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The celebrity-approved beauty travel essentials you need in your carry on

Their in-flight necessities.

By Ana Eksouvian-Cavadis

BEAUTYcrew / November 11 2020

Whether it's an exclusive beauty treatment, or a high-tech cosmetics tool—if a celebrity has tried it, we want to know about it. It gives us a certain level of satisfaction to know that if someone like a celebrity has chosen one, or a few hero beauty products, go-to amongst a slew of other products they've likely tries, then it must be pretty damn good.

So when it comes to travel appropriate beauty products, who better to turn to than celebrities who are constantly on the go, and hopping on flights as frequently as you leave your house. Think about it, who else would step off a plane looking as fresh and radiant as they so often do?

Here are the celebrity-approved in-flight beauty products to include in your carry on.

Meghan Markle

While we know Markle will always include a natural looking foundation in her everyday routine, the future royal's essential travel product isn't makeup or skincare related, but rather something that will keep her germ-free in transit.

"I'm no germophobe, but when I get on a plane I always use some quick hand wipes or a travel sanitiser spray to wipe it all down," said Markle on her former lifestyle site, The Tig.

Victoria Beckham

To keep her skin feeling smooth and plump inflight, Beckham lathers on her go-to serum. "When I'm traveling, I make sure to take off my makeup, cleanse my face, and then cover myself in the Sarah Chapman Stem Cell Collagen Activator Duo," Beckham told Into The Gloss. "Once you're ready to use it, you break the seal and shake it to activate. I make sure to put it on my neck and around my eyes as well… The airplane air is so horrific, but this makes my skin feel so nice."

Keira Knightly

While Keira Knightly isn't exactly keeping up with her regular regime in the air, there is one non-negotiable product she'll always apply. "I have just discovered rosehip oil, which a friend of mine recommended," Knightly told British Vogue. "Flights are so hard on your skin and they make it so dry, so I gave this a go and it really worked. Now I always travel with it."

Kim Kardashian

KKW recently shared her in-flight beauty essentials, and there's one brand in particular, and their travel friendly packacking, that she'll always pack in her carry-on. "I love bringing mini products anyway. La Mer has the best travel-size products," Kardashian told W Magazine. "When I travel, I bring a little bag filled with their hand cream, serum and moisturizer and fully hydrate on the plane."

Miranda Kerr

When it comes to skincare on the go, the model turned skincare expert turns to her own skincare brand to keep her skin in check. "I like to mist my face with lavender or rose if I want to relax and unwind—both are really soothing and gentle," Kerr told Well and Good. "After I've misted my face, I'll lather a facial oil all over my skin, and then put a balm on top of that. It's my new favourite combination"

Gwyneth Paltrow

The Goop founder is all about keeping sanitised on any plane she boards, and arms herself with both a hand sanitiser and a colloidal silver spray. Paltrow loves Aesop's Resurrection Rinse Free Hand Wash. "Planes can be dirty and this is a good-smelling, all-natural hand sanitiser," Paltrow confessed on Goop.

One of Paltrow's other travel favourites you probably haven't heard of is Higher Nature's High Stability Active Silver Spray. "They say that active silver keeps germs at bay so I spray this in the air around me when I sit down. It's worth the few odd looks."

Chrissy Teigen

If there was someone who was going to document her extensive travel beauty routine on Instagram, it would definitely be Chrissy Teigen. On one occasion, Chrissy applied an SK-II Facial Treatment Sheet Mask to give her skin a good dose of deep hydration.

Another in-flight favourite of the model's is Dr Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Extra Strength Daily Peel. These wipes not only work to keep your skin hydrated, radiant, and free of fine lines, but also come in travel-appropriate individual sachets.

Gigi Hadid

Hadid's go-to makeup artist, Patrick Ta, recently spilled on some of his top travel tips he passed on to the model. "Spray [setting spray] onto the face to set your makeup before your journey, and allow it to soak into the skin for that 'no makeup makeup' look!" Patrick told Forbes. "You can also use it during and after your journey to refresh your makeup and give you a dewy finish."

Emily Ratajkowski

While in-transit, Emily Ratajkowski favours a leave-on face mask so she can enjoy hydrated skin without even leaving her plane seat. "If it's a long flight, I'll wash my face before sleeping and put on Sisley Express Flower Gel," the model told NY Times. "It's a mask that you don't have to wash off. It's perfect for the plane."

Rosie Huntington Whiteley

According to People, the model keeps her lips smooth and free of chapping in a hyper-dry environment, such as a plane, with this travel-friendly cult lip balm.

Khloe Kardashian

When flying, Khloe Kardashian's non-negotiable beauty product, as professed on her app, is rosewater spray. "I like to spritz my face with rosewater spray to keep moisture locked in. Plus, it just feels really nice."

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