Making your skin- care regime travel-friendly is one of the biggest packing challenges. Most women are understandably hesitant to swap out their favorite cleanser or night cream, but mini sizes are hard to come by. The Somme Institute Mobile Travel Kit, $85, is the perfect compromise: It's a pre-packaged kit with everything you need (cleanser, exfoliating pads, anti-aging serum, vitamin A cream and SPF). And the products are incredibly gentle -- great for any skin type. I know more than one beauty editor who tried this kit on vacation, and now goes back to it -- even at home -- whenever her skin is out of whack.
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Tiny Hair Tamer
There's something so chic about the Aerin Travel Ivory Hair Brush, $60. Maybe it's the crisp ivory color. Maybe it's the blingy gold bristles. Maybe it's the diminutive size. Whatever it is, I can imagine Grace Kelly untangling her perfect blonde hair on the shores of Monaco with this brush. And -- even better -- it works just as well as any full-size version.
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Hair Dryer Upgrade
If you're going to blow-dry your own hair on vacation, a great dryer makes all the difference. Sephora Collection Mini Blast Travel Ionic Blow Dryer, $26, is my current favorite. Not only is it light and tiny, it also has two voltage options for when you're traveling internationally. It's just as powerful as a full-size dryer, and it has smoothing ionic technology and a concentrator nozzle.
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Single-Serving Hair Care
For quick trips -- or infrequent hair-washing travelers -- nothing beats shampoo and conditioner in pre-measured packets. Instead of swiping samples from your salon, pick up the Oribe Beautiful Color Travel Set, $19.50. It comes with seven dual packets of Oribe's amazing shampoo and conditioner, as well as a mask for when your hair could use an extra boost.
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Always Look Polished
If you're really into your nails, traveling without nail polish remover probably gives you the same feeling as forgetting your phone charger: utter helplessness. Butter London Scrubbers, $10, are tiny, weigh nothing and work incredibly well. Put one in every makeup bag and toiletry case, and you'll always feel prepared.
There's been a boom in dollhouse-sized, perfect-for-travel beauty products lately. The reason: travelers don't want to sacrifice quality or luxury just because they're jet-setting. Women want their favorite eye cream or high-tech hair tools -- just in miniature, travel-friendly sizes. And forget DIY -- there's nothing glamorous about siphoning conditioner into a flimsy plastic travel bottle.
Here, our favorite high-end, travel-friendly beauty finds for women who don't want to compromise their beauty routines on the fly.
