Health & Beauty
beach holiday? Five pairs of flip- flops in various guises. No, we don’t actually, as most of the time will be spent bare footed and in the evening when we dress up and clip clop over to a nearby restaurant our feet will be
slightly swollen and the thought of squeezing into those strappy sandals unthinkable.
Illustration by Lisa Wyman
It’s summer again and we are still
flamenco dancers. The suitcases are out ready to be packed. You are carefully folding the garments chosen for the trip so they will be wrinkle free on arrival, where you will hang them up and at the end of the holiday remove them from the wardrobe. Unworn. Yet again you make the vow to not take so much on the next vacation. You already know this is a big lie. Why do we feel
into the same old habits that will be our undoing. Not applying enough sunscreen, not wearing a hat, not drinking enough water, not leaving early enough for the airport, not seeing our bodies clearly in the mirror and leaving the house looking like Sweet Baby Jane. Note to self, ruffles are for children or
falling
Now that the weight restrictions at check in are making us think just a little more about luggage content we are having to do serious trimming of excess sarongs. A good holiday maxim is one for on, one for off, one for wash. Seriously, in that heat a cotton T-shirt is dry before breakfast. I do recommend taking a small tube of travel wash although frankly a squirt of shampoo does the same job and means one less thing to pack. Capsule wardrobes are unrealistic. No one can really make their one-piece swimsuit double up as an outfit for a night on the town with the skilful addition of hoop earrings, a nattily tied scarf and gypsy skirt. It’s quite possible, though, to have a capsule wardrobe of beauty products. A little time and thought will ensure that everything you take will be worth its weight in gold. This is a time to give your skin and hair a vacation too. Leave the hot rollers, the straighteners and the curling iron at home. A travel blow dryer is small enough to tuck in and not be too worried about it being excess baggage if you never use it. You hair will be suffering enough from salt, chlorine and the relentless rays of the sun.
Leave the hot rollers, the straighteners and the curling iron at home. A travel blow dryer is small enough to tuck in ...
the need to have so many possessions with us at all times? Are we fleeing our homeland due to incoming insurgents or are we spending two weeks at the beach?
The problem is that we are unable to imagine the heat that dictates we will be wearing little more than swimsuits, sarongs and one trusty dress. It’s only when the plane door opens and that first blast of dry dusty heat spirals in that we remember.
Do we really need a dozen pairs of shoes for a
Cover your hair up during the day. A big hat with a floppy brim or baseball cap is perfect. Your foundation can stay at home. Firstly, do not wear foundation when flying, as your face will suck it up for moisture, as your skin gets more and more dehydrated as you climb above the clouds. Stick to tinted moisturiser and concealer for the patches you feel must
be disguised. You should leave your face bare as you dare during the holiday giving it a chance to breathe, just slather on a good sun cream with a high factor. A tan will fade but sun damage and wrinkles will not. You can fake a tan on your face easily with all the fabulous products flooding the market. Wearing that big hat to protect your hair will also shade the top half of your face preventing sun damage that may result in uneven patches of pigment or
ANOTHER SUITCASE, ANOTHER HALL
Kitchen
by Rowena
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