By Anupriya Jamuar

While you pack your luggage for all the pre-planned activities and places, you’ll be visiting this holiday season, don’t forget to pay attention to some crucial carry-on essentials your skin needs to make the journey smooth and relaxing as well.

With limited storage and weight limits, it is important to know what skin essentials you must always keep on hand during your flight, so you don’t step down looking all tired and fatigued.

We did the digging so you can focus on choosing your outfits, here are 5 skin-essentials you should always keep in your carry-on.

Your hydration hero

This one is obvious but carrying a moisturiser in-flight is extremely important for more reasons than one. The cabin temperatures are kept quite cold and low in humidity, leading to skin dehydration. This explains why your skin feels all dry and tight in and after your flights. Thankfully a nourishing moisturiser can solve this issue quickly.

For longer flights, we suggest a moisturiser that will keep your skin hydrated for long hours as well like Dot & Key’s 72-Hr Hydrating Gel with Prebiotics.

Stay safe from the sun

Even while you’re in the air inside a metal bird, you’re not entirely safe from the sun. In fact, the risk is higher as the intensity of UV radiation is much higher compared to those on the ground. The sunlight from the windows can also get your skin, not to forget you will need your SPF the minute you touch down.

Stay strong on your sunblock game. You can also opt for a travel-size one to save some room in your bag. A smaller tube of 50 ml like Avéne Very High Protection SPF 50 is ideal.

Some lip balm love

While you diligently slather moisturiser and sunscreen on, don’t forget your lips as well. The low humidity can dry out the thin skin of your lips quickly making them feel chapped and cracked.

A small tube of lip balm or mask will keep them feeling plump and soft. Laneige’s Lip Sleeping Mask is a cute, small tube that fits even in those tiny jeans pocket.

Hand creams to the rescue

Our hands age just as fast as our face, but they’re often neglected when it comes to hydration. Especially now with the amount of sanitisers they go through during security checks itself, it is best you carry a small tube of hand cream to moisturise your hands in-flight.

Kimirica’s Madagascar Vanilla Hand Cream is infused with Tucuma and shea butter that keeps your hand nourished and soft throughout the journey.

The safety of sheet masks

Because aeroplane cabins are low in humidity, it sucks the water out of your skin making it feel dehydrated. But if you put on a sheet mask, it decreases trans-epidermal water loss (water evaporating off your skin).

Not only that but the hydrating serums also absorb better into your skin leaving it plump as you step off the flight, and it’s also a fun activity to do with your friends and bae to kill some time!

5 Skin-essentials To Always Keep In Your Carry-On