How Do You Deal With Beauty Emergencies?
Hi my loves, how is your Tuesday treating you so far? Sorry for not posting yesterday but I was busy running errands and meeting friends. I’m going home to Tokyo tomorrow — I’m pretty bummed I just missed a beautiful snow day which happened yesterday.
Let’s get on with today’s Beauty Debate eh?
So do you panic when you’re in a beauty emergency or are you a laid back lass who rides with the flow? Would you choose not to go out? Or would you grin and bear it? Or look for a solution?
For me, I would feel wound up if I’m missing a significant piece in my beauty routine, for example, any product to do with de-clogging pores — from La Roche Posay’s Effaclar Duo to the Ettusais Acne Skin Version Up Extra. And my Clarisonic. I couldn’t live without my Clarisonic.
However, I had an epiphany when I forgot to bring my charger for my tapped out Clarisonic on my recent month-long holiday. I panicked. I debated with myself if I should buy a new Clarisonic in Australia but I quickly binned the idea because it is a pricey item and my present one is about six months old only. I also thought of just manually swirling the Clarisonic on my face — still not effective.
Then I had a brainwave to exfoliate my skin with a salicylic acid scrub daily — St Ives Naturally Clear Green Tea Scrub was a life saviour! It is gentle enough for daily exfoliation and my pores have never looked clearer! I was thankful this beauty emergency turned into a beauty discovery.
This is seriously a solid product and would highly recommend it for those with problematic skin. I did give my skin a break every two to three days and I would only use it at night, especially if I had been wearing sunscreen and makeup. I might even dare to wager than my skin looks better using this product than my trusty Clarisonic…
Although this situation turned out well for me, I had other beauty disasters which I just cringed through it. I guess I would still “carry on with the show” but my self-esteem would certainly take a beating.
Just a year ago, I went to a wedding in Sydney and I didn’t have a curling iron with me but I wanted to style my hair. I watched this video on how to get no-heat waves but I was just facing Murphy’s Law that day. I tied up my wet hair in small bunches as instructed in the tutorial and you are supposed to use hair spray to lock in the curls. But I used a very old hair spray that my mother-in-law probably left on the shelf for ages — it was very liquidy (and lost most of its power to spray) and did not hold my curls.
I ended up with frizzy hair that looked like I didn’t condition it. I kept trying to comb it out but gave up and tried to forget my hair at the wedding. I look at photos from that day and my hair looked so awful – gaaaahhh. Note to self: do not try something new at an important event. Oh and do not wear black stockings that have lint on them. Yeah, that was me — I looked like I had furry ankles so I took them off at a nearby toilet before entering the wedding venue. I ended up shivering when the sun went down. Boohoo poor me but lesson learned — be prepared!
Do you have any beauty disaster stories to share with us all? How did you pull through or what happened in the end?
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ooO! the curls the curls! i believe it was the hairspray to blame. i typically put my hair in a bun after 75% blow drying and it curls quite fine, but it doesn’t hold so it leaves me a nice wave which i like. if you had time, you could remove lint from the stockings with a damp hand(it’s quite time consuming but it’s easier to pick up the lint as it gathers rather than picking it off dry); only if the lint is loose though it doesn’t work if the lint is from putting it in a washing machine or dryer
a good face moisturizer is something i just have to have; if not my face will flake and it will be a nightmare and going without it would mean dabbing my face with water every chance i get. and i have yet to find a foundation which i can get away without a flaking mess when i don’t use a face moisturizer.
@kimby: haha! yes, I should’ve just invested in a good hair spray. I’ll try the bun idea next time – those multiple hair ties were just too fiddly! that’s also a good tip for dry wintry days….I get flaky skin around my mouth and it bothers me. I should try and tote around a good moisturizer in my beauty pouch.
This reminds me of when I forgot to take my Clarisonic Mia with me on last year’s trip to Philippines/Singapore. I was so bummed because I had charged it fully and it was doing wonders for my face, and then I forgot to pack it into the suitcase.
Thanks for the heads up about the St. Ives! I’m so thrilled that a budget product turned out to be so good. Going to try that the next time my skin acts up and I need something.
@Liz: I know right…? And you wanted to look your best on your holiday too….grrr… I was actually using the St Ives green tea scrub for my back and chest just to prevent clogged pores from sneaking up on me, so I have tried it prior to my trip and knew it was gentle enough for the face.
I didn’t bring my clarisonic during my stay in London for makeup school.. I ended up just scrubbing with a peel gel and it did the trick too! I always find that facial sprays are a life saver especially for my work professionally
great post!
@Nic Nic: Ah yes, a peel gel does wonders for exfoliating the skin properly. Pray tell how do you use facial sprays to save yourself in your work? Do you use it to correct mistakes?
This is such a good question/topic…. I try to fix the problem if I can. The worst of all time was in high school when I thought I’d cut my own fringe/bangs. NO! Lol! What happened is that I kept cutting at it trying to fix it, and had an uneven fringe for a few weeks till I had enough $ to see the hairdresser. Never again!
@Sarah: I’ve tried cutting my own bangs too – it was a disaster! Some things are better left to the professionals.