10 Top Beauty Essentials You Need to Pack for Your Holiday

Essential #2. Feeling Fresh
Banish that fuzzy tongue and dragon's breath that comes from too much time and travelling between brushes by always having a refreshing mini mouth spritz from Smint on hand. Favour the minty ones over fruity flavours, which will only leave you feeling like you've had a sweet and even more desperate to brush your teeth.
 

Essential #3. Shut Eye
The secret to looking young, rested and fresh? The answer may seem obvious but it's a good night's sleep. Travelling tends to really take it out of you so try to get a daytime nap in whenever you can to recharge. You can fall asleep faster (and thus get more rest) if you trick your body into thinking that it's night time. Block out the bright lights with Travelmate’s eye mask while your body and mind reboot.
 

Essential #4. Summer Skin
Unfortunately, with summer comes sweat, the enemy of foreheads everywhere. Avoid your forehead perspiration causing your make up to run into your eyes/those pesky baby hairs at the start of your hairline to curl up by using one of the oldest tricks in the book: blotting paper. These rice papers from Palladio mop up any oil while leaving a light layer of translucent powder - perfect!

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Essential #5. Dry Wash
While it doesn't actually clean your hair as the name might suggest, the secret weapon of dry shampoo does totally eliminate the dreaded oily look and will allow you to keep your 'do for at least an extra day. We recommend Batiste Dry Shampoo. Desperate for a similar effect but don't have any dry shampoo on you? Talcum powder does the same job: just sprinkle some along your hairline, flip your hair and rub it in, remembering that it will slightly lighten your shade.
 

Essential #6. Straighten Up
Holidays mean humidity, aeroplane seats and sleeping in cars, all of which are likely to ruin the hairstyle you perfected before you left the house. Carry TRESemmé's   mini straightener with you for emergency touch ups. Remember if your hair is curly, it's also easy to tame curls with a straightener to breathe some fresh life into your style.
 
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Essential #7. Close Shave
If you're a fan of silky smooth legs and underarms, you'll be dreading the thought of upkeep during your holiday. Gillette's super tiny and cute travel razor is perfect to keep in your handbag for last minute shave sessions. Avoid razor burn by always shaving wet skin and if you don't have shaving cream, create a lather with shower gel, soap or even your shampoo.
 

Essential #8. Banish Blemishes
If you have only one beauty product in your holiday handbag make it a handy concealer palette like the one from Catrice. Travelling means you're more prone to break outs and dark under eye bags, both of which can be instantly fixed with a few artful dots of concealer.
 

Essential #9. CC Me
Another amazing multi-use product is a CC (or BB) cream, which will even out your skin tone, moisturise your face plus give you SPF coverage. Because it's consistency is light you can simply rub it onto your face - no fuss, brushes or mirror required. Our faves are Almay's Smart Shade CC Cream and Garnier's BB Cream.
 
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Essential #10. All In One
You're going to want to minimise your bag bulk so opt for multi-use products, like a lip stain, which can be used on lips, eyes and cheeks. Best of all a stain isn't a solid colour so is more forgiving than a lipstick, ideal for quick, on-the-go application. Try Palladio lip stain in either Pinky or Mocha.