Get set for your summer hols with our jet-set beauty essentials. Katharine Capocci has all the tips for streamlining your beauty haul with suitcase-friendly products.

HAIR

Staying in a hotel? Don’t pack your bulky all-singing, all-dancing hairdryer without checking with the hotel first. Contact reception before your trip and check whether there’s one available in your room. If not, find a travel dryer or go au naturel!

Try Paul Mitchell Take Home Kits. Each kit contains Color Protect Daily Shampoo 100ml, conditioner 100ml and Reconstructive Treatment, 50ml, £10.75 (www.paul-mitchell.co.uk); Mark Hill Holiday Hair Anti-Humidity Spray, £3.42 (Boots); Sassoon 1200w fold-up Travel Dryer, £9.99 (www.hot-uk.co.uk).

BODY

Body products are often the bulkiest beauty essentials to lug around. Downsize to mini versions which won’t break your back. Pick out a tropical or fruity-scented shower gel to get you into the holiday spirit.

Try Crabtree & Evelyn India Hicks Island Living Travel Set, £25 (0800 111 4406/ www.crabtree-evelyn.co.uk); Molton Brown The Tropical Traveller body set, £39 (www.moltonbrown.co.uk); REN Mini Set, £15 (020 7724 2900/ www.renskincare.com).

FRAGRANCE

There’s nothing worse than opening your suitcase to discover a spillage. Try to find mini samples of your favourite scent or, better still, switch to a roller ball that’s smaller, more concentrated and will waft provocatively from pulse points in the heat.

Try Missoni Acqua Eau de Toilette Roller Ball, £44.04 (0870 034 2566); DKNY Be Delicious Eau de Parfum Roller Ball, £14.68 (0870 034 2566).

SUNCARE

Never skimp on the suncream, but if you’re jetting off on a short-haul trip and don’t want to take vats of SPF, check out the mini options available for sun protection, such as sachets, towelettes or miniatures. Try Liz Earle Sun Try-Me Kit, £18.25, John Lewis, Newcastle (www.lizearle.co.uk); Boots Soltan Mini Spray SPF15, £4.99.

MULTI-PURPOSE

Can’t stand faffing around with hoards of mini creams, sprays and cosmetics? Stick to products that have multiple functions in your toiletries bag. Vaseline, for instance, can be used on dry lips, lashes and for removing make-up.

Try Vaseline Lip Therapy SPF 15, £1.66 (0800 085 1548); Australian Tea Tree Pure Essential Oil, £3.91 (0870 850 7114).

DIY BEAUTY TRAVEL

If you don’t want to shell out on a whole new beauty cabinet’s worth of travel products, use your current stash. Invest in a DIY mini travel set with empty pots, fill with your favourite products and, ta-dah, you have your own customised beauty takeaway kit!

Try Boots Mini Travel Set, £2.75; MUJI 100ml bottle containers, from £1.95 each (www.mujionline.co.uk); Bobbi Brown Empties set, £9.79 (www.bobbibrown.co.uk).