You know, I am a voyeur as much as you are when it comes into peeping into other people’s travel makeup pouches. I’m always curious what people carry with them when they go on holiday, and it often sparks a want or two. In fact, I’m as guilty of packing a nice little makeup pouch whenever I go on a holiday, just to be “in” – you know what I mean?
But at the same time, I do wonder. How much of that makeup that you packed do you actually, hand on heart, use? How much of it is just for Instagram 😛 and how much of it is just to say “Here’s my travel makeup bag!” Go on then, be honest! 😀
To be perfectly honest with you, I barely use any makeup when I’m on holiday.
So often, I’ve carefully curated a “travel makeup bag” only to find that I barely even take it out of my suitcase. Well, unless I travel for work, in which case, I do take a little more care with how I look. But when I’m on my own holiday, I tend to be sans makeup most of the time.
At most, I’d dab on a little concealer and do my brows. Often, I don’t even bother.
I think it’s mostly to do with the way I travel. I am a casual traveller, who dresses down, and I tend to walk a lot. Being a foodie, my stomach tells me where to go, which means that I tend to plan my trips around places to eat 😛 I also try to see as much as I can if I’m in a new place, which means that I’m out and about a lot, with no time to look all prettied up and instagram-worthy.
In fact, I’m just usually a sweaty mess, if it’s hot LOL! Oh yeah, try as I might, I just cannot be a glamorous traveller, decked out in a party dress, hair choiffed to within an inch of my life, and made up to the nines, posing coquettishly in front of the Eiffel Tower in Summer. I’m usually that typical tourist you see – jeans, tee, sneakers, backpack, hiding under the shade of the Tower, mopping the sweat from my brow, because I’m too cheap to take a taxi or Uber, and just walked in the blazing summer sun from the nearest Metro stop, which isn’t all that near, dammit! 😛
Rather than risk racoon eyes from runny eyeliner, and a sweaty mess from sliding foundation, I’d rather not wear anything at all. When I’m by the beach…. who wears makeup on the beach?! 😛 But when it’s cool, then I may put in a little more effort, because it just looks better. But just a little more. Maybe base and brows.
I was away with the family last week for a few days (just cuti-cuti Malaysia because everywhere else is so damn expensive, thanks sinking RM!) and I didn’t pack a makeup bag nor did I put on a slick of makeup. Yep.
I can just hear you thinking “And you call yourself a beauty blogger?!”
Why yes I do! 😀
How much makeup do you wear when you travel? Be honest!
Indulge me, I’m curious! How much do you pack and how much of it do you actually wear? 😀
Paris B
Joann M says
Oh I’m the same. Especially if I have to wake up early to travel or sight see before it gets too busy… who has the time?
I’m going overseas for vacation in October. I’m already thinking about what I want to bring with me/what I’ll just buy. But I don’t that whatever I bring I’ll use half of what I bring. I know myself and I’ll get lazy.
Paris B says
Ooh planning for holidays are the best part! But yes, having to wake up early and put a face on isn’t what I have planned when I’m on holiday LOL! But when I’m going about a city break, I do often do a light BB cream/cushion and brows. Everything else is just too much work *lazy*
Ika Roseworn says
I used to bring my entire (almost!) makeup table…n just wear mascara, concealer, tinted lipbalm. And then eventually I wear nothing on my face. Not a stitch of makeup because when traveling, I want to spend time traveling, and not do my face up. These days, I still bring minimal but almost always end up not using them. When traveling, I tend to focus more on skincare I noticed 🙂
Paris B says
I’m the same with skincare! It’s always a challenge for me to ensure I don’t break out while on holiday because it always happens – change of environment, sleeping patterns, food etc. So skincare is my challenge. Makeup, I guess we’ve evolved and are less worried now about how perfect we have to look each time eh?
fazr says
Must bring: sunblock,moisturizer,red lipstick
Paris B says
Sunblock for me too! And a whole bagful of skincare actually haha!
Z says
Dear PB,
I used to house sit quite often so I would pack for “home-away-from-home” and overload my luggage with my makeup junkie self and as time went by, I barely brought anything with me. Like you said, I couldn’t be bothered. I barely used what I brought, and it was just a hassle to repack to go home when my clients came home!
These days, I bring sunscreen and maybe a chapstick!
If I were to travel for a trip, its just the basics-bb cushion, eyebrow pencil, liquid eyeliner (cuz ma lids are super greasy and I’ll have racoon eyes in an instant of I use pencil liner), and a lipstick and ligloss. Heck, I might not even use those when I’m away either!
Paris B says
Hi Z 😀 I think most of us have this problem of being too lazy to put on makeup outside of our routine days. But then, I often see many people dolled up while on holiday too, and I’m usually puzzled as to the time they’ve taken haha But then, not everyone is as lazy as I am, and I do realise that camera phones now make taking photos a lot easier and more often, so no one wants to be caught out!
Nova T says
For me in holiday, i bring moust, sun screen, loose powder, eyesbrow (must ?), eyeliner, mascara and lips. Sometimes i put powder foundation if instantly must look little bit different. But almost just using only ski care n powder n brow others just keep in pouch only.