Have you booked a winter break to brighten up the bleakest month of the year? We may plan our holiday wardrobe well before we head to the airport but deciding on the skincare and makeup we're taking with us is often more last-minute. But forget creating more work for yourself (who has time to decant their favourite serums, foundations and perfumes into refillable bottles?) and instead become acquainted with these travel-friendly alternatives.
We've rounded up the bite-size beauty products that'll slide into your hand luggage and ensure you look your best, no matter where you're travelling to.
Click through for our edit and avoid any eleventh-hour packing panic. Bon voyage!
No bigger than a pen, this stick concealer brightens the complexion and hides tired skin. It's buildable in coverage and blurs wrinkles, while creating a silky soft base.
By Terry Stylo Expert Click Stick, £24.50, available at Space NK
Say goodbye to struggling to squeeze your favourite fragrance into your micro-mini bag with Diptyque's solid perfume. Apply the solid wax where you'd normally spray your eau de parfum.
Diptyque Solid Perfume, £34, available at Space NK
Trinny Woodall's new capsule makeup line is cream-based and highly pigmented, designed for women on-the-go without compromising on luxury. We love the personalised statement lip stack, which combines a stack of eyeshadows, a statement lip colour and blush for a healthy glow.
Trinny London Statement Lip Stack, £60, available at Trinny London
This non-greasy, twist-up eye makeup remover has all the benefits of Clinique's cleansing balm in a handbag-friendly stick. If you've gone straight from desk to airport and don't fancy spending hours in the air with a full face of makeup, a quick swipe of this will dissolve even the smokiest of eyes.
Clinique Take The Day Off Eye Make-up Remover Stick, £16, available at Selfridges
Famed for their precision, whip out stray hairs with these Tweezerman stainless steel compact tweezers, which fit perfectly in your travel makeup bag. We'd recommend plucking hairs in the direction of growth to avoid breakage.
Tweezerman Mini Slant Tweezers, £13, available at John Lewis
Perhaps the chicest hand cream you'll ever own, this rich but non-greasy cream will keep dry hands at bay, strengthen nails and soften cuticles during the colder months.
Chanel La Crème Main, £45, available at Chanel
This highly pigmented, full-coverage concealer covers all manner of sins. We love wearing it blended on top of foundation to hide dark circles or, when pressed for time, all over the face on its own for a dewy base.
Bobbi Brown Instant Full Cover Concealer, £23, available at Bobbi Brown
Apply directly to your lids and blend the creamy formula with your fingers for a crease-resistant, rich colour payoff. Keep at your desk for an effortless touch-up before you head out for dinner.
Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour In Cobblestone, £23, available at Liberty London
NARS' iconic duo in a travel-size compact – perfect for creating a healthy glow on your way from beach to bar. Delivering an imperceptible finish that's both natural-looking and suits all skin tones, there's nothing not to love.
NARS Blush Bronzer Duo Orgasm/Laguna, £15, available at Space NK
Enjoy the benefits of Moroccanoil without the full-size bottle weighing your suitcase down. Use as a conditioning, styling or finishing tool for silky, healthy tresses; the transformative formula detangles, boosts shine and leaves hair more manageable. Apply to dry or damp locks.
Moroccanoil Treatment Original 25ml, £13.45, available at Look Fantastic
Style and define your arches with Estée Lauder's multipurpose brow tool, which has a pencil, sponge-tip applicator primed with brow powder and a spooled brush all in one.
Estée Lauder Brow Multitasker, £17.20, available at Feel Unique
Don't skip out on using acids in your skincare routine simply because you're travelling. Combining both BHAs and AHAs to restore luminosity, reduce wrinkles and alleviate redness, you've no excuse with these pads from Dr Dennis Gross.
Dr Dennis Gross Skincare Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel 5 applications, £15, available at Selfridges
This slim brush lengthens and defines even the shortest lashes. The key ingredient, pro-vitamin B, promotes growth and prevents breakage while being helpfully water-resistant and smudge-free.
Eyeko Skinny Brush Mascara, £19, available at Marks & Spencer
Rihanna's newest collection of ultra-slim, matte lipsticks comes in 14 petal-soft, intensely colourful shades. We love using this burgundy, wine-stain shade to create the perfect pout.
Fenty Beauty Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick In Griselda, £16, available at Harvey Nichols
Touch up on the go with Clarin's pore-perfecting kit. Mattify shine and remove excess sebum with the blotting paper, then dust over a light layer of the translucent powder to ensure your makeup lasts.
Clarins Pore Perfecting Mattifying Kit, £33, available at John Lewis
Achieve a flawless complexion with this 2-in-1 full coverage foundation and coordinating concealer. Cleverly hidden in the lid, the cream-based concealer is perfect for a 5 o'clock touch-up, and the liquid foundation in the bottom delivers a lightweight, matte finish.
Stila Stay All Day Foundation & Concealer, £29.50, available at Look Fantastic
A mainstay in our makeup bag, this gel-cream formula from one of our favourite brands of 2017 delivers a sheer but buildable flush of colour, which can also be applied to lips for a polished, on-the-go look.
Glossier Cloud Paint, £15, available at Glossier
A cult favourite, Caudalie's Beauty Elixir acts as a soothing primer, tightens pores and provides an instant burst of radiance to dull complexions. Formulated with grape extract, astringent organic mint balm and mint essential oils, a spritz of this will rebalance and refresh skin.
Caudalie Beauty Elixir, £12, available at Look Fantastic
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