The skincare, haircare and beauty essentials worth packing for a more polished spring escape.
Spring has a way of making travel feel lighter, brighter and a little more spontaneous. For Australian travellers, that might mean a long weekend in Bali, a design-led stay in Copenhagen, a French alps ski-ing escape or a few restorative days somewhere closer to home, and with every change of destination comes the perfect excuse to rethink the beauty rituals that travel with you.
The best travel beauty edit is never about packing more. It is about choosing exceptional products that work harder, travel well and make the everyday rituals of skincare, haircare and self-care feel more considered. This spring, we are looking at a refined mix of established luxury houses, innovative skincare and emerging beauty names, with a focus on formulas, textures and treatments that genuinely earn space in your suitcase.
From Scandinavian skincare and cult creams to sophisticated haircare and destination-inspired beauty, these are the products worth making room for in your spring travel wardrobe
1. Beauté Pacifique: Crème Paradoxe Anti-Age Day Cream RRP $137
Crème Paradoxe is an effective anti-age day cream with completely new and nearly medical properties. The cream is based on a high content of the two highly active ingredients Procyanidin and Resveratrol that both delay the aging process, repair sun damage, fight and prevent causes of blushing and rebuild a healthy and robust skin.
The cream provides the skin with two forms of Vitamin A esters, added at an optimised amount that when combined with the Beauté Pacifique Vitamin A night creams, improves the inner structure of the skin. It’s he perfect texture for any climate you travel to.
2. La Mer: The Concentrate Serum RRP $430
Powered by Bio-Regenerative Skin Intelligence™ and Concentrated Miracle Broth™, The NEW Concentrate calms visible sensitivities that lead to signs of aging. This reparative barrier serum recodes skin’s ability to react to daily stressors and intuitively promotes multiple pathways to a more youthful future.
This is a potent, calming serum that targets signs of sensitivities and strengthens skin’s resilience for younger-looking skin. It’s incredibly soothing when travelling, as it helps reduce skin inflammation, especially after a long haul flight.
3. Augustinus Bader: The Foundation Drops by Victoria Beckham RRP $185
A breathable, serum-light foundation with buildable coverage and a luminous natural finish that improves skin over time, this s a great foundation to wear when flying as it nourishes the skin. The foundation instantly reduces the appearance of redness and uneven tone for a smooth, airbrushed look and provides 12-hours of light-to-medium, buildable coverage that never creases or settles into lines. It also blurs imperfections while allowing your natural skin to shine through with a soft-focused, luminous finish. The nourishing component of this foundation makes it easy to travel with, as it’s lightweight in the day, and you can layer for evening.
4. Dior Prestige: Le Baume de Minuit RRP $960
This is Dior’s first intensive anti-aging night cream and balm powered by the nocturnal life cycle of the Rose de Granville. The formulation is made up of a proprietary complex combining signature Dior Prestige Rosapeptide with a midnight rose molecule and madecassic acid harvested from roses picked under the stars. The cream is designed to target and energise skin clock synchronisers that tend to deregulate with age, helping accelerate natural overnight skin revitalisation and repair daytime environmental stress. An easy way to restore skin whilst you sleep when travelling.
5. Sisley Paris: Revitalising Fortifying Super Serum RRP $380
This high-performance scalp health treatment delivers visible results starting from the first month of use. From the very first month of use, hair mass is amplified and hair quality is significantly improved. Its lightweight, pink texture is paired with a fragrance crafted from Mimosa absolute and Pepper extracts, enveloping the hair in a fresh and invigorating scent.
Powered by Yeast extract isolated from Azalea flower, the Super Serum stimulates hair. Hair after travelling on a long-haul flight can often be left feeling dry at the ends and oily at the roots, no matter the hair type. After washing and cleansing hair, apply this serum to help restore balance to the natural oils of the hair for a fas reboot.
6. Kioni Skin: Barrier Protect – All In One Serum Moisturiser RRP $109
Perfect for an un-complicated skin care routine when travelling. Barrier Protect brings lasting hydration and skin-barrier support together in one considered daily step – so you can do more for your skin with less on your shelf. Lightweight, comfortable and made to sit beautifully under makeup, it’s simple enough for every day and luxurious enough to look forward to. It works well in both hot and cold climates as it easily adapts to the changes of the skin as it works to adjust to different temperatures, like a second skin under foundation.
7. Anatome: Overactive Mind Somali Frankincense Sensory Point Oil Blend 100mL RRP $259
Anatomē’s Somali Frankincense sensory-point sleep oil is a focused formulation designed for those who struggle to fall sleep at night due to overstimulation from digital devices or the demands of daily life. It features Somali Frankincense: a dry, resinous extract long associated with calm and rest.
This is super important when travelling, as sleep is often interrupted by strange surrounding noises, like people walking in corridors, hotel air conditioning units, and of course the time differences. Used for centuries in meditative and intellectual traditions, this grounding botanical helps create the mental space needed for rest.
8. Oribe: Gold Lust Transformative Hair Masque RRP $111
Oribe Gold Lust Transformative Masque is the deep-treatment step your damaged hair has been asking for. It rebuilds and fortifies each fibre, strengthening the cuticle and filling in weak spots, while improving elasticity for hair that looks, feels and moves like its younger, healthier self. Ideally packaged for travel, a a real hair saver when you’re away from home to keep your locks nice and nourished during your adventure.
It provides intense nourishment and conditioning, and uses a Bio-Restorative Complex (Plant Collagen, Caffeine, Biotin and Niacinamide) to repair damage by penetrating the root to fortify and deeply nourish the cuticle.
