Just Plane Pretty

Travelling this summer? European vacation perhaps? Well, I am, and I am trying to decide what the heck to bring in my carry on for that 6-9 hours of travel. Being in the air can leave you dehydrated, tired and puffy. Not good.

Try to prepare. Try to eat lightly and exercise before travel. I try to avoid salty foods which can cause you to retain water and swell up. The night before get your skin ready for the stress of recycled air. Try a hydrating mask, tone, and ensure you wear a rich moisturizing cream for overnight. The next morning, cleanse and apply moisturizer to damp skin. Keep your makeup very light. Wear just the bare minimum. You are going to want to keep reapplying moisturizer throughout the flight, so skip the foundation. Instead, try a light cream blush, concealer, and a tinted lip gloss to trap moisture.

Drink up. No, I don't mean a cocktail. Your body dehydrates 3 times faster when you are in the air. Ensure you drink a lot of water, water, water. Buy a 1.5 to 2 litre bottle of water and drink it continuously over the course of the flight. Pack some tea bags for when the cart comes around. Your skin will thank you when you deplane.

What to bring:

My sister and I love the travel sized Evian Mineral Water Spray. Spray directly on your face and it instantly revives your skin, and counteracts travel fatigue.


Philosophy, (available at Sephora) has a wonderful set called "Miracle Worker" which has everything you need in travel sized bottles. It includes a facial cleanser, daily moisturizer, perfumed shower gel, shampoo & conditioner, and a foot and hand cream. Hands are also very important to keep hydrated. As long as everything fits in a sandwich sized ziploc bag, you are good to go.


Don't forget your body butter! I tend to skip the perfume and opt for a scented body butter. My favorite? Sephora's Body Butters-Whipped Body Delights. The Coconut Nectar scent is summer in a jar! So yummy!


Hair. Don't forget your baby travel brush, some hair spray, and hair elastics. When I'm basking in the sun in the French Riviera, you better believe my hair will be in a bun at the top on of head in a big ol' floppy hat. While in the ocean, protect your hair from the sun with Aveda's Brilliant Damage Control. Helps to protect against UV damage.

Sun Block. What's this? Well, considering when I go to the "sunblock area" in the drugstore, I go straight to the Hawaiian Tropic Dark Tanning Oil, I thought I better do some research on sun protection. I hear the sun is very different in Europe. I think I may need a 30 SPF.

Other items that would be worth bringing in your bag: a small travel pillow. Do you really want to use the ones on the plane? No. Dirty. Face mask for your eyes for when you go for a snooze in total darkness. Toothbrush and toothpaste to brush before you land, and most importantly your iPod and a good book. If you bring a small part of the comforts of home, I find you will ultimately enjoy your experience a whole lot better.

Moonbathe-May 31, 2007

I'm overjoyed that MAC's Moonbathe will be launched in a couple of weeks. With summer here, these are the perfect colours to wear this time of year.

Here is what we have to look forward to:

Eyeshadow
Cranberry - Reddish plum with pink shimmer
Cosmic - Warm yellow gold with gold pearl
Saturnal - Deep olive with gold pearl
Firespot - Intense orange with gold pearl

Lipstick
Sunmetal - Warm bronze with silver pearl
Solar - Plum Berry with red and gold pearl
Eclipse - Deep rust with gold pearl
Honey Moon - Warm pink bronze with gold pearl

Lipglass
Dark Flower - Warm plum pink and gold pearl
Elaborate - Soft low karat gold with pearl
Crescent - Soft maple with gold pearl
Moonbathe - Sheer tangerine with white and gold pearl

Sheertone Shimmer Blush
Other Wordly - Warm yellow gold with gold pearl
Afterdusk - Sheer neutral pink with gold pearl

Glimmershimmer
Astral Rays - Sheer gold with white pearl
Ritzy - Peachy bronze with gold pearl

Liquidlast Liner
Molten Sol - Rich gold with intense metallic pearl
Point Black - True black

Nails
Golded - Soft peach with gold lay down
Fireball - Intense tangerine with gold and orange pearl

MAC SUNDRESSING

Wow, how can you tell summer is here? Considering my apartment's temperature wouldn't go down under 75 degrees, and the duvet is officially off the bed, and I'm going bare legged to work, I would say, yessss! Finally!

So, with that said, and you can tell from my recent posts, that I am completely infatuated in looking tanned. I love wearing white and bright colours this time of year to even heighten the "illusion" in looking darker than I really am.

Last summer, I bought 2 bottles of the MAC SUNDRESSING. It's an amazing product. Better than the Smashbox Body Lights Bronzer

It's a soft mousse formula, that dispenses onto the skin via a pump. DO NOT be afraid of this product. It actually looks like chocolate syrup when it comes out of the pump, but it blends so nicely, and it smells delightful! You can use this everywhere! Spreads easily over face, legs, arms, shoulders and décolletage and it's water resistant. It's wonderful for those nights out when you are wearing a skirt or shorts and you want your legs to look really dark. Don't bother wearing this product when it's extremely humid. It will pill off and make you look like you have DIRT on your skin! HA!

Available in 4 shades. Medium, Medium Dark, Dark and Deep Dark (best one). About $22.00 for the bottle at MAC.