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Hangover

 

How to deal with a Hangover

by Helen

For when you've been on the piss till 4 a.m., you've got a meeting at 9.00 and the taxi is due in 10 minutes.

The Essential Hangover kit:

Strong painkillers (Advil is especially recommended).
If you don't wear glasses get some clear lensed ones, they hide the bags & the bloodshot eyes and make you look businesslike.
Fizzy orange vitamin C tablets.
Water.

Essential Preparation:

If you suspect that your quiet drink may turn into a full blown session before you go out.....

Choose clothes for the next day and pack a makeup bag.
Place a pint glass of water next to the bed with a couple of painkillers.
Order a taxi for the morning.
Set two alarms for the morning.

Before bed:
If can get it together....
Drink the pint of water.

In the morning:
Drink more water & take painkillers.
Wash off last nights makeup, slap tons of moisturiser on to rehydrate face.
Slick hair with wax if short or scrape back if long.
Clean teeth.

Throw clothes on, grab make-up bag and jump in taxi.

At work:

Do *not* tell anyone at work you have a hangover - they will make your life hell and it rules out the possibility of sloping off early.

Avoid coffee, or orange juice - not good on a queasy stomach. Start off with a glass of water with a fizzy orange vitamin C tablet and move onto sweet tea.

Put makeup on but keep it simple. If you have the shakes try not to poke yourself in the eye with your mascara wand.

Once stomach has settled get some food down your neck. Try to eat as much as possible throughout the day and keep drinking plenty of liquids.

After work:

Start again!

 

 

Helen  

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