11 Multi-Functional Summer Beauty Travel Essentials
From a body shimmer sunscreen to dual lip-eyeshadow shades, you'll want to add these to your packing list immediately.
As the world reopens after two summers of travel restrictions, spending summer the correct way means traveling. However, packing can be stressful, especially on longer international trips with limited suitcase room. You may be wondering: Is there enough room for all of my skincare and makeup products? The answer is, probably not. But fear not, for every full-sized beauty product there is a travel-sized, multi-functional alternative. Here, L’OFFICIEL guides you on your packing adventure with these 11 beauty multi-purpose products that will save you that precious suitcase space.
A lightweight formula, Glossier’s cloud paint will give your skin a bounce and can be a liquid blush, eyeshadow, or lip shade. With eight different colors, this formula blends right into the skin and is made with collagen, a hydrator that will keep your skin youthful.
Glossier Cloud Paint, $18, Glossier
This powder is meant to be applied over the eyes, face, and body for a metallic glow. From wearing it as an eyeshadow, to combining it with a lip gloss, to using it as a body shimmer, the options are endless. It’s lightweight, cruelty-free, and vegan.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Loose Pigment, $22, Anastasia Beverly Hills
This tangerine-spearmint balm is meant for heels, but it works perfectly on any body areas with dry, cracked skin, made with vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, and amino acids in the propolis. It protects against bacteria as well, which will prevent your feet from smelling. Whether you’re walking miles and need to relax your heels at the end of the day or need a new lip balm, you’ll want to have Savannah Bee Co’s heel balm handy.
Savannah Bee Co. Beeswax Heel Balm, $16, Savannah Bee Co.
This palette should be a staple in everyone’s makeup drawer—the colors can be used for everything, from foundation mixing to special effects makeup. The cream shades are available in two different palettes, flash, which is brighter tones, and cinema, which has more neutral colors.
Make Up For Ever 12 Flash Color Case, $99, Make Up For Ever
Sunscreen is mandatory all year long, but it’s especially important in the summertime. The Supergoop! sunscreen has SPF 40 protection and has an added shimmer, so you’ll literally glow while wearing it. The sunscreen is water and sweat-resistant and has hydrating properties, but you’ll want to reapply every 40 minutes.
Supergoop! Glowscreen Body SPF 40, $42, Supergoop!
We all love a good eyeliner-blurred-eyeshadow combo. The Perfect Point Plus Eyeliner is perfect for the smokey, smudged eye look—use it as an eyeliner or scribble it over your lids and blur it with the eraser side for it to double as eyeshadow.
CoverGirl Perfect Point Plus Eyeliner in Espresso, $7, Ulta
Coconut oil is arguably one of the best multi-purpose moisturizers out there. Because of its fatty acids and dry oil texture, it gets absorbed quickly and leaves you glowing instead of shiny. Use it on skin or hair for maximum hydration.
Public Goods Coconut Oil, $8, Public Goods
This under-eye concealer is a favorite for its ability to hide dark circles (read: jet lag), and the crease-proof formula can also be applied anywhere else to cover up blemishes or on the eyelids as an eyeshadow primer.
It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Illumination Anti-Aging Concealer, $28, It Cosmetics