Including foldable LED masks and multi-tasking tools that have you covered from flight to hotel room (and even by the pool), this is the best travel-friendly beauty tech that the CF team can’t live without.
When it comes to travel, space (and weight) is precious – but that doesn’t mean you have to leave all your beauty tech at home. In fact, when you are hopping between time zones and (hopefully) giving yourself some time off from your busy working schedule, it can be the perfect time to invest in some beauty-supporting R&R.
Thankfully, there are plenty of tools – including LED masks – which can be seamlessly slipped into your carry-on. This is our tried-and-tested guide to the best travel-friendly beauty tech in 2025, to keep your travels suitably beautified.
If puffiness is the inevitable souvenir of long-haul flights, early mornings and late nights, consider this wand your ultimate weapon against it. Like an on-the-go facialist, the clever wand has both a 'cool' setting to visibly soothe and refresh tired skin, and a 'hot' setting to encourage lymphatic drainage and boost circulation. It even hugs the contours of your face to give you an event-ready instant skin lift. Lightweight, rechargeable, and travel-ready, it is fast becoming a beauty editor carry-on essential.
LED masks have a reputation for being big, bulky and not travel-friendly – but that's not the case with this one from Currentbody. It's made from lightweight silicone that is designed to mold to your face – which also means that the mask folds for easy travelling and won't take up all your weight allowance either. The 236 LED bulbs deliver three clinically-proven wrinkle-reducing wavelengths of light too, which equates to a real improvement in skin quality in just four weeks.
When packing light – especially hand luggage only – your hair tools can be the first item to be left behind, alongside those particularly heavy pair of shoes! But, with GHD's cordless, mini straightener you not only have the space to include your styler, you can also touch-up your hair on-the-go, with twenty minutes of fuss-free fixing of any frizz or fallen curl. The straightener automatically switches off after three minutes of inactivity too, so you won't forget and burn a hole in your bag either.
If a toothbrush could be considered chic, SURI would be it. The brush's sonic technology delivers a deep, dentist-approved clean; the battery life lasts for at least 40 days (perfect for when you forget to charge it); and the self-cleaning UV light case keeps the brush head bacteria-free between uses. It’s basically the sleek, hygienic upgrade your travel beauty bag didn’t know it needed, and it scores eco-friendly points too, with its plant-based heads and bristles that are kind to sensitive gums.
Breakouts don't care that you are about to go on your holidays (or are already on them), and the stress of travel and indulgent food and drink choices can also make blemishes rear their heads. Lustre is your high-tech spot sticker solution. The wireless, wearable patches use clinically proven blue light technology to target acne-causing bacteria at the source – and best of all there's no creams, no mess, zero downtime and visible results in just a few sessions. Aka a dream for travellers juggling time zones and skincare triggers.
Find travel stressful? This discreet tool is the best friend of multiple aesthetic and wellness doctors – and should be your new go-to if you are a nervous flyer. Worn looped over the ear, the neuromodulation technology sends totally painless electrical signals to your brain, at the frequency necessary to calm your nervous system. If that sounds a little science fiction, we'd agree, but there's tons of research to prove it works – and you'll almost instantly feel mellow on-the-move.
CF's beauty director has long trusted the cleaning prowess of Foreo's cleansing brushes when on holiday, especially because the silicone brushes provide a really deep clean that makes light work of heavy makeup and SPF, while being gentle enough to avoid causing irritation and redness. In even better news, this specific tool doesn't stop there. It is also a microcurrent massage device, so your skin not only feels clean but glows too, due to boosted circulation and reduced facial tension.
A mirror is an often overlooked travel essential, but it really can make all the difference even for rather unsexy tasks like checking your teeth after eating on the plane or for easy touch-ups – especially if it comes with a LED light like this one. What we really love about Stylpro's device though is that it's actually a real multi-tasker. The two-in-one case doubles up as a USB charger, so you can power up your devices and save some extra space in your carry-on.
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