Avoid a cosmetic explosion and learn how to pack your makeup bag for travel. Over the years, I have learned many packing tips and tricks for makeup travel essentials  what travel-friendly beauty products to bring. My goal is always to keep my makeup and beauty products from breaking, spilling and essentially ending up inside of my luggage. It’s all about packing smart and avoiding broken makeup.

Travel Makeup Bag Essentials Checklist

Here is a list of everything you need to have a successful vacation without any spills and messes.  Make sure to follow my cosmetic bag packing guidelines for your next trip to keep your makeup and beauty products safe.

• Mini TSA travel friendly Beauty Products
• Wipeable Face Wash
• Makeup bag with lots of room
• Bubble Wrapped Envelopes
• Small plastic cosmetic pouches
• Makeup Brush Holder

Pack You Makeup Bag for Travel with Mini Beauty Items

You know all of those mini mascaras and small lipsticks you get as a gift with purchase? Save them all and use them to pack your makeup bag for travel! If you want to learn how to organize a vacation friendly makeup bag, packing mini cosmetics is key. Make sure to pick up any of your favorite cosmetics that come in smaller sizes so you can fit everything into one bag. You can also find mini versions of all of your favorite cosmetics like the Urban Decay Weightless foundation and the Josie Maran Cheek Gelee.

Just make sure that when you pack your mini cosmetics, that you place them in their own plastic pouch. Doing this keeps your makeup in one place (ahem..not floating all over your makeup bag) and ensures that they won’t collide with other beauty products and create a cosmetic disaster.

Favorite Zip Mini Plastic Pouches for Travel: 3 Pack TSA Friendly Toiletry Cases (Under $8)

Pack Wipe Version Everything For Travel

If you can get your beauty product in the form of a wipe or cloth, just do it. From cleansing cloths to self-tanning wipes…and even SPF, if you can wipe it, bring it. Beauty products like this not only work really well, but they pack easily too. Just make sure to pack your wipe on skincare products into their own plastic pouch so that they don’t mix with your cosmetics. It also just keeps your beauty products organized and more accessible.

Pack Breakable Beauty Products in Bubble Wrap For Travel

Here is one of the smartest ways to pack your makeup Bag for travel espeically if you are wanting to keep your eyeshadows safe. Two words: bubble wrap. You can get envelopes with bubble wrap lining that make the perfect pouch for your favorite eyeshadow palette and other breakable cosmetics you might want to bring. You know your favorite eyeshadow? Bubble wrap it. Also, if you bring anything spillable like nail polish, you can ziplock them and then place them in the bubble wrap container as well. It’s the best $1.00 investment you will me, trust me.

Get Yours Here: Favorite Bubble Wrap Envelopes 

How To Pack Your Makeup Bag For Travel

So you have all of these easy and travel-friendly beauty products and packing tips, but what do you put them in them? Honestly, we all know, packaging can, in most cases, be everything. When it comes to traveling, make sure you have a makeup bag that allows you to pack smart. Space is key, and being able to stack your beauty compartment bags is essential.

A new cosmetic bag on the market is the Kusshi. It has a lot of space inside and you can snap your makeup brush bag into the sides of it as well to keep them protected. Then you just layer your other bags inside making sure you not only have every beauty product you love but that they aren’t getting broken while you travel.

XO,

Kendra

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