Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2024: The Best Travel Haircare Products

Travel can be a hair-raising experience. Or a hair-flattening one.

Give mom good hair days every day – even in the most tropical climates – with these hard-working products that help keep her hair looking healthy and shiny and styled just like she wants it to.

Sure, most hotels provide guests with shampoo and conditioner but why sacrifice style for convenience when she can just throw these travel-sized versions of her favorite brands into a carry-on?

These all make such great traveling companions, you may want to give yourself a gift, as well.

Act+Acre knows that a clean and healthy scalp is the key to great looking hair and the results of their natural, cold processed method prove they’re on to something. Give mom these travel-sized versions of the brand’s bestselling shampoo and conditioner and watch her shine. Price: $36

Drybar has the solution for pretty much any hair issue, including not wanting to deal with it. They know mom has more important things to do during her travels so they’ve created this TSA-approved dry shampoo that, with just a spritz or two, makes her hair look freshly washed. Plus, it smells like a beach vacation. Price: $15

Moisturizing and masterful at leaving hair looking and smelling great, Saltair’s mini shampoo – like all of their full size versions – is as pretty in a hotel bathroom as it is at home. Add the Moisture Bound Conditioner to complete the award-winning, best-selling regime. Price: $6.00

For all the moms who wish they had hair as glossy and gorgeous as Jennifer Aniston’s (*raises hand*), here’s the secret. Proving she really is a friend, the star has developed her own line of plant-based products designed to de-tangle, de-frizz and improve hair health and appearance. The travel kit comes with four bestsellers: Restorative Shampoo, Restorative Conditioner, Glossing Detangler and Perfecting Leave-In. Price: $40

A win win all around, this salon-quality alternative to liquid shampoo means no spills in her luggage and no plastic waste for the environment. Because it’s made with shea butter and amino acids, it will leave her hair feeling clean and healthy. Notes of bergamot, lemon and orange will make it smell great. Price: $28

Perfect for dry hair, this travel trio features three Kerastase favorites: Bain Satin Riche Shampoo, Lait Vital Conditioner and Nectar Thermique Heat Protecting Cream. They’ll leave her hair hydrated, nourished and full of shine even after a fun-filled day in the sun. Price: $50

This trio of the brand’s bestsellers sells out quickly so, if it’s not available, just treat her to the full size bottles of Deep Moisturizing Shampoo, Deep Moisturizing Conditioner and Hydrate & Protect Hair Milk along with a set of TSA-approved bottles she can fill herself. Price: $34

A favorite of salon professionals – and probably mom – Pureology comes to the rescue of travelers who have color-treated hair with this four piece set that includes TSA-friendly versions of their Hydrate Shampoo, Hydrate Conditioner, Color Fanatic Leave-In Conditioner and Style + Protect Soft Finish Hairspray. Price: $30

Arey bills itself as “The Wrinkle Cream of Haircare” and they take a science-based approach to aging hair. They’ve curated this travel kit to ensure mom’s hair isn’t showing the effects of aging as her vacation days go by. It includes their Wash & Smooth Shower Duo along with their Live In Mist, which is clinically proven to protect against gray-causing UV rays. Price: $44

No need for her to panic if she can’t get into her hairstylist before vacation because she can simply spray away the gray with this temporary fix. Available in five shades, it’s lightweight, fast-drying and looks natural. It’s a little too big to pass through TSA but does such a good job, it’s worth checking a bag. Price: $9.47