Holiday Beauty Tips for Summer

How to adjust your beauty routine for sun, sea, and sand, along with travel makeup tips. Top beauty advice for your summer vacation.

Summer vacations are wonderful opportunities to unwind, relax, and truly disconnect from a demanding job. They also offer a chance to soak up some sun. Holiday skin allows us to simplify our beauty routines while still enjoying that summer radiance. If you haven't yet mastered your travel routine, continue reading for our top holiday beauty tips.

We'll guide you on how to prepare for your vacation and what to do while you're away, ensuring you look your best without spending hours in front of the mirror.

Begin your holiday beauty preparation a few weeks (or a week) ahead

Ideally, you'd start considering holiday beauty a few weeks before heading to your beach hotel to ensure you look perfect for those vacation photos.

However, this isn't an ideal world, and you're busy, so you might only remember your upcoming holiday a week in advance and worry about not booking a bikini wax or deciding what to pack.

Don't fret, though. A week is still plenty of time to begin some basic holiday beauty preparation, so you feel confident stepping out into the sun.

One of the main things you can do before leaving is schedule a haircut, even if it's last minute. Many believe it's best to get a haircut after returning, but experts suggest going with freshly cut hair.

Getting a trim removes split ends and leaves your hair strong and healthy, better prepared to handle the sun, sea, and sand.

Regarding skincare, exfoliation is key. Fresh, new skin helps you achieve a more even tan.

Use an exfoliating scrub on your feet every two days before you leave to ensure your toes are flip-flop ready. If you don't have time to remove all the dead skin yourself, consider investing in a pedicure for a confidence boost.

Pack a special travel makeup bag, and leave the large one at home

If makeup is your indulgence and you have an extensive collection at home, now is the time to streamline, as a full makeup set isn't necessary for a holiday. Even if you have a modest collection, you'll likely need less in your travel makeup kit than at home.

While on vacation, your cosmetic travel bag should contain only the essentials. For your travel makeup, think mascara, concealer, eyeliner, a bit of eye shadow, bronzer, an eyebrow pencil, and a couple of lipsticks. After all, red lipstick can transform almost any look from day to night.

Don't worry, this isn't an exhaustive list. You might not include some of these items in your personal travel cosmetics kit, but you wouldn't dream of leaving without, say, your eyelash curlers. That's perfectly fine; just ensure you limit it to your bare essentials.

Avoid occupying valuable space in your hand luggage with items in your makeup travel case that you don't need. Also, don't pack items that require hours in front of the mirror to achieve the perfect holiday makeup look, when you should be out enjoying yourself.

Holiday beauty tips: embrace the natural look

On that note, this might be the most crucial of all our holiday beauty tips. When on vacation, especially at the beach, you shouldn't feel the need to apply makeup constantly. On the beach, it's impractical, as even waterproof mascaras smudge, and foundation isn't suitable when you're hot and sweaty.

Your best option for holiday skincare on beach days is a good facial sunscreen, and perhaps a quality BB cream to even out your complexion. A stylish pair of sunglasses and a good hat complete your beach look.

While you shouldn't overexpose your face to the sun, allowing it to catch a few gentle rays will give you a lovely glow, eliminating the need for heavy foundation or bronzer in the evenings.

Travel beauty tips: hair care on holiday

We've dedicated an entire post to beach holiday hair care, but the essentials are to protect your hair from the sun with hats or hair masks.

Rinse your hair in the shower before swimming in the sea or pool to protect it, and after washing at the end of the day, finish with a cold water rinse to stimulate your follicles. We particularly love travel beauty tips that are cost-free, and this is a completely free way to revitalize your hair.

With these holiday beauty tips, you're ready to don your favorite summer dress and head to the beach bar, relaxed and glowing, making the most of every moment of your vacation.