Fabulous at 30,000 Feet: Eleven Beauty Travel Essentials

Despite the traumatic nature of a flight I recently took—I was on a prop plane flying from Oregon over the Rockies into Denver—upon exiting the aircraft I looked in the mirror and realized my nerves were the least of my worries. My skin looked like it had aged about a decade in a three hour–plus journey. With a long-haul international trip on the horizon, I can feel my shoulders tensing up just thinking about how dry and wrinkly I'll look when I land. It's a fact: the parching effect of high altitude and dry cabin air can leave even the most supple of us looking parched by the time we begin to descend. So how do you stop a plane trip from turning into a beauty nightmare? Stow the following secret weapons in your carry-on. (But make sure they're 3.4 ounces or less and fit in a zip-top bag.) By the time you land, you'll be fresh, dewy, and ready to enter vacation mode—pictures and all.