This will come as no surprise, but, obviously, we clocked a lot of hours in the car on our drive from coast to coast. In all those hours, in all those different states, in all those different climates running on not a whole lot of sleep, one of the things I was most worried about was my beauty and skincare routine. My biggest fear was rolling up to LA with seasonally (and location) confused skin that was equal parts red, dry, broken out and wrinkled. So, naturally, what do I do but pack an entire suitcase with beauty products and only beauty products. I mean, a girl can never be too prepared right??! (And it's not like we would be anywhere near a Sephora/Target/Walmart/Ulta at all between NYC and LA *insert eye roll*.)

I quickly honed in on my hero products as the trip progressed and accepted that 75% of what I brought was unnecessary (I can hear Mr. RC saying "I told you so!" right now!). But, on the bright side, that means I can now tell you only what is absolutely necessary for a road trip beauty case, instead of this post being a million and half words long describing the hundreds of things I lugged around in my beauty suitcase. Sooooo....you're welcome?!

Ok, here's the rundown of my skincare, hair and beauty faves, what I used for a quick daily makeup look as well as a few random tips.

Do you have any travel beauty favorites?