9 Euro summer beauty essentials to add to your packing list

usually $304, now on sale for $174 from Jones Road

Our makeup bag is considerably lighter than it's winter counterpart, which makes packing for the season an absolute breeze. But this travel kit from Jones Road simplifies the endeavour even more with a succinct lineup of no-makeup makeup essentials that can be relied on to create easy, beach-friendly makeup moments everyday of a European getaway. 

Key features:

Available in light, medium or dark to suit every skin tone
Contains 1 x Gel Bronzer (35ml), 1 x Mini Miracle Balm (8.5g), 1 x The Best Pencil (1.14g), 1 x Sparkle Wash (3ml), 1 x Cool Gloss (14ml), 1 x The Buff Brush, and 1 x exclusive Jones Road Beauty Tyvek bag 
Creates the perfect flushed and bronzed summer makeup look

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6-piece set: usually $304, now on sale for $174 from Jones Road

from $70 at MECCA

Having a simple, but effective skin care routine while on holiday is a non-negotiable. Forget bringing your whole regimen along with you, or attempting to decant said products into travel-friendly packaging. With all the indulgent food, foreign weather and long days you'll be experiencing, your skin is going to have very different needs while on vacation. Sticking to a non-irritating, three-step morning and evening routine will allow you to enjoy the holiday you paid for rather than stressing over skin-related issues, which is why we love this heroes set from Emma Lewisham. The indulgent oil cleanser easily melts away makeup and SPF, while the serum gently brightens and evens out skin tone, and the rich face cream is perfect for locking in moisture overnight (although if you have dry skin, you can also layer it under your SPF in the AM). 

Key features:

Contains 1 x Skin Reset Serum (7ml), 1 x Supernatural Face Crème Riche (9ml), and 1 x Illuminating Oil Cleanser (15ml)
You can refill your minis using their full size product refills
Made without parabens, formadehydes, artificial colours and fragrances, phthalates, sulphates, mineral oils, and silicones

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3-piece set: $70 from MECCA

from $54 at Type Bea

With swimming in a pool, or at the beach, guaranteed to weave it's way into one's travel schedule, we suggest investing in a travel-friendly hair set that helps to mitigate the damage caused by chlorine, salt water, and sun exposure. This three-step hair ritual contains a shampoo, conditioner and scalp serum that utilise a flower extract, soy and wheat sprout-derived Baicapil™ complex to stimulate hair growth, increase hair density, and reduce hair breakage and fall. 

Key features:

1 x Overnight Boosting Peptide Hair Serum (10ml): Massage into clean, dirty, dry or wet hair every evening — do not rinse
1 x Strength + Length Hair Growth Shampoo (60ml): Massage and lather into wet hair, and rinse
1 x Strength + Length Conditioner for Hair Growth (60ml): Apply to ends and mid-lengths, and rinse 

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3-piece set: $54 from Type Bea

from $63 at Sephora

One aspect of your beauty routine that you don't want to forget about prior to boarding is your body care routine. There never seems to be enough body wash and lotion to go around, no matter how many times a girl puts in a request with room service. It's for this reason that we always travel with at least the bare minimum of body care products, like this travel-friendly trio from OUAI. There's a cupuaçu butter, coconut oil, and squalane infused body cream. A gently-cleansing, vitamin A and C enriched body wash that contains a nourishing blend of rosehip and jojoba oil. Plus, a hair and body mist — all of which feature OUAI's tropical St. Bart's scent of orange oil, ocean breeze accord, dragon fruit, orange blossom, sampaguita, tuberose, Baltic Amber, and musk.

Key features:

1 x St. Barts Body Creme (96.4g), 1 x St. Barts Body Cleanser (89ml), and 1 x St. Barts Hair and Body Mist EDT (25 ml)
Comes with complimentary travel case
Limited edition travel set

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3-piece set: $63 from Sephora

from $61 at Merit Beauty

During summer we're unlikely to ever want more than a tinted moisturiser or SPF on our skin during the day. But we're also picky about the ingredients we put on our face in the warmer months too. This sheer tint from Merit has a light-as-air finish that blends beautifully into skin, and a 100 per cent mineral zinc oxide active to provide a bit of extra sun protection on top of our daily SPF, without leaving behind a white cast. Plus, it's non-comedogenic and oil-free, so even on the days that we're sweating under the European sun, we don't have to worry that our makeup is clogging our pores and giving us breakouts. 

Key features:

Available in 15 shades
Sheer tint with a natural skin finish
Lightweight emollients create a soft, velvety finish 
Fine natural powders smooth and blur the look of skin
100 per cent mineral zinc oxide broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection
Non-greasy, doesn't cake, non-comedogenic, and silicone and oil-free

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50ml: $61 from Merit Beauty

from $31 at Sephora

As much as we love Europe in summer, we can't trust that our daily matcha will taste quite the same in Italy. But we can reminisce on our favourite caffeinated beverage every time we slather our lips in Laneige's Limited Edition Matcha Lip Sleeping Mask. It boasts the exact same nourishing and conditioning formula we've all come to know and love from the K-Beauty best-seller, the only twist is the matcha bubble tea flavour.

Key features:

Limited edition matcha bubble tea flavour 
Contains an exfoliating Berry Fruit Complex™, and soothing and hydrating vitamin C and coconut oil
Smooths, softens and conditions lips

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20g: $31 from Sephora

usually $27.50, now on sale for $14.40 from Lila Beauty

As we've already mentioned, when you're on holiday, sometimes your skin just freaks out. For such occasions we always carry a few soothing skin care masks with us on our travels to treat the issue as soon as possible. This unbelievably affordable five pack of sheet masks isn't just economical, it's also really calming, thanks to an infusion of probio-cica, cica ceramide, and a peptide complex.

Key features:

Contains five sheets masks
Milky essence contains probio-cica, cica ceramide, and a peptide complex
Nourishes skin, improves skin elasticity, and strengthens the skin barrier
Suitable for all skin types

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5 pack: usually $27.50, now on sale for $14.40 from Lila Beauty
1 sheet: usually $5.50, now on sale for $2.95 from Lila Beauty

from $229 at Libertine Parfumerie

A vacation isn't complete without a signature scent. While we love saving up perfume samples for trips abroad — if we know our vacation is set to be a special one — we like to invest in a full size fragrance that we can spritz with wild abandon. Plus, there's nothing better than being able to reach for a scent in your collection that brings back visceral memories of an unforgettable Euro summer. This Milk & Matcha fragrance from Obvious is soft, creamy, comfrting and refined. Plus, it's a modern take on summer scents that won't feel out of place when you eventually return home and integrate it into your perfume rotation. 

Fragrance notes:

Top: Ginger, Mandarin, Tangerine 
Heart: Orange blossom, Maté tea, Matcha tea
Base: Balsam (Peru), Tonka bean, Vanilla

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$229 from Libertine Parfumerie

usually $9, now on sale for $6.30 from Woolworths

Regardless of how much we try to prevent them from forming, sometimes breakout just happen. Which is why it pays to be prepared and pack a few pimple patches for the road. Skin Control's latest launch in the space are a fun take on the 'pimple patches as accessories' trend, with a glossy holographic finish these heart and star-shaped cica, tea tree oil, niacinamide, and salicylic acid enriched hydrocolloid patches banish breakouts overnight. 

Key features:

Contains 36 heart and star-shaped pimple patches
Glossy, holographic finish
Enriched with cica, tea tree oil, niacinamide, and salicylic acid 

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36 pack: usually $9, now on sale for $6.30 from Woolworths