Liquid Free Beauty Tips for the Air Traveler

Due to recent events, you can not take and liquids on planes in carry-on luggage.  This includes items such as: toothpaste, perfume, shampoo and even lip gloss. So what’s a beauty-conscious traveler supposed to do?  If you don’t have time to dig through your checked luggage before heading off to your destination, Carefair.com, a new online beauty community, has the following tips:

1)       1) Avoid or cut down on caffeinated beverages like coffee, tea and soda. They are too dehydrating.  Drink lots of water or snack on fruits with a high water content such as berries, oranges, and mango slices before and/or during your flight. Avoid dehydrating beverages like beer, cocktails or wine

2)       2) Moisturize before flying to keep your skin glowing.  Product suggestions: Before the flight, use a heavy moisturizer like Kiehl’s Crème de Corps or Burt’s Bees Thoroughly Therapeutic Honey & Orange Wax Body Lotion.  An idea to pack is Johnson & Johnson’s Soothe and Protect Balm, which is a moisturizer that is similar to a ‘chapstick’, Sephora’s Chocolate Body Glosser or Benefit’s Bathina Body So Fine 

3)        Look for powder alternatives to your shampoo/conditioner as well as your perfume.  There are dry, powder-based shampoos and perfume powders available.  Product suggestions: Hair Fix or Bumble and Bumble Hair Powder, Victoria’s Secret Heavenly Silkening Body Powder or Jessica Simpson’s Powdered Sugar Deliciously Kissable Body Shimmer.  Also consider bringing baby powder to stay feeling fresh

4)       For men, it would be wise to bring an electric razor.  And since you can’t bring shaving cream, lotion or aftershave, try the following products.  Product suggestions: Magic Platinum Skin Conditioning Shaving Powder, REMINGTON SP-5 Men`s Face Saver Powder Stick.  To ‘moisturize’ after shaving, use Clarins Clarinsmen Moisture Balm. And instead of using aftershave, try finding a product with witch hazel, which is a natural astringent with no alcohol that tightens the pores and gives you a fresh, clean feeling.  Try Vermont Witch Hazel’s Witch Hazel & Aloe Towelettes

5)       Pack "cleansing towelettes" - pre-moistened clothes that contain a cleaning solution to clean up after a flight.  Product suggestions: Pond`s Dramatic Results Age-Defying Cleansing Towelettes or Olay Daily Facials Night Cleansing Cloths

6)       Bring along facial blotting tissue to remove excess oil and leave a light powder matte finish.  Product suggestions: Bobbi Brown Blotting Papers, Philosophy Supernatural Blotting Papers or Fair of Face Powder Papers.

7)       Consider using long-wearing cosmetics - such as long wear eye shadows that won`t cake or smudge, and lip-liners, concealers and eye-liners that are made to stay on for a longer time.  Also pack powder based make-up.  Product suggestions: For foundation, try Amazing Cosmetics Velvet Mineral Powder Foundation or Bare Escentuals i.d. bareMinerals Multi-Tasking Minerals.  For eyes, bring along Cargo’s colorcards, and consider false eyelashes for an extra ‘oomph.’  For cheeks, use Tarte Cheek Stain.  For lips, use Stila Lip Rouge (looks like a pen!) for color and DHC’s Vitamin C White Stick or Burt’s Bees Honey Lip Balm for moisture

8)       If you have any prescription acne medicine or skin creams – make sure you bring them in a properly labeled package