I travel a lot for the job, so I try to travel light. To cut down the bottles/jars that I have to
bring, I try to figure out skincare formula on the fly so I can still care for
my skin without access to my regular skincare collections. I do bring two things with me: a mix of
Vitamin pills, which help to boost the immune system, and a mix of tea bags
including green tea and various herbal teas such as lemon rose and chamomile. You don’t have to bring tea bags because most
of the hotel will at least provide green tea and chamomile.
Here are some tips for those of you who are on the road
often.
When I order
meals for room service, I am usually provided with a small jar of honey and a
few slices of lemon with tea. You can
easily make a green tea facial scrub, a honey chamomile mask, and a lemon chamomile
toner right out of your dinner/breakfast tray.
Cherruby green
tea facial scrub
After finishing
the tea, squeeze dry and open up the tea bag.
Mix the tea grinds with a little body lotion and just a small drop of
shampoo to make a consistent semi-fluid paste.
Hotel rooms usually have both in small bottles in bathroom. Apply the paste over your face and scrub with
small upward strokes and circles for about five minutes. Wash off with warm water. Now, you should have a clean face ready for
the nourishment from a honey chamomile mask.
Cherruby honey
chamomile mask
In a tea
cup, add a table spoon of honey. Then add
a little hot water to dilute the honey so it’s easily spreadable. Open upon a chamomile tea bag and pore the
chamomile grinds into the diluted honey.
Let the chamomile soak up the liquid and soften. Then, add a little more hot water to make a
spreadable paste. If you have normal or
oily skin, squeeze into the paste a few drops of lemon juice. Mix well to provide a mask paste. Spread a thick layer of the mask paste over
your face, draw a tub of hot water, and enjoy a hot bath while wait for the
mask to dry. If you want, throw in a bag
of green tea or chamomile into the bath water.
Well, that’s my routine. You can
certainly skip the hot bath part, I wouldn’t recommend it though.
Honey is
anti-bacterial and good for acne. Even
if you don't have acne, this recipe provides a great moisturizing mask.
Chamomile has been found to lighten skin tone, reduce skin inflammation, and
relieve eye fatigue and dark circles. The
mask is effective in relieving stress on your skin caused by travelling.
Cherruby lemon
chamomile toner
Dilute your chamomile
tea down to almost colorless. You can
use the concentrated tea—I just don’t like the yellow color of the tea. Squeeze in lemon juice. Mix well and then chill the mixture in the
small fridge in your hotel room. Soak a
cotton pad with the chilled liquid and wipe your face as a face toner.
Cherruby Vitamin C
toner
Dissolving an
effervescent Vitamin C tablet in a cup of water, add half a table spoon of
honey, and squeeze in a few drops of lemon juice. Mix well and use as an on-the-road facial
cleaner and toner. I often carry a small
bottle of the liquid (less than 3 ounces) in my purse with a few cotton
pads. The air in airplanes is usually
very dry. For long distance flight, I use
the liquid both as a cleaner and a moisturizing toner.
There are a few more formulas
using wines and beers, which are abundant on the road. I will provide those in future posts.
Thanks
for reading.
Connie
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