Leave Your Flight Glowing with These Travel Tips

Many of you may already know from personal experience that travel can leave skin looking a little worse for wear. The humidity in the air cabin is as low as 5-10%. 

This can be frustrating, and often require some hard work upon your return to restore your skin to its previous healthy state. There are several reasons for this, which we'll uncover so that you can maintain glowing skin throughout your travels.

Airports and planes are highly-controlled environments when it comes to air conditioning. They are kept cold, dry, and filtered to encourage a cleaner, safer environment, however, this is not ideal for the skin. This environment frequently results in Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL) during which water is lost through the skin’s surface. Skin is then left dull, dehydrated and more prone to damage and ageing. The appearance of wrinkles are also exacerbated when skin is dehydrated.

In order to combat this, there are several things you can do:

• Replenish your fluids frequently to keep your body hydrated;
• Be sure to incorporate humectants into your skincare routine, which are ingredients that attract water (glycerine, hyaluronic acid);
• And lastly, seal your hydrating and moisturising ingredients in with an occlusive (oils). 

This combination creates a barrier, keeping moisture in and preventing TEWL. I typically have Aura Essence, Cacay Beauty Oil, Everyday Sun Cream SPF 50+ and silicone tape in my carrier bag. 

Post Routine

Having travelled myself frequently during my corporate job, I learned a few tricks to keep my skin smooth and subtle. I typically broke out post-flight as the humidity in an air cabin is extremely low which can typically impacts your skin on long-haul flights. Hence, the first thing I always did when I arrived at the hotel on the other side, is apply the Hydration Mask. Not only does it deeply hydrate the skin with quintuple-weight of hyaluronic acid but also as it contains salicylic acid in the form of willow bark, it also cleared out the pores. A win win! 

Impaired Routine

Our usual routine regularly falls by the wayside during a holiday. Sometimes it is a case of a condensed product routine, but more often it’s a case of being too busy enjoying your travels to complete the necessary steps. Whether it’s sleeping in makeup or forgetting to apply sunscreen in the morning, this soon takes a toll on our skin’s appearance.

Harsh Activities

Sun, sand, surf, airports, adventures, alcohol and late nights all result in harsh consequences for the skin. While your holiday activities may be incredibly good for the soul, they can quickly leave skin dry, dehydrated, sun damaged, clogged, inflamed or irritated. Keeping skin in good condition whilst on holiday will generally mean looking after it well between and following your activities. Carrying out effective cleansing is essential, and never sleeping in makeup. Skin (and hair) should always be washed after swimming to remove chlorine, salt, dirt or other contaminants, and replenished afterwards with moisturiser and sunscreen as needed.

Essentials For Your Travel Bag

We understand that the large majority wish to keep things simple during their travels, but if you’d like to avoid the above unwanted skin consequences from take-off to touching down back home again, here’s what we would recommend packing for your flight.

Glow Serum

A vitamin C serum is a wonderful all-rounder to address multiple needs whilst travelling. It’s likely you may be exposed to greater UV quantities – vitamin C is excellent at addressing pigment and reducing pigmentation production. It’s also a wonderful antioxidant, which can neutralise excess free radicals produced by higher stress levels, less sleep, alcohol, sun exposure and inflammation. Additionally, our Everyday Glow Serum contains aloe for cooling and calming the skin, Glow Complex, willow bark and actives for additional pigment-brightening power, silverear mushroom to moisturise, and vitamin E for superior antioxidant and healing benefits.

Aura Essence

As the summer sun warms things up, your skin craves extra hydration to stay balanced and radiant. Look no further than Aura Essence! This lightweight, refreshing essence infuses your skin with deep moisture, without a greasy feel. Packed with hyaluronic acid and other hydrating heroes, Aura Essence plumps and soothes, leaving your complexion feeling dewy-fresh and ready to face the warm weather.

Sunscreen

Last but certainly not least is your sunscreen, which you should never travel without. UV exposure causes perhaps the most significant damage to your skin than all other external factors. It is an extremely common misconception that UV protection is not required when indoors, however, UVA radiation can penetrate through the windows of aeroplanes, cars and buildings. This radiation type won’t burn you, so you won’t notice the effects until later on. What it will cause is stimulation of pigment cells, aggravation of melasma, and destruction of collagen fibres (i.e. wrinkles).

While nobody wants to spend their entire holidays looking after their skin, these few simple steps can go a long way in preventing unwanted damage leading to premature ageing. And of course, save you some heartache upon your return. We wish you safe travels!