Top Secret Tips: 10 TST’s to become a Hangover Honey.
February 8, 2010 by uvkitty
Filed under Beauty and Hair How-To's, TST: Top Secret Tips, Tutorials
It’s somewhere between 6 and 7 am on Saturday morning. You alarm is blaring static loudly to wake you out of a drunken stupor. Your eyes un-fog to reveal the rest of your body slumped on the bed, still wearing [although disheveled] the clothes from last night. Inside your slightly damp [?] sweater pocket you feel around and pull out some mysterious items. Hopefully they clear up the haze that has replaced all memories of last night.
In your right pocket, 6 neon drink umbrellas, 3 plastic swords and a bus stub. In your left pocket- some loose change and 7 bottle caps from various beers. That would explain the throbbing headache.
You stand up, and stumble your way to the medicine cabinet, dizzy and lightheaded. Your body is dehydrated.
The girl staring back at you when you reach the mirror is not a pretty sight. Her hair matted and tangled, her mascara streaked and blotchy, her eyes puffy and sore, and her face is yellowed and pale.
You swing open the medicine cabinet in hopes of aspirin, when the mirror swings the reflection of your alarm clock into view. It flashes 10:30 – not 6 or 7.
SHIT! You instantly recall that you had to work / babysit /go to class / finish an essay at the library / party again / visit mom / help hot neighbor move / not look hungover !
With that revelation you dash towards your laptop, discarded early last night after a quick google search of the local bars in the area to plan a pre-drinking rendezvous. Pulling up your browser, you type w-w-w.-u-v-k-i-t-t-y-.c-o-m. You need some TST’s, and fast!
TST: 10 tricks to Wash away the Whiskey, Rock The Hangover, Banish the Sunglasses, and Become a Hangover Honey!
Every girl knows that Hangovers can wreak major havoc on your skin and your overall appearance. Not only do you feel lousy, but you usually aren’t looking your best the day after a big party night. Here are our top tricks to become a Hangover Honey!
1. Hydrate
Notice how as soon as you start drinking, you pee like your entering into the Guinness Book of World Records? That’s the alcohol. Well- not just the alcohol, it’s most of the fluid in your body. Alcohol is a diuretic. When you binge, your flushing out the water and nutrients needed by your body [to be peachy in the morning]. As soon as you wake up, knock back 8-16 oz. of water, and be sure to drink water throughout the day. This’ll help you to not only feel better almost instantaneously, but will help the hangover be short-lived.
2. Nap
Even if you are going to be out and about all day, sneaking a nap while on the bus, or during some downtime is one of the best things you can do to nurse your hangover. When hungover, most people note fuzzy, hazy or slow-paced thoughts. This is usually because they slummed into bed at around dawn, and had to wake up not long after. So sneak some zzz’s, your brain will thank you!
3. Pop an Advil (or two)
Popping an Advil is 30 minute relief of a headache. It isn’t really necissary to explain further how this makes you less irritable and more sweet like honey. Note: do not take acetaminophen (tylenol). Combined with alcohol it creates a substance that is toxic to the liver, and over time can cause some serious damage. Choose ibuprofen or aspirin as a pain reliever. If you aren’t a fan of medicating, you can try some homeopathic types, like making a tea with lemon and honey, or exercising.
4. Fruit Smoothie
Blend yourself a banana-berry smoothie, or eat an apple if you feel your stomach can handle it. It’s said that the added potassium boost from the fruit provide a lift to your body from all of the nutrients it flushed out the night previous. The natural sugars in the fruits also replace sugar lost.
5. Multi-Vitamin
Pop a multivitamin if you instead or in addition to the fruit smoothie. The sooner you replenish your body’s nutrients and vitamins, the faster it will get back to it’s regular self.
6. Carbs
Especially good when facing an upset stomach, eating carbohydrates in the morning and throughout the day can absorb any of the bile [yuck] or even alcohol that still may upsetting your stomach. Eating plain toast, or some crackers can really turn a day that would be spent out-of-commission [with your head in a toilet bowl] to out-and-about. Carbohydrates also help to hydrate the body’s sugars.
7. Facial
Because you were probably too drunk the night before, the make-up you wore out is probably the same look you are sporting in the morning [albeit spread 2 inches lower on your face]. Take a time out from gorging on nutrients to carefully remove all of the old make-up. Because your mascara has probably been left on a little longer than usual [read: 24 hours or more], you are going to want to pay special care in removing it. Old make-up left on the face can irritate the eyes, and being sure to remove every last speck can prevent blurry vision and prevent crumbly bits from falling in and irritating the eyes later. It also helps skin refresh, and look less dry and yellowed.
8. Tinted Moisturizer
The key to masking a hangover, is not to lacquer over it. You want to ‘veil it’ . If you simply go ahead and load pounds of makeup back on-top of your skin, it won’t be able to breath. Halfway through the day, you’ll experience crackling of the make-up, and creasing in your foundation. Especially when hungover, less is more. Cut your regular foundation 50/50 with a refreshing moisturizer and spread it thinly and evenly, paying special attention to the spots under the eyes, and any redness on the cheeks. Finish by lightly dusting with a translucent powder.
9. White Eyeliner
If you line the lower shelf of your eyes the ‘waterline’ with a opaque white eyeliner, you can cheat wide open and alert looking eyes. This helps make eyes look larger, fuller, and completely open, even if you are slumped over half-conscious.
10. Lashes
To complete the ‘open-eyed, well-slept’ look, finish by curling lashes and coating with a natural brown or brow black mascara. Before the mascara dries, wipe lashes with a dry tissue to remove excess mascara and prevent and clumpiness. Finish with a smile.
Model in Crown Copyright Gleb Semenjuk/Photoxpress
Party Wine Copyright HandSlegers/Photoxpress
Beer Bottlses Copyright Dethchimo/Photoxpress
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