Planning your next beach vacation, tropical getaway or sunny holiday? This is my curated list of favorite Sephora makeup for vacation, featuring the products I actually love for creating fresh, glowy and long-lasting holiday makeup. I’m focusing on m...
A really good choice for vacation makeup if you want your foundation to stay smooth and fresh in warm weather. It helps create a more even base and control excess shine without making the skin feel overloaded with product. I’d use this underneath a l...
Grip Trip Mattifying & Blurring Primer - Fenty Beauty by Rihanna
This is the one I’d choose for genuinely hot and humid destinations. It is specifically designed to help makeup withstand sweat and moisture while controlling oil and shine, making it particularly useful for tropical vacations. If your makeup normall...
Secure The Sweat Waterproof Mattifying Primer - ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
This is my pick for a more natural vacation complexion. It gives buildable coverage without looking like a heavy layer of foundation, making it ideal for daytime holiday makeup when you still want your skin to look like skin. It’s particularly nice w...
DIOR Backstage Face & Body Foundation
If you actually need your foundation to survive a hot holiday, this is one of the classics I’d trust. It gives long-lasting, buildable coverage with a natural matte finish, making it especially useful for humid destinations where lighter, dewier foun...
NEW Double Wear Stay-in-Place Lightweight Longwear Matte Foundation with 36H Wear - Estée Lauder | S
This is perfect for keeping a vacation complexion looking smooth and polished without making it look cakey. I’d use it mainly around the T-zone, under the eyes and anywhere that gets shiny in the heat. It’s also compact enough to keep in your travel ...
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder
A great choice when you want to control shine while keeping that soft-focus, perfected skin effect. The blurring finish makes it particularly good for holiday photos, while the lightweight feel means you don't have to cover your entire face in a thic...
SurrealSkin® Talc-Free Soft Blur Setting Powder - MAKEUP BY MARIO
A great concealer to pack for a hot-weather vacation when you need your base to actually stay in place. The waterproof, buildable formula gives medium-to-full coverage while helping conceal dark circles, redness and imperfections without needing a th...
A holiday makeup classic for a reason. This updated formula gives up to 24-hour wear with a natural finish and is waterproof, sweat-resistant and transfer-resistant. I love this option when you don’t want a completely matte vacation makeup look but s...
All Nighter Waterproof Natural Finish Setting Spray with 24HR Wear - Urban Decay
One of my favorite blushes for vacation because you only need the tiniest amount to get a beautiful flush of color. The lightweight liquid formula blends easily over your base and gives you that fresh, naturally flushed look that works so well with b...
Soft Pinch Liquid Blush - Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez
This is such a good vacation blush because you get both cream and powder formulas in one compact. Use the cream for a fresh, dewy flush during the day or layer the powder over it when you want more intensity and staying power. It’s especially useful ...
Major Beauty Headlines - Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush - PATRICK TA
A classic for creating that warm, sun-kissed vacation complexion. The satin finish gives the skin a natural-looking warmth rather than a flat matte effect, making it especially pretty with glowy holiday makeup. I’d sweep it across the cheeks, forehea...
Bronzer Powder - NARS
A gorgeous option if you want a more subtle golden glow rather than obvious highlighter. These illuminating drops contain 5% niacinamide and can be mixed into moisturizer, foundation or other makeup to give the complexion a brighter, more radiant fin...
B-Goldi™ Bright Illuminating Drops with 5% Niacinamide - Drunk Elephant
This is the waterproof mascara I’d pack for a beach vacation or tropical holiday. The tubing formula is designed to stay put through water, sweat and humidity while giving your lashes impressive length, volume and definition. It’s also a great travel...
Come Hell or High Water Volumizing Tubing Mascara - caliray
If you want dramatic lashes that can actually handle a beach vacation, this is a much stronger pick. The waterproof formula is made for long-lasting volume and definition, so it’s a great choice for hot weather, humidity, pool days and tropical holid...
Lash Clash Extreme Volume Waterproof Mascara - Yves Saint Laurent
A great one to pack when you want your lip color to actually last through a full day of vacation. The lightweight liquid formula dries down to a comfortable matte finish and is transfer-proof with up to 10 hours of wear. It’s perfect for beach holida...
This is the kind of lip gloss I’d keep in my vacation makeup bag for an easy juicy, glossy lip. It gives lips a smooth luminous finish and can be worn alone for a fresh holiday makeup look or layered over your favorite lip liner or lipstick for extra...
Diamond Lip Gloss - Anastasia Beverly Hills
This is such a good palette for a vacation makeup bag because you can create everything from a soft daytime beach look to a more glamorous evening eye without packing several different palettes. The mix of neutral taupes, warm browns, nude pinks and ...
I Need a Nude Eyeshadow Palette - NATASHA DENONA
A perfect little palette for a holiday makeup bag when you want versatile rosy-neutral eyes without carrying a full-size palette. The six shades include soft matte and shimmering tones that can take you from an easy daytime vacation look to a more sm...