Lovejunkii Beautique: How To Pack Cosmetics For A Vacation

Hello beauties!

Since I recently traveled, I decided to share with you what I pack in my makeup bag. I absolutely hate packing! It takes me a few days to plan out outfits and decide if I really need to bring a certain beauty item along or not. I work in the airline industry, therefore I see people that are missing their luggage all the time, so in order to avoid that issue, I manage to pack everything that I need in my carryon bag and in my oversized purse (sounds impossible, but it isn't!) - so proper packing of everything I bring with me is crucial.

My travel makeup bag!

Pack the essentials. I know its hard to condense what you want to bring, but think about the things you will actually use. This goes for clothes, hair products and of course your makeup. I am pretty sure you won't have the time to go through your full routine in the hotel room. I personally want to spend more time being a tourist than spending time putting a full face on!

What activities will you be doing? If you are going to be on the beach most of the time, then its obvious you will not be needing much besides sunscreen. I always bring my Nars tinted moisturizer, It gives me the right amount of color, and it also has SPF in it as well. If you do have a dinner planned out in the evening however, you may want to put a little something on. Make sure you bring a palette with you, with a variety of colors to create different looks. I prefer the Naked and Naked Basics palette - perfect for a neutral eye for the daytime or glam it up at night with a smokey eye. I also bring along my contour kit for a quick contour.

Travel sized items. I cannot stress this one enough! Not only do they save space and are less heavy to carry around, but it is TSA compliant, so you will not have issues going through security with it. Try to get your hands on sample items at Sephora as well. Also, your local drugstore should carry tons of travel sized items such as makeup remover wipes, shampoo/conditioner, soap, hairspray etc. If you want to transfer some full sized products into something smaller, you can buy the empty travel size containers also found in drugstores. For things like shampoo, I put it in a ziploc bag just in case it leaks at some point along the way. Below is just a few of the travel sized items I have.

Left to right: UD All Nighter setting spray, Benefit Watts Up! Highlighter, Benefit They're Real mascara, Algenist moisturizer, Clean & Clear facial scrub, Benefit The Porefessional, UD eyeshadow primer.

These are other things I bring along with me...

Left: Nars Bronzer in Casino Middle Top: MAC blush in Peaches Middle Bottom: Hourglass Ambient Light in Dim Light Right: MAC MSF Highlighter in Soft & Gentile

Left: MAC Pro Longwear concealer Middle: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz Right: Maybelline Eye Studio gel eyeliner

Multipurpose Makeup. They are a great way of saving space in your bag, and saves you application time as well. Products like Nars The Multiple can be used as blush, lip color, eyeshadow and highlighter. Benefit's Benetint can be used for cheeks and lips as well.

Lips and blush. Figuring out what blush and lip products I want to bring along is always tough! I always want to bring 5 blushes and 10 lipsticks, but of course that isn't possible. As for blush, I decided on just bringing a color that will compliment many different looks. With lips, thats a different story. Again, think of the activities that you will be doing and bring the appropriate shades. As for me - I bring a perfect everyday pink shade, a nude for that smokey eye, a red lipstick just in case I want to be a little dramatic, and a lipgloss when I don't want to wear a lipstick, but still want a hint of color.

Left to Right: Hot Passion #305 by Cover Girl, Lovelorn and Shy Girl by MAC, NYX Butter Gloss in Peaches and Cream

Brushes. Again, I only bring what Im actually going to use, and I put them in a separate makeup bag. Unfortunately I don't own a brush roll (yet!)