What Is the Travel Beauty Set? A Product Combination That's Enough on Its Own
The Travel Beauty Set is a combination built so that six products used together create a full makeup look. The set includes one product for each of the complexion, cheek, highlight, eye and lip steps, plus a brush set to apply them. There's no need for a seventh product, because every area is already covered by one.
The logic of the combination is that the products complement each other. No two products doing the same job were included, and no step was left uncovered. Carry-on and volume rules aren't the topic of this page; for that, see the travel sets page.
Which Products Are Enough Together in the Travel Beauty Set?
Six products are enough together in the Travel Beauty Set: a compact foundation, a satin-finish stick blush, a cream stick highlighter, a waterproof black mascara, a glossy lipstick with 6 natural oils and a 10-piece travel-size brush set. Five color products and one application tool come together.
- Complexion: compact foundation, color and powder in one step
- Cheeks: stick blush, blended with your fingers
- Glow: cream stick highlighter, on top of the cheekbones and the bridge of the nose
- Eyes: waterproof mascara
- Lips: nourishing glossy lipstick
- Application: 10-piece travel-size brush set
In What Order Are the Products in the Set Layered?
The products in the set are layered according to their textures: stick blush and cream highlighter go over the powder finish of the compact foundation, followed by mascara and lipstick. The order doesn't go from cream to powder texture, but the other way around. Because three stick products work back to back in this combination, no extra setting step is needed between them.
Texture compatibility is the deciding criterion of the combination. Cream layers over cream without any problem; when cream is applied over powder, the layer underneath can lift. The products in the set were chosen with this order in mind, so it's enough to apply them without changing the steps. The waterproof mascara works independently of the other products, so it allows flexibility in the order.
What Do Stick Products Do? Two Results from One Product
Because stick products come with their own applicator, they don't need a separate brush and are applied directly to the skin and blended with your fingers. The stick blush and stick highlighter in the set can be used on both the cheekbones and the eyelids, so six products deliver a broader result and free up space in your bag.
The stick blush can also be carried over to the lips; once glossy lipstick goes on top, the color softens. The cream highlighter is dotted onto the bridge of the nose, under the brow and the Cupid's bow, and the edges are softened with a fingertip.
How to Use the Travel Beauty Set
The Travel Beauty Set is used in five steps: compact foundation, stick blush, cream highlighter, mascara and lipstick. The brush set is optional up to the third step, because the first three products can also be blended with your fingers. Working with a brush gives a sharper result, and with fingers a softer one; both follow the same order.
Press the foundation in with a sponge, apply the blush in two lines on the highest point of the cheekbone and place the highlighter just above the blush. For a detailed look at the step order, see the Flawless Skin Routine page.
How Many Products Are Enough in a Combination?
Five color products and one application tool are enough in a makeup combination; a sixth color product is usually a repeat of an existing step. The criterion isn't number but coverage: each of the complexion, cheek, glow, eye and lip steps should be covered by at least one product. Once these five steps are complete, adding products doesn't noticeably change the result.
When adding products to a combination, filling an uncovered step makes more of a difference than putting a second product on the same area. Since this set doesn't include a concealer or a brow product, the first additions can come from these two areas.
When Should You Check Coverage in the Travel Beauty Set?
In the Travel Beauty Set, the coverage check comes before color and texture decisions: the first thing to look at is whether the combination covers every step. If two products serve the same area, the second one is unnecessary; if an area isn't covered, that product needs to be bought separately. Texture compatibility is considered after this check.
The third criterion is the highlighter's undertone: a champagne undertone looks more natural on fair skin, a golden undertone on olive skin. When choosing colors, keeping the blush and lipstick shades in the same temperature pulls the result together. To compare different combinations, you can browse all the makeup set options.