Ah, summer. The time when you can kick back, enjoy the sun’s rays and leave your troubles at the door. A time for rest, relaxation and fun in the sun – not a time for lugging around so many summer essential products that your arms might just fall off.
Whether you’ve got tots in tow, or are simply trying to shed some of the winter weight in your beauty bag in time for summer, you’ll be thankful you’ve become more nimble thanks to just a few simple switches to your beauty bag.
You love to follow a proper skin regime; which means thorough cleansing and toning each night, but you’re going away for the weekend and quite frankly don’t have the room to lug around your regular skin care products with you.
SWAP THIS: Your regular cleanser and toner combo
FOR THIS: Johnson’s® Daily Essentials Fragrance Free Facial Cleansing Wipes
WHY THE SWITCH?
Gentle enough for all skin types, Johnson’s® Daily Essentials Fragrance Free Facial Cleansing Wipes work to provide your skin with a thorough cleansing. Alcohol-free, they can even successfully remove stubborn eye make-up while leaving your skin feeling refreshed.
You’re off on a girl’s weekend away, and think it could be the perfect chance to get a little pamper session in, only the masque you use at home is much to bulky to bring with you without being accused of being overpacked…
SWAP THIS: Your go-to at-home face mask.
FOR THIS: Montague Jeunesse Passion Peel Off Mask
WHY THE SWITCH?
Besides being able to fit 10 Montague Jeunesse masks in your case for every one tub of your regular face mask, Montague Jeunesse Passion Peel Off Mask is deep-cleansing and bursting with fruity goodness. It features pulped pomegranate, which has three times the antioxidants of tea, is also rich in A and E to soothe your skin, features passionflower to hydrate and raspberry to calm and purify your complexion.
Reaching complexion perfection isn’t as simple as some may think – and you can’t bear to part with your three-part dream team for fear of winding up with a dull and dry complexion while you’re out and about with your friends.
SWAP THIS: your favourite foundation, primer and skin serum.
FOR THIS: ck one color 3-in-1 Face Makeup SPF 8
WHY THE SWITCH?
This 3-in-1 skin-perfecting whiz does the work of your foundation, primer and face serum! Which means you can swap three awesome products for one amazing foundation when you need to travel light.
You’re heading to a summer beach party and toting your brand new, but super small clutch. Normally you carry a gloss and a lipstick for a pigmented, super-shiny pout – but this new bag just won’t allow for the both of them.
SWAP THIS: your favourite (slightly bulky) lipstick and lip gloss combo
FOR THIS: glo minerals Perfect Lip Duo
WHY THE SWITCH?
This double-ended lip love from glo minerals features a gloss on one end and a lipstick on the other. These shades are designed to perfectly complement each other for a punchy, powerful result that stays put.
You’ve perched yourself by the pool on a really sunny day, but no matter how hot you might be, you’d rather stay dry than have to carry around all of the products that you’d need to help tame your post-pool locks.
SWAP THIS: your frizz taming product and your leave-in conditioner
FOR THIS:Dove Therapy Nutritive Nourishing Oil Care Treatment serum
WHY THE SWITCH?
Besides being teeny tiny, Dove Therapy Nutritive Nourishing Oil Care Treatment serum has all the benefits of a smoothing serum and a leave-in-conditioner. It’ll work to nourish your post-pool hair as it dries and is perfect for the times when a small beach bag calls for a product switch-up.
you’re heading down to the beach with a bunch of your friends, but in order to save your already dry skin from the effects of the sun and the surf you’d have to carry your body lotion as well as your sunscreen – and that’s a workout in itself.
SWAP THIS: your body lotion and your bottle of sunscreen
FOR THIS:Le Tan Coconut Sunscreen Oil SPF30+
WHY THE SWITCH?
This feather-light oil contains SPF 30+ protection as well as a hydrating, nourishing formula that will leave your skin feeling soft, supple and smelling like coconuts.
As if trying to pack and travel for one wasn’t hard enough, a baby means that you often have to tote around triple the amount of products you’d normally carry – and it’s just too much!
SWAP THIS: baby’s shampoo and baby’s body wash
FOR THIS:Johnson’s® baby Top-To-Toe®
WHY THE SWITCH?
Why take two full-sized products when you can have one that does it all? Johnson’s® baby Top-To-Toe® gently cleanses your baby’s skin and hair, while ensuring the tears stay away thanks to the inclusion of the infamous NO MORE TEARS® formula.
What is your favourite way to downsize for summer? Do you have any favourite compact beauty products?
