In-flight essentials

Cabin humidity sits between 10 and 20 percent, drier than most desert environments. Water leaves the skin faster than it can be replaced, barrier function falls, and the effect compounds across a long flight.

Skin lands tight, dull and dehydrated. The correction is simple, and it happens in the seat.

These are the pieces to keep within reach: eye patches and eye cream, a hydrating sheet mask, a hydrating mist, a rich barrier cream, lip care and travel oral care.

Applied at altitude rather than on arrival, when the loss is still recoverable.