It’s no easy feat coming off a long-haul or even domestic flight looking or feeling fresh. And while we just about parked any and all vacations that required travel via air for the last little while, we seem (fingers crossed) to be back.
So if you’re a bit rusty when it comes to your in-flight skin care routine, we’ve kept things simple and listed the three absolute must-haves for avoiding dehydration, irritation and breakouts while you’re in the air.
Multi-purpose balm
If there’s one place where a multi-purpose product comes in handy, it’s on a plane. With limited space and being constricted by weight limits, packing as lightly as possible is always a requirement. And when you’re competing with dehydrating conditions, there’s no shortage of areas that will need urgent moisture.
With a multi-purpose balm, you can seal moisture into chapped lips, cracked dry skin around the nose, cuticles and other flakey or sore patches.
Plus, a multi-purpose balm can also be used as a beauty product to set brows, add a dewy sheen to cheeks, and coat lashes to make them appear thicker and darker.
We recommend: Trilogy’s Everything Balm ($10, Trilogy) and the Suvana Beauty Certified Organic Paw Paw & Honey ($7.95, Nourished Life)
Hydrating mist
In addition to drinking water, regularly spritzing a hydrating mist will help to keep your skin from drying out and becoming irritated. We recommend going a step further and seeking a mist that has been enriched with soothing ingredients such as aloe vera and hyaluronic acid.
Our favourites? La Roche-Posay’s Thermal Spring Water Mist ($8.99 at Chemist Warehouse) and Kosmea Hydrating Rosewater Mist ($29.95 at kosmea.com.au).
Sheet mask
Recycled air exposes your skin to bacteria and severe dehydration. The skin can become flaky and irritated when it is dehydrated, but it can also compensate by producing an excess of oil. This causes breakouts, blackheads, and all kinds of skin problems.
A sheet mask can address a broad range of skin conditions, from dryness to oil control, and they don’t require rinsing off.
We love Simple’s Radiance Boosting Sheet Mask ($4, Woolworths) and the Garnier Nutri Bomb Milky Sheet Mask Hyaluronic Acid + Coconut Milk ($3.39 at Chemist Warehouse)
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What are your in-flight beauty must-haves? Do you have a plane plan for your skin? What does your in-flight skin care routine consist of?
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Wish I could go on a airplane now! I will value my self care time on flights so much more
Yes that would be wonderful . Hopefully later this year if we are lucky
I like to wear a sleeping cream mask on Flight, paw paw or a good lip balm and I drink lots of water.
Haven’t done any inflights for a while! Having a cloth mask right now tho – a Skinvitals one I found in my mask drawer. (beauty mask drawer that is, not Covid mouth mask!)
I always have a toner and give my face a quick spray but I love the idea of a mask for long haul flights
Thankfully my skin doesn’t get dry on planes but I do like to bring face wipes to freshen my skin
I have the Trilogy Everything balm and it’s great. I can’t see myself on any long haul flights for a while though.
No sadly will probably be a while -I am looking forward when I can come to OZ though as I miss my lovely trips. Hopefully this year sometime
Not likely to be flying anywhere any time soon unfortunately.
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I don’t have a flight skincare routine
Really love the Trilogy’s Everything Balm it is so good for so many things, also like to try La Roche-Posay’s Thermal Spring Water Mist sounds really good. 🙂
Probably will be ages before I step foot on a plane.
I will carry my face sheet mask. And lots of fruit as usual for hydration.
*my fave sheet mask…
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It’s been years since I’ve flown, & it’s not likely to happen again soon.
Some good tips. Trilogy’s Everything Balm sounds good.
It is a really good product and good for so many things
I must have body spray, tooth paste & brush. Lip balm & facial moisturiser. Can’t be without them on a plane.
You are organised
I find that a lip balm can be used as a multipurpose balm in a lot of cases.
I haven’t been on a plane before, but I would be packing products like these if I did
I once read that dimethicone and cyclomethicone, which are silicone, suffocate the skin like plastic and cause blasts. But do you recommend hydration. I’m confused. Have you read this or heard it before? https://wikipagecreation.agency/
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Don’t think I will be travelling by plane anytime soon despite the changes. After using this product, I would most likely take a Olay daily facial wipe.
I’ll remember these tips if I ever get to go on a plane again!