7 Beauty Essentials To Pack In Your Travel Makeup Bag

This piece is part of Women’s Health Magazine’s 2017 Beauty Awards, where we hand-picked the best beauty products of the year for every moment of your life, from work to the gym to picking up toothpaste at Target. Read on for our favorite carry-on travel picks:

The great summer vacay is on the way, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! We’ve got our itineraries set, our tickets purchased, and all that’s left to do is pack before we jet set to our foreign locale. But let’s be real, getting ready for a trip is no small feat. If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably worn the same outfit seven days in a row, but now that you’re packing for vacation you need all 39 options from your closet. It’s reasonable. We get it, and we’re not here to judge.

Instead, we’d like to suggest a seriously well-curated beauty haul that can make the getting ready process easier (and prettier)—no matter your destination. Because while vacation can be a time to embrace and execute low-key makeup moments (we’re looking at you, beach locale), it can also be the right time to test out that new cat eye that you’ve been wanting to achieve for months now. Vacation is absolutely about celebrating the whimsy, joy, and heck, carefree vibes that come when you’re not attached to your smartphone or laptop.

Here, you’ll find the basic travel elements to help you deal with new climates (hello, heavy-duty humidity guard!). You’ll be able to game on your new glow with a seriously elevated self tanner that has a coconut oil base. You’ll find the best of the best hand sanitizers to keep germs (and worries of getting sick!) at bay. And you’ll have a whole lot of fun doing it, because half the fun of travel is the getting there—with cool products in tow, of course.