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Travel-size makeup: Our top picks

by Aaron|July 22, 2025
Tubes of FixMySkin lip balm, Revision Skincare Intellishade moisturizer and pink Dr. Hauschka lip and cheek tint on an orange background.

As it turns out, good things do come in small packages and LovelySkin is here to offer you great travel options that allow you to take your favorite items on the road. You can bring high-performance makeup on your next vacation or business trip, even if you’re packing light. From pint-sized beauty tools to super-slim makeup compacts, here are eight of our favorite travel-size makeup picks.

Revision Skincare Intellishade Tinted Moisturizer

Revision Skincare’s top-selling tinted moisturizer, Intellishade, comes in a 1.7-ounce travel size that’s TSA-approved. “When traveling, I really have to be choosy about what products I have room to bring,” says LovelySkin Vice President Nancy Schlessinger. “For the small size it takes up in my makeup bag, Intellishade covers so many bases for me. It evens out my skin tone while providing protection and anti-aging benefits too.”

With its sheer, natural-looking coverage, Intellishade helps camouflage redness, dark spots and large pores. In a clinical study, 94% of users showed an improvement in the evenness of their skin tone.

Peptides and green tea extract help diminish fine lines and wrinkles over time while a blend of mineral and chemical sunscreen ingredients (3% zinc oxide, 3.5% titanium dioxide, 5% octisalate and 7.5% octinoxate) helps protect your skin during travel. It also comes in a matte version.

Dr. Hauschka Lip to Cheek

If you prefer a low-maintenance look on vacation, consider packing a travel-size cosmetic like this makeup stick from Dr. Hauschka. You can use it on your lips, cheeks or eyelids to add a flush of natural-looking color.

Color options include Rosewood (a rich, jewel-toned pink) and Apricot (a peachy terracotta) as well as Gold, a bronzey shade that can add a touch of shimmery highlight to your cheekbones, collarbones or shoulders.

FixMySkin 1% Hydrocortisone Healing Lip Balm - Vanilla

Dry hotel or airplane air, chlorinated pools and cold or windy weather when traveling can lead to chapped, cracked lips and dry skin..

As a teen, Dr. Daniel Schlessinger, who is now a board-certified dermatologist and LovelySkin’s Medical Director, struggled with dry, cracked skin around his fingernails. This led him to develop a pocket-sized, medicated healing balm with his father, LovelySkin CEO and board-certified dermatologist Dr. Joel Schlessinger, as well as his grandfather Bernie Schlessinger, who holds a PhD in physical chemistry.

Dr. Daniel Schlessinger says, “To this day, FixMySkin is a travel essential for our entire family. We formulated it with 1% hydrocortisone to heal dry, cracked skin and a combination of shea and cocoa butters to soothe irritation. We are pleased to announce that you can even find FixMySkin in the Little Nell Hotel in Aspen, Colorado, and the Ojai Valley Inn in Ojai, California, if you are traveling to those cities. It is also available in many other spas and doctors’ offices as well.”

It comes in this vanilla flavor and an unflavored version, as well as a larger size to use on the body.

Staff Favorite!
 
(formerly FixMySkin Healing Lip Balm Vanilla with 1% Hydrocortisone)

OFRA Cosmetics Mini Everyday Nudes Lip Set

If you love options while traveling, this lip quartet allows for variety while also packing light. The pocket-sized liquid lip colors have a velvety texture and a semi-matte finish that dries fully for transfer-free, long-lasting wear.

The built-in sponge-tip applicators mean you don’t have to tote along a standalone lip brush either. Each neutral nude shade has a slightly different undertone: Sanibel (rose), Verona (mocha), Bel Air (peach) and Unzipped (berry). You can even create your custom lip color by mixing two or three shades together.

Jane Iredale The Skincare Discover Trial Size Set

This three-piece kit from Jane Iredale features travel-size versions of everything you’ll need to achieve a long-lasting base for your makeup: a primer, foundation and setting spray.

Jane Iredale Smooth Affair Brightening Face Primer preps your skin for a smooth application of Jane Iredale PurePressed Base. This powder-based foundation is a longtime favorite of Nancy Schlessinger.

She says, “Because the coverage of this foundation is buildable, I can customize it to meet my needs while traveling, whether it’s a light application for a daytime activity or full coverage for an evening out,” she says. “While I love using the full-size mirrored compact at home, this smaller size is perfect for trips.”

The finishing touch to this trio is the Jane Iredale POMMISST Hydration Spray. This refreshing face mist sets makeup and delivers antioxidant benefits with pomegranate and white tea leaf extracts. At 0.4 fluid ounces, it’s well within TSA guidelines for air travel and can even be used as a skin-refreshing spritz to counteract the dry air on planes.

Tweezerman Brow Razor and Mini Tweezer Set

It never fails: Bright hotel bathroom lighting has a way of illuminating the stray facial hairs you missed at home. When you pack this miniature tweezer set in your travel makeup bag, you’ll be well-equipped to clean up your brows or anywhere else you see unwanted hair.

On longer trips when you might not be able to attend your usual threading or waxing appointment, this travel brow razor comes in handy for upkeep. Remember, stow it in your checked luggage, as safety razors and extra razor blades aren’t permitted in carry-on luggage per TSA guidelines.

 
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Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad

Although a rainbow of eye shadow pots is fun to play with at home, that setup isn’t always practical when you’re traveling light. This makeup compact from Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics features four versatile eyeshadows, so you have plenty of options while on the road.

Choose from color combinations such as Taupe Smoke (warm neutrals), Sweet Talk (golden desert-inspired shades), Garden Party (plummy florals) and Starlit (pink-leaning tones).

Glo Skin Beauty Contour Kit

This ultra-thin makeup compact packs everything you need for a flawlessly contoured face in one petite package. It features four Glo Skin Beauty triple-milled mineral powders—two shimmer and two matte—to add definition and depth to your makeup look. Lighter skin tones can opt for the Fair palette, while deeper tones will find the Dark palette to be the best match.

Pro tip: Learn more about contouring and highlighting on the LovelySkin Blog.

Now that you’re set with our travel-size makeup recommendations, you can explore our in-flight skin care essentials.

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About the Author

Aaron serves as Editor at LovelySkin. Since graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2016 with degrees in Creative Writing and English, he has immersed himself in the beauty industry. When he’s not writing about the latest beauty trends, he spends time cuddling his dogs, scouring antique stores, playing tennis and hiking.

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