra Wear All Over Full Coverage ConcealerV before application for lighter coverage and dewy-looking skin.
Base en polvo Dual Finish
Personalizable y matificante
Corrector de cobertura completa Teint Idole Ultra Wear All Over
Cobertura completa y acabado mate natural
Travel Size Makeup for the Eyes
Bring mini mascaras and multi-use shadows to create endless looks without over-stuffing your makeup bag. Mascara, like our range of volumizing mascaras, can help to instantly open the eyes and create drama without too much effort. Multi-use eyeshadows, like Idôle Tint Liquid Eyeshadow & Eyeliner, can be applied to lids as eyeshadow and eyeliner, and to cheeks as a hack for blush.
Máscara Hypnôse Drama
Volumen extremo y hasta 24 horas de duración
Máscara de pestañas Lash Idôle
Pestañas realzadas y con volumen
Imprimador de máscara y fortalecedor de pestañas Cils Booster XL
Imprimación y acondicionamiento
SOMBRA PARA OJOS LÍQUIDA CON DELINEADOR DE OJOS IDÔLE TINT
Color personalizable con hasta 16 horas de duración
Travel Size Makeup for the Lips
Luckily, lip makeup is usually offered in petite packaging and is easier to travel with than, say, a bottle of body wash. But in the spirit of packing light, consider a lip product with multiple benefits, like our Lip Idôle Squalane-12 Butterglow™ Hydrating Lip Balm. This lip balm is not only supercharged with 12% squalane, shea butter, and ceramides for up to 24-hour hydration, but you also get the benefit of lipstick with instant, shiny color, available in 14 flirty shades. If you prefer more shine and less color, consider a Lancôme icon, Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss. These classic lip-biting glosses deliver ultra-glossy shine and the perfect amount of sticky texture you’ll want to apply on repeat.
Bálsamo labial hidratante Lip Idôle Squalane - 12 Butterglow™
Brillo instantáneo e hidratación duradera
Brillo labial Juicy Tubes
Ultrabrillante e hidratante
Travel Size Perfume
Of the five senses, smell has the strongest ties to memory. So why not commemorate your travels with travel sizes of your favorite perfume or something new. Find yourself reminiscing the aroma of warm vanilla and spun sugar billowing from French bakeries, or the scent of an iris garden lining the backstreets of Paris with La Vie Est Belle perfume. Maybe you’ll look back fondly on the morning you got ready to give that career-changing speech or complete that advanced hiking trail every time you smell the fresh citrus and clean white musk signature of Idôle perfume.
Packing travel size toiletries offers practical benefits, like being able to travel light and adhere to airline regulations. Plus, when you’re away, you can still feel like yourself when you have travel sizes of your favorites and daily essentials on hand. Make the most out of the space in your makeup bag on your next trip with easy-to-pack travel size toiletries from Lancôme.
