10 Double Duty Travel Beauty Products

You already know to use conditioner as shaving cream and lotion as eye makeup remover; you learned from us yesterday that oils, balms, color sticks, and face wipes are your new dynamic duos. But what about less common multi-tasking products?

Veronica Mayo, a former airline executive and founder of Vemayca, a line of cosmetic bags, offers this pro tip: “Concealer works as a eye lid primer. Apply on the eye lid and smudge darker color into cease of the eye–requires that you bring only one eye shadow.”

You can also buy products that combine things for your convenience. Check the list below for likely pairings like foundation plus concealer and less-expected duos like brow mousse and root-coverup.

1.) Foundation + Concelear = Luxury Swiss beauty brand La Prairie’s Skin Caviar Concealer, which boasts a bottle of foundation with SPF 15 with a lid that houses a color-coordinated concealer. ($180)

2.) Hand crème + Lip balm = Votre Vu’s Duette (pictured), a summery-scented duo that includes a decadent almond-and-coconut hand lotion on the bottom with a deeply moisturizing coconut-flavored lip balm with UV filters in the cap. ($39)

3.) Hair treatment + Shaving cream = ESPA Pink Hair and Scalp Mud, perhaps the oddest couple of the bunch. The pink-colored mud is an intensive hair and scalp treatment that protects hair from chlorine, sun, and pollutants when applied to wet or dry hair (the pink tint is so faint it’s chic). In the shower, it’s a thick shaving cream. ($65)

4.) Shoes + Tote = CitySlips, foldable ballet flats whose ingenious pouch unfolds to a tote for your high heels—or your souvenirs. In black, gold, and silver, the slippers are hardy enough for site-seeing but small enough to carry as backup. ($24.95)

5.) Exfoliating scrub + Moisturizer = LUSH Buffy Body Butter, a combo that sounds like an oxymoron but is actually a solid body butter bar combing cocoa and shea butters, mixed with ground rice, almonds, and adzuki beans for exfoliation. Since it’s a solid, it’s easy to throw in a carry-on. ($11.95)

6.) Sunscreen + Moisturizer + Anti-Aging = FAB 5-in-1 Face Cream from First Aid Beauty, a science-heavy but lotion-light formula that filters UVA and UVB rays with an SPF 30, moisturizes, prevents and reduces fine lines and wrinkles, corrects uneven skin tone, and combats free radicals. ($38)

7.) Face wash + Toner + Moisturizer + Tin = Dr. Hauschka’s Daily Face Care Kit, which includes six tiny tubes of an entire skin regime. Perfect for gals who don’t want to skip out on an ounce of their daily pampering: Cleansing Cream, Cleansing Milk, Facial Toner, Moisturizing Day Cream, Rose Day Cream, Quince Day Cream. ($24.95)

8.) Undereye night cream + Day cream + Fine-line eraser = The Socializer Pen from Elizabeth Grant. Celebs Blake Lively, Jessica Szohr, Leighton Meester, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Kristin Bell love the dual-sided pen—Bright Lights for the morning, Late Nights for the evening—that hydrates, de-puffs, and erases dark circles. You can also click the pen onto the forehead area, marionette or smile lines, or any unwanted crevices for an illuminated finish that virtually erases their appearance. ($40)

9.) Facial cleanser + Bubble bath = Belletaré Crescendo Cleansing Gel, an eco-friendly cleanser, makeup remover, bubble bath, and shave gel. The healthy, natural gel contains ingredients like acai pulp oil, kokum seed butter, and Monoi de Tahiti butter rolled up into recycled packaging. ($4.50)

10.) Eyebrow mousse + Root cover-up = Blinc’s Fountain of Youthful Color Eyebrow Mousse, a concoction invented to tint, fill in sparse areas, and tame brows like a gel. Because the mousse doesn’t fade, run, or smudge, even if you sweat or wear it in harsh weather conditions, some women use the eyebrow mousse to cover up roots between salon visits. ($25)

Guest post for A Girl’s Gotta Spa! by Lyssa Myska Allen, editorial director at EndlessBeauty.com.