My minimalist makeup travel pouch in Italy

My minimalist makeup from 7”X3”x2” travel pouch. Many of SEASONING community knew that I love the challenge of packing the minimal makeup items yet creating variations of looks during the travel from snowy Hokkaido to hot Tuscany.   Let me share what I brought with me this summer in Tuscany and Florence.

1.       RMS powder blush – It has been my recent favorite powder blush!  Exceptionally nice color pigments, considering they use cleaner ingredients.  Very refined and sheen texture giving incredibly natural reflections (the founder Rosemary is a makeup artist who understands well the balance of pigments and texture).   I use it to enhance the sunkissed glow during travel.  Texture is very refined that I even use it as eyeshadow for some days.   I brought color shade “sangria” for my theme.

2.       Ilia serum concealer – to correct the dark undereye (to look awake after a few sleep-deprived nights during travel), which is also moisturizing not to emphasize dry lines. 

3.       RMS “un”coverup – to even out uneven skin tone, using light illusion without adding weight.  Sleek pot to travel with.

4.       RMS luminizer – I brought peach shade, to enhance bone dimension, while enhancing joyful glow (but without harm/damage from the sun)

5.       Ecobrow – brow wax

6.       Jillian Dempsey eyeliner – I brought burgundy shade, as it’s more relaxed than black for holiday but more interesting than brown.

7.       RMS mascara – I brought this which I think it is relatively non-smudging among the clean ingredient cosmetic brands(always the challenge!)     

8.       Aromatherapy roll – woodsy scent I discovered in Edinburgh

9.       1 RMS lipstick, 1 tinted lip balm and 1 lipliner- to create looks from casual hint of lip color to polished matte red lip.

Out of this travel pouch, I enjoyed touching up a bit myself quickly (2 kids to handle in the journey) for different themes from exploring the local’s best kept secret fashion/artisan area, visiting museums, staying in a cute farmhouse, to visiting a vineyard.  How do you pack your makeup pouch for travel?  Let’s talk about skincare/suncare during and after travel in our next posts.

By the way, you can find RMS and Ilia in Content Beauty, which is specially giving 15% discount* to our SEASONING COMMUNITY until end of August.  Just type shopping code “Seasoning15” at their webshop to identify you’re from SEASONING community/workshop alumni.  [*On orders £75+, Excludes: Sale items, some brands (see their FAQ), gift cards and all other offers.]

When Ikebana Meets Makeup

Inspirations from the ikebana Japanese floral arts to makeup and styling:

1. Lines

Ikebana uses precision of lines to express beauty, just like eye-lining makeup. Gradation of thickness, curvature.

2. Color Combo

Ikebana uses flowers in similar colors to harmonise or contrasting colors to add pop, just like how we design for makeup or outfit styling.

3. Poetic Pause

Ikebana stresses the importance of space between flower arrangement (留白)to allow imagination, which leads to meditating calmness and minimalism beauty. It applies the same to your choice of makeup focal points, or the balance of your outfit/accessories.

4. Respect of Nature

Ikebana talks about cherishing nature and seeing unique beauty in flowers even they’re wilting or dry branches. It leads to my views on embracing one’s unique beauty at different stages of life, and pursuing nontoxic clean ingredients cosmetics.

How do you use these inspirations to your makeup and styling?

Thank to Mabel Chow for bringing Ikebana flower arts to our new budding SEASONING community in London. Mabel is our Seasoning past bride/alumna who’s an ex-architect turned into Ikebana teacher in Singapore.