Ah, the holiday season is upon us! I for one am very excited, I always feel like the whole year is a blur and last months are when all the fun happens! And with all the upcoming Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Eve dinners and parties, I know all of you are going to ignore my rants and (more rants) and are gonna enjoy yourselves and party hard! That’s fine, the end of the year (and all your accomplishments you have done this year!) is worth celebrating – it’s OK to break the rules a bit (although please, no smoking! There’s just no point to it). And as always, drink in moderation and never drink and drive.
However, you already know the post-party characteristics: hangovers, tiredness, bags, zits and feeling like you are never getting out of bed is part of the aftermath. Whether it’s a small gathering or a big dance club, here are some tips on how to look fresh and have energy the next day after a night of celebrating.
- Before going to a party, don’t forget to eat something. You know the drill; empty stomach and alcohol do not match.
- At a party, don’t mix your drinks. You are likely to get drunk too fast – you want to remember the good times the next day, don’t you?
- Also, if you’re at a place where you don’t know the people. Never leave your drink unattended. Get a trustworthy friend to look after your drink or buy a new one.
- Before you sleep, you absolutely have to wash your face and remove your makeup. No excuses, lady, this is the number one makeup rule, after all. I don’t care how tired I am, I always do it and always feel relieved that I did the next day. Forgetting to wash your face and removing your makeup and sleeping will lead to clogged pores, zits, eye infections, you name it. Not very pretty at all!
- Also, whether you’ve been drinking (and especially so if you have) drink two big glasses of water before you sleep.
- When you wake up, drink fresh juice that is rich in Vitamin C. First of all – yum; and second of all it wakes you up and refreshes you.
- A warm shower and a good scrub of all the previous nights second hand smoke (don’t you hate that?!), grime and dirt is also needed. Finish off your shower with a rinse of cool water to wake you up!
- Grab some tea bags and put them in the freezer for 2 minutes, then take them out and put them over your eyes. It instantly refreshes tired eyes and calms eye bags.
- This is my personal favorite. Some cold eye drops (put them in the fridge the night before!) will cool your eyes and wake them up as well. I love doing this, highly recommended! You can really ‘feel’ all the coolness in your eyeballs!
- Next, you gotta ‘fake’ looking awake! For some more practical tips and tricks check out my post Quick Makeup Tips to Look Awake.
Those are my tips on how to look remotely alive after a long night. 
What are some of your tricks you do to look fresh ‘the morning after’? I’d love to hear, do add them in!
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Thanks for theses tricks, i really need them at the moment ^^ My only other trick is to make sure that you will get at least 8h of sleep after a party, because, trust me, you’ll really need them !
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10 hours is even better hehehe
hey renee its another great post! Thankyou!
hmm, like most end of year party gonna be wild for most teenagers. Most of the time are alcohol beverage or hard liquors. I’m getting sick of hangovers the next day, and what I do is, here’s the tips:
Before you drink
- Take Vitamins B&C (you also can sub with juice e.g orange juice grapefruit etc)
- Drink Milk, as it will help absorb alcohol slowly.
While you drink
- Drink water; always order a cup of water when ordering an alcohol beverage. Water will help rehydrate your system. The more water you drink, the better solution after the night.
- Eat while you drink: Try to eat while you drink if possible. Food will not only help absorb alcohol slowly, but also slow your drinking pitch down.
- A cube of butter; place a cube of butter in your beverage which helps too.
After
- Have a good rest, and before that drink a glass of water, just as renee post in her tips!
That’s all the tips that I tried before and it works! I hope it helps you too, esp if you don’t wanna get hangover the next day. And don’t drink and drive, please be considerate for other road user! Cheers!
Aw, thanks so much for your comment, Raimy! I love your extra tips.
Also, I never knew that about milk and the cube of butter!
How interesting… !
Guilty as charged! I don’t smoke and I wash my face before I sleep ALWAYS, but the drinking part is problematic. One more tip: if you’re drunk, please don’t drink coffee. It does not work and it further dehydrates you. Take berocca or something.
Plus, to wake yourself up, use a cucumber mask pre-chilled in the ref for a refreshing feeling 
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Thanks, Kaye! Haha. Alcohol + coffee is like my worse nightmare. I’ve never been a big fan of liquids in general, all I like is water and mango juice LOL.
And YES to pre chilled products…heeeeeeaven!
Thanks thanks thanks for the tips Renee….I really found them useful , although I knew some of them. I start my clubbing session nights so I really need to wake up in a good shape and not like I was hit by a train. Anyway I don’t use to sleep at night time, but a night spent in the club can’t be compared with a night spent at home on PC.
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My pleasure, Tavia. I’m really happy to hear my tips have helped!
Haha – “hit by a train”… you know what, a night spent at home on the computer sounds better than clubbing for me
hahaha! Never been much of a party person. :S