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It's the modern-day packing dilemma: You'd love to just take a carry-on for that holiday trip home or weekend getaway, but airport security rules about liquids have you scrambling for Ziplock bags and TSA-approved containers for your beauty goods—or worse, trading your favorite skin care products for random packets of samples snagged from the department store. To help make sure skin is properly taken care of even when you're on the go, these kits from three of our favorite lines are both packable and packed with quality stuff.
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Caudalie VinoGo Weekend Kit Based on the powerful anti-aging properties of grape-seed extracts, French vineyard-based Caudalie is the brand behind Beauty Elixir, one of our absolute travel must-haves. In their VinoGo Weekend Kit, available exclusively at Sephora.com, you'll find an airplane-approved size of the refreshing Elixir spray (an ideal pick-me-up for travel-weary skin), plus small sizes of a Foaming Cleanser, Energizing Day Cream and Contour Cream for eyes and lips. There are also travel sizes of the soap-free Cabernet Shower Gel and Nourishing Body Lotion (loaded with hydrating grapeseed, sesame and borrage oils and circulation-boosting gingko biloba extracts), plus a full size of the Lip Conditioner stick. Since the skin care sized are fairly small, this kit is perfect for a 2-3 days getaway—though, happily, the Beauty Elixir should last you for several trips to come. Available at www.sephora.com for $32 (a $50 value). Ole Henriksen Travel Essentials Kit For decades, Danish-export Ole Henriksen's Face / Body Spa in Los Angeles has been a favorite of the A-list set, tending to clients like Renee Zellweger, Jessica Alba, Eva Mendes and Charlize Theron with targeted, results-oriented facials. Since 1999, his products have brought some of that magic to the rest of us through preparations that use effective ingredients and cutting-edge formulations; top-sellers include the award-winning Truth Serum Collagen Booster and the Sheer Transformation anti-aging cream. Available in Normal/Dry, Normal/Oily and Normal/Sensitive, the Travel Essentials Kit features all you need for the face, in sizes large enough even for an extended trip: cleanser, toner, scrub, mask, day cream and night treatment. We love the Normal/Sensitive pack best for travel, as it's got the very moisturizing Skin Insulator day cream with SPF 15 and Express the Truth anti-aging cream—both great for post-plane hydration—and the soothing Balancing Cucumber Face Tonic. Available at www.olehenriksen.com for $70. REN Mini Body Gift Set Since skin care extends to below the face, too, pick-up this new kit from REN, the much-loved British brand that melds high-tech formulas with high-quality ingredients—minus any sulfates, synthetic colors or fragrances, petrochemicals, animal ingredients, parabens or allergens. (For a full list of all that they avoid, check out their mission statement on renskincare.com.) Packed in a stylish box, the mini body care set includes 50ml bottles of lovely-smelling fan favorites like the Moroccan Rose Otto Body Wash, Damask Rose Biosaccharide Body Cream, Neroli and Grapefruit Zest Body Wash and Grapeseed, Shea Butter and Jojoba Body Cream. Use the rich creams on board to tackle dry in-flight skin, and the body washes in place of the synthetic soaps found in your hotel room—or at mom's. Available at Bluemercury, Barney's and SpaceNK for $26.50; during the holiday season, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of REN's Mandala-inspired gift sets will be donated to The Tibet Relief Fund. --Sandra Ramani |
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