Amenity Kits Go Couture: Inside the Glamorous World of Airline Beauty Perks

Move over, fine wines and fancy meals: Beauty products from some of the most prestigious skincare and fashion brands are another perk for travelers to indulge in when they fly.

These creams, serums, soaps, and the like are either in onboard amenity kits or in airport lounges and elevate your trip that much more. And if you love them- we admit to our favorites- you can also experience them or other products from their collections at home.

Turkish and Singapore Upscale

Turkish Airlines, for example, collaborates with the luxury French fashion house Lanvin on a handsome leather toiletry bag filled with a hand and body lotion, lip balm, and a trio of oils—coconut, cocoa seed, and shea—to help ward off the dry skin that comes with flying. Available in brown, black, tan, or cream, the bag is a chic accessory that you’ll want to keep.

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Lanvin’s lineup is specifically for Turkish, but the brand has other easy-to-find beauty loot. The hero may be the Eclat d’Arpege body lotion, scented with a heady combination of floral and musk notes and skin-quenching to boot.

The new amenity kit in Singapore Airlines’ business class features Le Labo Fragrances, a New York-based perfumery with a cult following.

The pouch itself is crafted from a waxed cotton canvas, taking impetus from the aprons the brand’s perfumers don when they’re in the lab creating their next scent. Inside, fliers can look forward to an olive oil and shea butter lip balm, hand pomade, and a hydrating face mist with aloe vera and rosemary leaf extracts.

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Everyone needs lip balm, but Le Labo’s home run product is Santal 33, a captivating gender-neutral perfume that combines cardamom, iris, violet, and Australian sandalwood.

Air France Raises the Bar

In a nod to its roots, Air France looks to two French brands as its beauty partners. Sisley is featured in the La Première lounge at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and the onboard cabin.

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The latter presents four skincare products in a sophisticated red and pearl grey box embossed with a winged seahorse, Air France’s emblem. The plant-based products include a skin and nail cream, an eye contour balm, a hydrating serum, and an anti-aging day cream.

Business class fliers, meanwhile, are treated to a Clarins beauty flash balm, which leaves the skin glowing, and a moisturizing matte gel from the homegrown brand.

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Both are products for all genders and ages and are worth incorporating into your regular face care routine. We also suggest Clarins’ bestselling double anti-aging and anti-wrinkle serum. The name says it all.

Air India’s Italian Choice

Air India’s splashy relaunch as a world-class airline sees it team with Ferragamo as part of its in-flight experience.

First Class fliers receive a black pouch bearing the Italian brand’s logo, including a Ferragamo Eau de Parfum, body lotion, hand cream, and lip balm. The business class kits have the same products minus the perfume.

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If you’re looking to invest in a single Ferragamo beauty item for your home, we highly suggest a fragrance, a signature for the fashion label.

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There are more than two dozen to choose from, and whether you like soft, sweet, musky, or bold, there’s an option for you.

What About in the U.S.?

On the domestic airline front, American Airlines has a program featuring products from rotating brands. The carrier has tapped the beauty retailer Thirteen Lune to choose these items from various lines.

The current selections in First Class include a hand and body cream plus face mist from celebrity skincare guru Joanna Vargas and a lip balm by Relevant, a clean beauty line known for products that work for all skin types and tones.

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American’s Business Class customers can enjoy the body lotion and lip balm. Beginning later this month through early September, travelers flying internationally or on select transcontinental routes in American’s premium cabins will receive limited-edition amenity kits designed by Brandon Blackwood.

Beyond our trips, we can’t stop raving about Relevant’s Lights Out Resting Mask, which leaves us looking like we had the best night’s sleep.

Delta is offering a premier spa-like experience for Delta One fliers with its recent Missoni partnership.

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The keepsake pouch for fliers comes in cream or navy and features gold hardware plus the Italian fashion company’s unmistakable zigzag pattern.

Photo: Courtesy of Delta Air Lines

The products inside include skincare must-haves from the holistic beauty line Grown Alchemist and a tube of toothpaste by Marvis, the storied Italian toothpaste brand that many beauty insiders consider the most luxurious in the category.

If we wanted to splurge on toothpaste, the Marvis mouth refreshing Aquatic has our vote.