Why Is Skincare Important When You Travel?
If you’ve ever experienced dry or oily skin after a flight, you know firsthand how disruptive traveling can be for skin health. Environmental stressors like recycled air, changes in climate, and water quality often cause dehydration, oil imbalances, and breakouts. That’s why it’s important to think about skincare while flying and follow a skincare routine that supports your skin’s microbiome.
In this article, we’ll share a few travel skincare tips—plus a science-backed travel skincare routine you can use to avoid common airplane skin problems. (And yes, it’s TSA-approved!)
How Does Recycled Air in Flights Affect Your Skin?
Have you ever noticed how dry your skin feels after being on a plane? That’s because the recycled cabin air used during flights pulls moisture from the skin. This causes increased dehydration and other cabin air skin effects like dullness and flakiness.
To help treat airplane dry skin, we recommend using moisturizing mists and other hydrating products like our Mini Bloom Cream Daily Moisturizer and Mini Milk Shake Hyaluronic Acid & Squalane Facial Toner Mist. You’ll find both inside our Mini Miracles Discovery Set, which offers 10 goat milk goodies perfect for hydrating your skin’s natural barrier.
The best part? These products are travel-sized and TSA-approved, making them the ideal flying skincare option.
What Do Climate and Weather Changes Do to Your Skin?
A healthy skin biome keeps the good and bad bacteria on your skin in balance. Traveling between climates and temperatures, can disrupt that balance and cause uncomfortable skin problems—the last thing you need while traveling! That’s why it’s important to know before you go.
To help you prepare, we’ve listed some common climates and their related skin issues along with our recommended travel-sized skincare products below.
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Dry, arid climates: No one loves humidity, but without any moisture in the air, skin becomes dry and flaky. This can quickly result in redness, inflammation, and irritation.
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Recommendation: Give your skin the moisture it needs with our Milk Shake Hyaluronic Acid & Squalane Facial Toner Mist. It’s clinically proven to increase hydration after just one use.
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Wet, humid climates: High humidity can cause pores to open, which then traps dirt, oil, and makeup on the skin. These impurities can then cause painful breakouts and irritation.
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Recommendation: Wash away oil-based debris with our Milk Wash Exfoliating Jelly Cleanser. It’s designed to deep cleanse without stripping skin, making it perfect for oily skin and high humidity.
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High temperatures: In addition to sun damage, high temperatures can lead to skin dehydration and irritation. Increased sweating and oil production are also commonand can cause breakouts.
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Recommendation: Keep skin hydrated, balanced, and protected with our 3-in-1 Solar Milk Clear SPF 50 PA Sunscreen Gel for Face. It’s fragrance-free, non-greasy, and ideal for all skin types.
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Low temperatures: Cold air is often dry air, which leads to dry, chapped, and flaking skin. This is especially true for skin often exposed to the cold, like the face and hands.
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Recommendation: Keep skin feeling soft and hydrated with our Bloom Cream Daily Face Moisturizer and Pure Hand Cream. Both are made with vitamin-rich goal milk that delivers long-lasting nourishment to dry skin.
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If you expect changing weather skin problems and want a complete travel routine to help keep your skin healthy on the go, we recommend building your own travel-sized bundle of science-backed goat milk skincare products to suit your specific skincare needs.
Does Water Quality Impact Skin While Traveling?
Depending on where you’re traveling, you might experience “harder” or “softer” water. This refers to the kinds of minerals and their quantities found in the water. Harder water contains a higher concentration of minerals and can irritate skin or cause breakouts, though it might not feel noticeably different from your water back home.
To counteract these hard water skin effects, we recommend using gentle cleansers and microbiome-supporting skincare. Our Mini Micellar Milk Froth Cleansing Gel & Makeup Remover is clinically proven to double cleanse without drying or stripping the skin. Follow it up with a few drops of our Mini Milk Drops Ceramide Serum to instantly hydrate and revive radiance. Your skin will feel silky, soft, and moisturized, rather than dry and tight.
What Other Travel Stressors Affect Your Skin?
Recycled air, changes in climate, and water quality aren’t the only stressors you’ll encounter on your travels. Stress, inconsistent sleep, sun exposure, and changes in diet can all cause skin problems—especially if you have sensitive skin.
Though some of these stressors are unavoidable, there are steps you can take to show your skin extra love on the go. Like building a simple, restorative skincare routine using multitasking products like our Milk Tint SPF 43 Tinted Primer Serum, which simultaneously primes and protects your skin against harmful UVA/UVB rays. Or build your own travel-sized bundle to tailor your travel skincare essentials to your specific needs.
And once you’re back home, be sure to show your skin a little extra Kindness. Our Potato Peel Rapid Resurfacing Milk Facial is perfect for smoothing, softening, and brightening skin. Or, try our Golden Booster Vitamin C Brightening Serum to repair damage, reduce inflammation, and even skin tone.
What’s the Best Travel Skincare Routine With Beekman 1802?
If you’re tired of having dry, itchy skin or oily breakouts while traveling, it’s time for a new travel skincare routine. This travel skincare routine is backed by the science of goat milk and features some of our best skincare for flights. These products are also TSA-friendly, so you can keep your skin feeling hydrated and nourished—wherever you’re traveling.
Step 1: Cleanse
Gently dissolve makeup, deeply purify, and exfoliate without stripping moisture from your skin with our Mini Milk Froth Cleanser.
Step 2: Tone
Lock in moisture and refresh your complexion with our Mini Milk Shake Hyaluronic Acid & Squalane Facial Toner Mist.
Step 3: Moisturize
Restore hydration and balance your skin’s natural microbiome balance with our Mini Bloom Cream Daily Moisturizer.
Step 4: Illuminate
Cool and awaken dull skin with our Mushroom Milk Eye Cream.
Step 5: Protect
Protect and prime with our 3-in-1 Mini Solar Milk Clear SPF 50 PA Sunscreen Gel for Face.