Pack a few of these next-gen skincare products on your next trip, and you’ll look the best version of yourself, no matter how long the journey’s been.
Hydration is king
Bufarma was born on a buffalo farm in Naples, Italy.
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The superior taste of buffalo mozzarella is no secret, but did you know that buffalo milk also has nourishing products for the skin? The BUFARMA® range of skincare products has been designed to hydrate, protect and revitilize dry and dull skin. Founded by the Galdiero family, who own a buffalo farm near Napoli, Italy, buffalo milk skincare might sound like the next wild beauty trend but, in fact, for it’s a time-honoured secret passed down through three generations.
When Francesco, Maria, and Valeria inherited the farm from their father Stefano, they also inherited his knowledge of buffalo milk’s remarkable properties. Among its many uses, it was an open family secret that a regular splash kept their hands and skin healthy, soft and nourished.
Bufarma’s Replenishing Milk Essence Serum plumps the skin.
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BUFARMA’s innovative range incorporates a blend of carefully selected ingredients including aloe vera, jojoba oil, and the star ingredient, buffalo milk. Known for its rich lipid content and high levels of calcium, buffalo milk naturally protects the skin’s moisture barrier, providing high levels of hydration and nourishment. This potent ingredient is at the heart of BUFARMA’s mission to deliver radiant and healthy skin. The Replenishing Milk Essence Serum (£49) is one of the signature products and infuses the skin with deep hydration and essential nutrients, leaving it smooth, plump and radiant.
The whole range has skin benefits derived from buffalo’s milk.
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The Bare Skin Night Cream (£45), meanwhile, works overnight to rejuvenate and restore the skin, ensuring you wake up to a refreshed and glowing complexion (perfect for use in-flight).
Brightening Ampoules by ALLSKIN I MED give individual portions of serum; ideal for travels.
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Ideally suited to travelers due to their individual doses, ALLSKIN|MED’s Brightening Ampoules (£100 for 28) is a 28-day course of high intensity oil-free serums that infuse the skin with high levels of Vitamin C to brighten and purify the complexion. Containing growth factors to kick start your natural production of collagen and elastin to smooth lines and wrinkles, the course of daily ‘shots’ for the skin, will awaken the complexion and give it a rejuvenating boost, especially to revive skin after a long-haul flight
Malin + Goetz’s Advanced Renewal Moisturiser is a lightweight solution for long journeys.
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A few drops of this hydrater means skin will remain in tip-top conditions when on the move: Malin & Goetz’s Advanced Renewal Moisturiser (£69) is an advanced lightweight moisturizer that hydrates and strengthens skin to prevent the signs of ageing. This multi-benefit formula uses ingredients that plump and improve firmness to target the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Tap into travel kits
Using live prebiotics, the La Flore Discovery Kit is ideal to take away with you.
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The latest advanced travel kits that have easy-to-use skincare in smaller bottles to provide the essentials for when you are away. The La Flore brand uses live probiotics to calm skin when inflamed after traveling or in harsh environments. The La Flore Discover Kit ($99) has small sizes of the brand’s hero products including the Enzymatic Cleanser to gently remove impurities; a Concentrated Serum rich in live probiotics to calm and revitalize; a Daily Defense Moisturizer for antioxidant protection and hydration, and the brand’s cult favourite, the Longevity Oil, rich in botanical antioxidants and anti-inflammatory ingredients.
Biossance’s Rapt Radiance Set for glowgetters.
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Also offering travel sized bottles is Biossance’s Rapid Radiance Set (£27). The four-step skincare routine boosts luminosity with Squalane as a core ingredient. The Squalane + Marine Algae Eye Cream visibly firms and lifts with marine algae to contour and diminish wrinkles; the Squalane + Lactic Acid Serum gently smooths and resurfaces, the Squalane + Omega Repair cream nourishes and protects, while the Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil boosts radiance while locking in moisture.
Your Daily Skin Heroes by Dr David Jack is spa-like skincare for on the go.
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Known for his Harley Street Aesthetics Clinic, Dr David Jack’s skincare products take their cue from his integrative approach to skin health. Since opening the clinic in 2018, he has expanded his services to other outposts in Belgravia and the City in London, as well as in Edinburgh. The Dr David Jack products have a firm scientific basis and contain active ingredients and high quality formulations for tangible results-driven skincare. The Discovery Set (£93) is made up of travel-sized versions of the brand’s three signature products. The three-step daily system includes the Good Morning Antioxidant Serum containing Vitamin C; All Day Long Daily Defence moisturiser with SPF50+ and Good Night, a renegerating Retinoid night cream.
Target specific areas
Cellderma’s Perfect Lips prevents chapped and sore lips.
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Don’t overlook lips when travelling—they can dry out and become sore in hot or cold conditions. CellDerma’s Perfect Lips (£31.50) supports collagen and glycosaminoglycans, which are vital in diminishing the appearance and formation of lines and wrinkles. The plumping balm has moisture-protecting ingredients to protect and reduce dryness, while keeping the lips looking soft, healthy and plump. It targets dry, chapped and ageing lips and also intensely moisturises for all-day hydration.
Dose by VH’s Vitamin C Eye Cream hides signs of tiredness.
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Dose by VH Vitamin C Eye Cream (£29) is also a must-add to any traveler’s beauty kit. It is powered by seven advanced active ingredients which deliver a brighter, more radiant look by targeting fine eye lines, eye wrinkles, under eye dark circles and eye puffiness. The firming eye cream contains caffeine to brighten the undereye area for a more youthful appearance. Featuring a precise cooling tip, it also soothes tired eyes, helping to reduce the appearance of dark circles and puffiness.
Sun traps
Naked Sundays fuses skincare and sun protection with a range of innovative products.
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One of the most important products for any traveler to pack is, of course, suncare. Hailing from Australia, Naked Sundays is the Aussie SPF brand that’s redefining sun protection. Founded by Sam Brett, a leading news anchor in Australia who spent years working under intense UV exposure, Naked Sundays is a line-up of multi-tasking, invisible SPF products with skincare qualities (they leave the skin glowing). The range of broad-spectrum SPF 50+ products have also been designed to cover every aspect of a beauty routine and can be worn under and over makeup.
Naked Sundays products offer smart sun care that fits in with working life.
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Powered by cutting-edge sunscreen innovation and skincare-grade ingredients, the line-up includes the CabanaGlow SPF 50 Mineral Glow Serum Drops (£40.80), infused with antioxidant-rich Kakadu Plum for added environmental defence; SPF50 Glow + Go Lip Oil in Coconut (£24), which hydrates while shielding lips from UV damage, and the SPF50+ Collagen Glow 100% Mineral Perfecting Priming Lotion (£40.80), formulated with vegan collagen to support skin elasticity while delivering broad-spectrum protection. One of the brand’s best-sellers is the first-to-market SPF 50+ Hydrating Glow Mist Top Up (£36), which has a weightless, non-greasy formula that allows for seamless SPF reapplication over makeup—a breakthrough in daily sun protection.
Heliocare 360° Water Gel SPF50 is a lightweight sunscreen infused with SPF50+ protection
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Meanwhile, suited to sensitive skin, Heliocare 360° Water Gel SPF50+ (£31) has been created with broad-spectrum protection against UVB and UVA rays with SPF50+. The high-performance formula shields against daylight (UVA, UVB, visible light and infrared-A) and environmental aggressors. The light water-gel texture absorbs easily, leaving no residue on all skin tones. It hydrates as it goes to work, so skin is left feeling silky-soft.
Elf’s Invis-Stick is a practical solution for everyday as well as travelling.
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Finally, Elf’s Untouchable Invisi-Stick SPF 50 (£14) is such a practical find. The smooth-glide face sunscreen in a stick gives SPF5 protection with a clear finish. It is non greasy and glides on under makeup. Water resistant, it is infused with moisturising sunflower seed oil and soothing bisabolol.