The best post-party beauty tips to help you hide your hangover

16 January 2018
By Fashion Quarterly

If last night was lit and it’s written all over your face, consider this your recovery kit.

Big night bebs? Next time after-work drinks turn to tequila shots, you wake up fully clothed with a cold cheeseburger combo on your nightstand and you’re due at a family brunch in 30, recover your composure with these post-party pick-me-ups. Trust us, they’re the new blue Powerade.

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Cleansing karma

If you’ve slept in your makeup, vow to stock remover wipes beside your bed for next time, then remedy the situation ASAP with a gentle oil or milky cleanser. Rev up circulation and drain fluid retention with a mini massage as you cleanse, then shock your skin back to life by rinsing with cold water to reduce puffiness and tighten pores — apparently it’s Kate Moss’s go-to. Banish any lingering mascara with a cotton bud dipped in micellar water. 

Round of drinks

Make rehydration your top priority — inside and out. Applying cooling eye pads or a hyaluronic acid serum-soaked sheet mask will return you to your aesthetic A-game quicker than you can say “Never again”. If you had to be out the door 10 minutes ago, reach for a fast-absorbing gel moisturiser. Spritz with a face mist containing glycerin throughout the day.

Bright eye-deas

Eye drops are good but a brightening concealer is even better. Choose one with light-reflecting abilities to camouflage those dark circles. Applying a nude or white liner to the waterline of your eyes is a quick trick to make them look brighter, and a squeeze with an eyelash curler will lift lashes and help you look more awake.

Come up rosy

Reanimating your face with minimal effort requires a multi-tasking cream colour. Using a BB cream or tinted primer is like waving a magic wand; it takes two seconds to transform blotchy skin, and all the better if it has a pearlescent element. Less is more, though, so don’t be tempted by full coverage. A rose-pink product (at a push, even a lipstick will do) dabbed on your lips, cheeks and eyes will leave you fresh-faced. Just a quick lick of mascara and you’re good to go.

Hair-oes

If applying dry shampoo or styling spray won’t revive your limp locks, cut your losses and sweep your hair into a sleek ponytail or high bun — it’ll make you look peppy and restrain unruly strands. If your ’do has retained the aroma of last night’s location, mist it with a hair perfume to give it a subtly pretty scent.


Shop our top picks below:

 


BLAQ Hydrogel eye masks, $30 for 5 sets; Garnier Hydra Bomb Tissue Mask, $5; Too Faced Hangover 3-in-1 Replenishing Primer & Setting Spray, $50; Batiste Dry Shampoo in Rose Gold, $12; Goldwell Kerasilk Beautifying Hair Perfume, $46; MAC Studio Chromagraphic Pencil, $36


Words: Megan Bedford
Photos: Supplied and Pinterest

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