Mother’s Day Gift Guide: The Best In-Flight Skin Care Essentials

Whether you’re a frequent traveler or you’re about to endure a long-haul international flight, the high altitude, added UV exposure, and recirculated air and reduced humidity can wreak havoc on your skin. Of course, there are tricks of the trade when it comes to protecting your complexion. From prepping your skin before you board the aircraft to skin care practices during and post flight, here are products that can help you look and feel your best so you’re ready to go when you land at your destination.

A Clean and Fresh Face

Before your RideShare arrives to transport you to the airport, make sure you wash your face to prepare for the long flight ahead. For a gentle and calming cleanser, use the Wildflower Oil Cleanser from Angan, made as sustainably as possible. Ideal for all skin types and safe for the eye area, this anti-inflammatory Icelandic potion, which comes in a travel size, utilizes sea buckthorn oil, leaving the skin soft and healthy.

Protect the Lips

For an age defying lip balm from one of the most well respected brands on the market, look no further than the Luzern Lip Enhancing Treatment. The specially designed tip cools the lips as the product expertly smooths the skin and creates a plump feel. Chapped and peeling lips will no longer haunt you while traveling on a long international flight.

Healthy and Radiant Balanced Skin

Before you board the plane, consider going make-up free (prior to landing you can apply makeup with the Travel Pinnacle Foundation Brush from Anisa Beauty).

After thoroughly cleaning your face, apply a few drops of Saffron Face Oil from Life and Pursuits to your face and neck, massaging in a circular motion. Turmeric, Vitamin C, and saffron natural plant extracts will moisturize and soften your skin and aid in a healthy and radiant looking glow that will last throughout your flight. The product can be reapplied as needed.

The Eyes Have It

The soft skin around the eyes can been sensitive and prone to wrinkles. One of the best products on the market is Mavala Eye Contour Double Cream, moisturizer designed specifically with the eyes in mind. This cream prevents the appearance of wrinkles with active ingredients like hyaluronic acid, without irritating the soft skin around your eye. Dab the product on your skin prior to takeoff and reapply as necessary so that when your flight lands, the delicate eye area will feel firm and nourished.

Sun Protection While Flying

Flying in the daylight hours? Exposure to the sun, while at altitude, is still a concern even when you’re in an airplane. The Best Skin Days SPF 30 from Iris&Romeo has you covered. This travel-sized SPF 30 skin care also provides natural, lightweight makeup coverage, leaving your skin feeling and looking hydrated. Choose from a dozen different shades and blend with your fingertips. It’s as easy as that.

Skin Issues Targeted

If you struggle with dark spots or sensitive skin, you’ll still want to maintain your careful routine even while traveling. L’Occitane recently launched a new skincare essential, packed with brightening ingredients like Vitamin C, meadowsweet flower extract and iris root extract, called Reine Blanche Targeted Dark Spot Night Care. This gel helps to diminish the appearance of dark spots, blemish marks and uneven pigmentation.

Essential Moisturizer for the Body

Of course, you also want to consider your hands and the rest of your body when thinking about your skin care regiment. Caprina Moisturizing Body Milk uses fresh goat milk collected from local farmers in Canada. Hypoallergenic, this gentle formula is good for the whole body, head to toe. Choose from four different good-smelling types: Lavender Oil, Orchid Flower Extract, Original Formula, and Shea Butter.

Hypoallergenic Moisturizer for the Face and Body

If you suffer from Eczema, Rosacea, redness, or other skin sensitivities, you’ll need a gentle chemical-free product that will sooth and hydrate your skin. Bio-First’s UltraSensitive Skin Rescue Lotion is a natural remedy that is non-toxic, hypoallergenic, and mild enough to be used for your face and body. No matter what your age, this product provides long-lasting hydration and visible benefits.