6 essential beauty tips for the road
Today I’m going to pack my bags, because tomorrow my fiance and I are going to tour across Europe by car! Woohoo! In front of us are Poland, the Czeck Republic, Austria and Italy. I waited a very long time for this trip. Though, as always, I waited until the last minute to plan our itinerary. We are leaving tomorrow. The route so far has been planned only to Italy, which is just half of the way. So if you have any ideas on where to go next after Italy, I will be glad to hear your thoughts and suggestions So what do you think? What is most important during the trip? Of course! Looking good! Ok, I’m kidding. During the trip the most important thing is to Travel can wreak havoc on your skin. You will encounter dry air-conditioner air, lack of opportunities to clean your face, dirty hands, bad meals and stress. But you can have a glowing complexion on the road without lugging around a ton of products. Here are my remedies: Cleanser. During a trip, it’s essential to clean your face from impurities that lead to clogged pores, which can further lead to breakouts. So in my bag I always carry a toner and several cotton pads. One rule of thumb is don’t overdo it! Don’t use harsh astringents with alcohol, because if you frequently clean your face with them, it can damage the protective layer of your skin and make it dry and irritated. Try to use hydrosols, as they are very gentle. Without a doubt, you can use them frequently during a trip. Moisture. If you are traveling by car, especially by car with an air conditioner, there is a huge probability that your skin will become dehydrated, and therefore dull, and dry. So during the trip, drink a lot water. Yeah, maybe this is a little troublesome, as you probably will stop under every bush Pimples. If the trouble has already come and you have a pimple, don’t be upset. To get rid of it, just apply a tea tree essential oil on the skin. Apply the oil directly on the pimple, and don’t touch the clear skin around it. In couple of days, the pimple will be gone. Here is my other 5 Secrets on How to Clear Sudden Acne Breakouts Quickly. Hand sanitizer. Being on the road means not always having access to a shower, or even running water in some cases. So a quite unexpected replenishment in my “emergency bag” is CrunchyBetty’s Hand Sanitizer. In the past I was not very inventive when it came to the hygiene of my hands. I just took a bottle of water and a bar of soap with me to wash my hands. The hand sanitizer makes your life a lot easier, because you don’t need to do anything but just rub it into your hands. CrunchyBetty’s recipe contains 81% of alcohol, which makes this hand sanitizer a killer antiseptic. You even can strengthen its bacteria killing properties by including few drops of essential oils with anti-microbial activity: tea tree, lavender, oregano, geranium, lemon, mint, sandalwood, cinnamon, and neem. Keep in mind that general amount of essential oils can’t exceed of 10 drops, as mentioned in the original recipe. Deodorant. My number one saviors on the road from bad smells are coconut oil and tea tree essential oil. You can use them directly under your arms as deodorant. They attack the bacteria found in sweat that cause odors. Just apply coconut oil or tea tree essential oil to your underarms and don’t rinse off. You will be free from unpleasant odor all day long. I was using the methods mentioned above with a great success for about six months. However, I was also interested in making something more similar to conventional stick deodorant. So I started to experiment. Please read about where my experiments led me in my guest post “I swear I can eat my deodorant, but can you eat yours?” for AllNaturalAnnie. You will almost inevitably get unhealthy food when you’re traveling, which can lead to breakouts, irritations, and excess of skin oils. So i will put in my bag some healthy snacks, in case only hamburgers and hot dogs are near by. Some of my favorite snacks are nuts and fruit or vegetable sticks. I buy them at my health food store in my area and I encourage you to search your local healthy store and find for some healthy snacks there. They are not heavy, so that allows you to take them everywhere with you. They are very yummy and certainly healthy. P.S. I want to apologize that I may be little bit slow in answering emails and comments during the trip. I’m not sure that we will have Internet access at every place we visit and stay. But as soon as I get to the Internet, I promise the first thing that I will do is come here. So my beauties, please wish me good luck and an unforgettable journey
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be in a great mood. But this could be easily spoiled if you look into the mirror and see a tired face, with bags under your eyes. And even better, what if a huge pimple surfaces in the most prominent place? I envy you if you are not worried about this. But I’ll admit it. If I don’t like the way that I look, my mood drops to zero. Yes, I should not attach so much importance to my appearance and I am really working on this. Therefore, currently, when I am on the road, I always keep an “emergency cosmetics bag” with me.What is inside an “emergency cosmetics bag”?
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Healthy snack. A cosmetics bag certainly is not a very suitable place for a meal. However, we are talking about an “emergency cosmetics bag”, which means that we should have everything for an emergency cases related to our skin. Right? .
P.P.S. Wait, wait! Before I leave, I have a beauty giveaways for your cherry lips, if you haven’t entered the competition yet please do it here!
