Terrific travel tips

 The good news is that with just a few travel beauty survival tips, you can face your next vacation or business trip with a smile — and the confidence of knowing you could run smack into George Clooney in the coffee shop and not have to hide.
Professionals from flight attendants to travel show hosts were asked for advice on “looking your best when you’re on the go,” and the following 12 tips are what they came up with:
Moisturise
Apply intense moisturiser the night before you are going to travel anywhere, particularly if you are flying. This will help increase hydration in your skin before you’re exposed to the dehydrating effects of cabin pressure or air conditioning in a car.
Forgo the foundation
Skip foundation on the day of your trip, and instead wear only moisturiser. Before you land, add a tinted moisturiser for a fresh, healthy look. If you just can’t leave the house without some foundation, celebrity makeup artist AJ Crimson says be sure to put on a primer first — a silicone-based liquid or cream that puts a layer of protection between skin and makeup. It will help foundation and blush last longer and help keep your skin from becoming dehydrated.
Mist your skin
To refresh makeup while travelling, never put on more foundation or blush. Instead, use a spritzer to keep the skin refreshed, supple and hydrated and add a dab of light moisturiser. Clarins Expertise 3P Screen Mist is a worldwide first: a new health and beauty reflex in the form of a lightweight mist that you spritz over your face, neck and décolleté, over regular skin care and make-up products. It leaves an invisible, highly protective veil on the skin to protect its youthful radiance and shield the skin from the effects of artificial electromagnetic waves.
Blot out oily skin
To keep oily skin from getting out of control while travelling, bring blotting papers or rice papers and dab the “T” zone as often as necessary. This dabs up the shine and excess oil without stripping out the moisture, so you’ll arrive at your destination looking fresher. Remember dab, don’t rub!
Add some shimmer
If travelling leaves you feeling a bit green around the gills, perk up a tired or sallow complexion with a soft shimmer powder or cream. Stroke it lightly on the tops of cheeks, bridge of the nose, and lips for an instant pick-me-up no matter how tired (or queasy) you feel. Or use a combination of cream blush and lip balm to add color and moisture without dehydrating skin.
Skip long-lasting
lipsticks
To give lips colour that will last through your trip, skip the long-lasting lipsticks — they’ll only dehydrate and parch your mouth. Instead colour your lips with Clarins lip colour tint – its fresh, fruity shades create a vitamin-charged look that brightens the face. The semi-transparent colour always looks natural and luminous. The lightweight texture literally melts over lips and leaves them soft and comfortable. Its slightly sweet taste makes this lipstick a real treat. Alternatively, use the Colour Quench Lip balm — a lip gloss in a tube which offers a superb make-up result and real lip care benefits. Transparent and natural-looking, lips are dressed in fruity, luminous colour. It perfectly nourishes and repairs lips, ensuring optimal comfort. And its delicious cherry fragrance is simply irresistible. Reapply the lip balm throughout the trip and your lips will look “just-made-up” fresh.
Chill out puffy eyes
To reduce under-eye puffiness after a long trip, Pam Inman, American Hotel Lodging Association vice president, says to put crushed ice in a washcloth and apply it under the eyes. “It’s an automatic wake-up call that makes you look and feel immediately fresher.”
Perk up your peepers
Watching back-to-back in-flight movies, reading that paperback novel cover to cover, or watching the road while you drive, can also cause you to arrive at your destination with red, watery, not-so-attractive eyes. To avoid it, don’t forget to bring eye drops. They will lubricate and soothe tired eyes.
Love your naked lashes
Avoid wearing mascara while travelling, says the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown, star of the Passport To … series. “If I take a little nap, I wake up and find the mascara has left a migratory trail down to my cheeks.” She also suggests skipping cream eye shadows, which have a tendency to move around on your face as you snooze.
Keep your hands
 off your face
To minimise breakouts while you’re on vacation, dermatologist Erin Welch, MD, says to avoid touching your skin while you travel. “You can pick up any number of unknown bacteria that can result in any number of skin problems after you arrive,” says Welch, a professor of dermatology. If you’re going to apply makeup while you’re in transit, Welch says use an antibacterial hand wash on your hands first to further protect your skin
Slather on the
 hand cream
Never leave home without a tube of your favourite hand cream in your bag, and use it liberally throughout the trip, says esthetician Maxine Siegel. This will not only keep your hands from drying out, says Siegel, but in the event you do need to wash them, it can help counter the effects of harsh commercial-grade soaps found in public restrooms.
Pack your
 beauty products
Pack your normal beauty products to take with you. Continuing with your normal beauty routine will help avoid breakouts which could occur if you have to use a different brand and will save you foreign currency. If your normal products are going to weigh you down too much or you want to take them on the plane in your hand luggage, the perfect solution is a Clarins Discovery Kit. Three trial size products come in a neat travel purse covering three ranges:
l Clarins Men includes: An active face wash, a moisture gel and an after shave soother.
l Combination/oily kit includes: A gentle foaming cleanser, alcohol free toning lotion with iris and hydra-matte lotion.
l Normal/dry kit includes: A gentle foaming cleanser with cotton seed, a toning lotion and a hydra quench cream.
Use Clarins to keep you looking your best these holidays. Enjoy yourself and don’t forget your sun protection!
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