What to Carry On
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Looking great while away from home doesn't mean packing everything but the bathrooms sink! To get more mileage out of fewer products, see what beauty experts never leave home without.
Arrive gorgeous and refreshed, thanks to versatile makeup and smart multitaskers for your skin.
With 18 colors for eyes, lips, and cheeks, Laura Mercier Glamour Wardrobe flatters day or night.
A pore-friendly mist shields from head to toe without stickiness. Jill Waibel, a Miami dermatologist, likes Replenix Sheer Physical Sunscreen Spray SPF 50+ (dermstore.com).
Dallas aesthetician Joanna Czech freshens while out and about with Malin + Goetz Pill Towels; wet one in water, and it expands to a 9-by-11 inch washcloth.
To banish blemishes, Waibel reccomends salicylic acid, like that found in VMV Hypoallergenics Red Better Spot Corrector.
To lift T-zone shine without shifting makeup, Wu relies on Clean & Clear Oil Absorbing Sheets (sold at drugstores).
It holds updos in place and keeps down flyaways, yet combs out for easy restyling. Sharon Dorram, a colorist in New York City, likes Phytolaque Soie (beautybar.com).
Dorram dusts roots with Dr. Hauschka Body Silk to absorb oil, boost volume, and create beachy texture. Swept on skin, it also sets makeup.
The argan oil in Josie Maran Argan Hot Oil Self-Heating Hair Treatment rehydrates sun-dried hair on contact. Bring one ampule for each week you'll be traveling (sephora.com).
Hotels often install these in bathrooms—which, of course, get damp—but Wendy Iles, a hairstylist in Paris, takes a B.Y.O. approach. "You can't get sleek hair in a humid space," she says. Plug the powerful fold-and-go Brookstone Ionic Dual-Voltage Travel Hairdryer into a drier spot in your suite.
A drop pre-blow-dry combats humidity, and a coat before swimming repels chlorine and sun damage. Try Bumble & Bumble Color Minded UV Protective Styling Balm.
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