Packing a Makeup Bag for Different Occasions

I have a few trips planned this summer…some with kids and some without. Not only are my wardrobe choices completely different, it seems my beauty bag requires a different selection, as well. When we travel with our four boys, we tend to spend the majority of our time engaged in sightseeing or extreme activities (i.e. zip lining, swimming with dolphins, etc). We don’t spend a lot of time at fine restaurants or upscale venues. We keep it pretty active and usually go so hard all day that dinner is somewhere easy like an outdoor café or pizzeria.When it’s just my husband and me, it’s a different story. We indulge in fine restaurants, art galleries, and the theater. These activities necessitate a certain dress code that dolphins do not demand.I am currently packing for a short vacation with my husband. I’m packing casual and dressy clothes, as well as a plethora of shoes (a girl’s got to have choices). I am also packing my foundation primer (hot weather), Westman Atelier foundation sticks, blush, and cream bronzer, cream eyeshadow crayons, drama lipstick and natural shades, highlighters, and liquid and pencil eyeliners. My skincare products contain oil and gel cleansers, sheet masks, toner, serums, retinols, moisturizer, eye cream, eye gel pads and sunscreen. I can afford to take and use all these products because I’ll have time to pamper myself. This got me thinking. How am I going to have time for these things when we go to Europe with the boys? The answer is…I won’t.When we pondered the kind of trip we wanted to take with the boys, we realized we wanted them to see as much as we could possibly show them. Since all four are now high school students, we recognize that SAT prep, college visits, and the like will soon take over and trips with them will become more difficult. They are teenage boys, however, and their attention span for sightseeing will likely cap at 48 hours in any single locale. As a result, we decided not to spend more than 72 hours in any one place. Instead, we will be visiting six distinct European cities within three weeks. That means sleeping on trains several nights. Goodbye, triple cleanse, heck…goodbye, double cleanse…hello, cleansing wipes. Oh, and waiting for mom to put makeup on in the morning…maybe…if it takes literally five minutes. So, what do I pack?I don’t have the whole thing figured out yet, but I know that my Rilastil cleansing wipes are essential. I also have to take Blinc mascara. I can take that off with water and don’t even need a mirror. I’ll definitely take my Westman Atelier foundation and blush sticks because I can blend them in with my fingers and they’re not in glass bottles. A brow pencil. I have to have a brow pencil. I also have to take my Skinceuticals CE Ferulic serum and my Zelens Power A drops. Those are non-negotiable, but what other bulky items can I swap? I’ll take a Supergoop mineral dusting sunscreen so I can keep it in my purse and use it on everyone. I can take a small jar with my favorite eye cream scooped into it. Coola lip balm with color will double as lipstick and has sunscreen, which is good because we’ll be walking so much. A travel shampoo and conditioner along with some dry shampoo should last me just long enough if I wash my hair every other day.How about you?  What beauty tips do you have for packing makeup and toiletries efficiently when not only space but time will be an issue?It looks like I have enough room to add some more things! Whatever shall I take?