Looking good on honeymoon

Here's our tips on how to downsize your beauty regime with easy-pack travel goodies.

When it comes to replicating your home beauty regime abroad, there's a temptation to include everything but the kitchen sink and risk hefty excess baggage fees.

Stop raiding the bathroom shelves and think minimalist.

While women rarely forget to pack their mascara wand, it's the real essentials that are often left behind. Only 3% of women ever forget to include their make-up bag but more than a third of us (35%) have to make a last dash spree for basic toiletries at the airport, according to recent research by Boots.

With sun, sea and sand on your vacation doorstep, it's the ideal time to relax your usual routine and write a checklist of the bare essentials.

Buy products in miniature forms and you'll have more room for all those sarongs, bikinis and sun hats.

All aboard for a vacation of travel-savvy beauty...

Jet setter

If you spend more time hopping between airports than kicking back in hotels, your beauty regime may often be conducted from the confines of your plane seat.

Packing priority: Rehydrating and calming skin.

q Wave bon voyage to parched skin and red eye syndrome on overnight flights with Oscar + Dehn's Survival Travel Kit, 18.99 (www.pressies4princesses.co.uk). The soothing eye mask and eye gel will ensure you feel revitalised for touch-down.

q For an instant plane pick-me-up try DuWop's Flight Stick, 23 (www.simplebeauty.co.uk). The cooling formula contains hyaluronic acid to restore suppleness and condition skin.

q Leave the excess baggage behind with Clinique's All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing Eye Massage, 20 (www.clinique.co.uk). The transportable roller pen will refresh and de-puff those swollen peepers.

Beach babe

Your middle name is Mermaid. When you're not making a splash in the sea, you're playing beach volleyball or practising sandcastle construction techniques.

Packing priority: Easy-use SPF protection for sun and hair.

q Keep those beachy tresses in tip-top condition with Mark Hill's selection of Holiday Hair miniatures, from 1.95 (Boots), including After Sun Conditioner and SPF6 Sun Protection Spray.

q No need to go bare-faced for the beach - swap heavy make-up for Invisible Zinc's Tinted Lip + Cheek Balm, 15 (www.selfridges.com). This go-anywhere tinted sun stick offers UVA and UVB protection as well as flattering colour.

q Don't let pesky sand infiltrate your sticky sun products. Keep them in a wipe-clean holdall like Emma Ball's Coastal print washbag, 9.99 (www.emmaball.co.uk).

Pool poser

The pool may be glistening in the background but you're right at home pouting on the sun lounger and sipping on Pina Colada cocktails.

Packing priority: Uber-glam products to stop your skin ageing.

q No need to put a halt to the posing party with SPF sprays and creams, use Supergoop's Travel-Swipes, 10 (www.spacenk.co.uk). The cooling wipes deliver SPF30 protection in one no-mess cooling stroke.

q Feeling the heat? For pretty products, stock your designer beach bag with Liz Earle's Try-Me Sun Kit, 15.50 (www.lizearle.co.uk), featuring three sun products including Instant Boost Skin Tonic Spritzer.

q Keep gloss applications ongoing between cocktail sips with MAC's Tinted Lip Conditioner pot with SPF15 (www.maccosmetics.co.uk), available in five summer-friendly shades.

City slicker

You're a culture vulture happiest in the bright lights and big cities, sampling local cuisines, collecting postcards, and taking snaps.

Packing priority: Multi-use urbanite products to keep you fresh and revitalised.

q So hip your man will want to share the handy unisex products in the Life NK Travel Essentials Kit, 25 (www.spacenk.co.uk). Each product is created to suit your body's needs at various times of the day, including Jump Start Shower Gel for early starts.

q Keep your signature scent on you wherever you are in the world with the Travalo lipstick-sized atomiser, 9.99 (The Perfume Shop).

q Create valuable space in your weekend bag with Apicare's Cleanse Me 4-in-1 Manuka Honey Wash, 8 (www.simplymanuka.com). This multi-tasking wash will leave hair, face, hands and body clean.

Packing top tips:

q If you're staying in a hotel, do your homework and find out what facilities are available to save time, money, and space in your suitcase. Are shampoo and conditioner provided? Is there a hairdryer?

q Decanting is a top trick. If you're only away for a long weekend, why waste manpower lugging around family-sized bottles? Once you've bought miniature bottles you can re-use them to fill up with your favourite products to take away again.

q Prepare for a worst-case scenario of lost luggage by bringing a few basics on board (100ml or under) to tide you over until your suitcase is returned.

q Cut down on make-up bag supplies by assessing each product's versatility. For instance, that subtle shimmer you only use on your decolletage can be applied to face, body and even hair to create a glamorous sun goddess look in seconds.