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Don’t sacrifice your beauty basics in your quest to pack light.With these ultra-light tools, you can beautify your way from shabby to chic!
5 Ultralight Beauty Essentials
Nail Buffer
No nail polish, no problem. Only one thing looks worse than chipped nails and that’s brittle nails. Smoothen out your fingers and toes with a travel size nail buffer. It will keep your nails from turning yellow and add a light sheen for a natural manicure look. If you can’t find a small one, cut a regular size one in half! Add a small nail file and you’re good to go!
Pumice Stone
Walking around in cute flip flops or walking sandals can keep your feet cool but can also reap havoc on your heels. Avoid cracked heels and keep your feet clean by using a foam foot sponge. As with the nail buffer, cut a full size pumice in half if you can’t find a small one. Scrub with a bit of lotion or conditioner to help smoothen out tough skin.
Conair Soft Bouncy Curls Foam Roller
Hair Rollers
If you’re not planning to lug around a travel size curling iron or straightener, good for you! What you can do to add volume or waves to your natural do is pack a few foam curlers you can wear overnight to set your hair. Remember, pack a handful not a whole set!
Tweezers
Unruly eyebrows create a generally untidy appearance. Don’t forget to pack a light pair of tweezers to keep your eyebrows nicely groomed and help brighten up your face.
Hair Bun
Create an elegant updo or bun using the easy to make sock bun method. Opt for a pre-made bun donut that weighs nothing an can be crammed into a small space if needed. If you can spare a little extra space, throw in a small headband to fem it up a bit. Easy, effortless, an ultralight!
Talk about a minimalist travelista! For ultralight packing lists to match, check out TFG’s Universal Packing Lists!
For more tips on travel beauty essentials, please read the following:
- 9 Sephora Must Haves
- How to Style Curly Hair when Traveling
- What’s in my Travel Makeup Bag
- 35 Travel Bloggers Reveal Their Top Beauty Tips and Tricks
Great article, lots of great tips! I love everything about this editorial. Great essentials for travel! It was so effortless and enjoyable. Your Eyebrows tips are very effective and it is very true that tweezers can keep your eyebrows nicely groomed so don’t forget to pack it. Good tutorial.
Yay! So glad you like it Maegen 🙂
Alex, I APPROVE@ 😀 also the bun doughnut can be replaced by a humble sock to achieve the sock bun look (much more natural and chic!) And it takes virtually no space! BAM! 😀 ♡♡
haha, thank you the Miss Beauty Blogger! Your approval is appreciated 🙂
Love reading your lists, guapura!
Thank you! Can’t wait to see you
I find contact lens cases ideal for carrying small amounts of bb cream, curl creme, etc. One contact lens case easily holds enough bb cream for a week. Inspired by your website i pack carryon only when travelling so that little plastic bag needs to hold everything. Dove soap works brilliantly as a body wash and in a pinch can be used to wash your face and hair. The conditioner sachets from the box hair dye kits are great as shaving gel. Simple scrubby wipes cleanse and exfoliate and weigh nothing.
Love all your toiletry packing hacks Carrie!