What Frequent Flyers Actually Add to Their Duty Free Beauty Haul

On Laneway, Melbourne Airport's online duty free shopping platform, you can tick off that list before you've even boarded. Pre-order your duty free beauty picks up to 60 days ahead, skip the GST and collect at Terminal 2 on your way out or when you land.

So what exactly are these jet-setters adding to their Laneway cart?

Top-brand skincare they already use, minus the GST

Nobody's switching up their skincare right before a flight. Dry cabin air is punishing enough without adding a new retinol into the mix. So when it comes to skincare, frequent flyers aren't shopping. They're restocking.

Pre-order on Laneway, and that same bottle skips the 10% GST built into the price wherever you'd normally buy it. The duty free skincare range goes past the one hero product each brand is known for. Think Aesop, Kiehl's, La Mer and Estée Lauder serums, treatments and sets, not just whatever's sitting at the front of the display.

Go-to makeup for travel, locked in ahead of the trip

Ever grabbed the only foundation shade left and told yourself it was close enough? Frequent flyers don't risk it twice. Duty free makeup makes the cut in their Laneway haul because it's already proven. We're talking the right lipstick that doesn't go patchy by hour three, sorted before there's any chance of settling for whatever's left.

The range has options, too. Think everyday picks from Bobbi Brown and MAC to more luxurious finds from Gucci and Hermès Beauté, all up to pre-order from 60 days out to 24 hours before you fly.

Perfume to match the vibe of the destination

Every getaway has a signature scent before it has a single photo, the salt-air kind or the market-and-spice kind, whatever's waiting the second you land. Frequent flyers pick their fragrance to match it, not the other way round.

Somewhere coastal calls for something lighter, like Jo Malone London's Wood Sage & Sea Salt, which was practically built for a day at the beach. For a city day spent wandering markets or between cafés, Marc Jacobs' fresher, fruitier florals suit the mood better. Order duty free perfumes on Laneway and earn Qantas Points on top.

Bath and body essentials for that hotel-bathroom upgrade

Hotel bathrooms mean tiny bottles bolted to the wall and a body wash that smells like nothing in particular. Fine for one night? Sure. By night three? Not so much.

By pre-ordering bath and body products duty free on Laneway, you get that upgrade that makes a hotel bathroom feel less like a stopgap. Shop the range online, whether that's from your couch or the cab, and find top picks from Clarins, Jurlique, L'Occitane and more.

Build Your Travel Beauty Kit Before You Fly

A travel beauty kit like this isn't thrown together the morning of a flight. It's built the way any good habit is, one trip at a time, until every single one barely needs a second thought.

Head to Laneway to build your duty free beauty kit ahead of time. Pre-orders open 60 days before departure and close 24 hours out, so you can lock in GST-free finds well before boarding.