Grooming routine for hangover mornings

If life has taught me something with low blows (straight to my liver), is to adapt as much as I can my everyday life with my strange obsession for partying. During Fashion Week, where from since the early mornings there is a glass of champagne waiting for me to help me understand the collections better, it is very important that my personal care routine adapts, If not I would look as if a truck had just run over me in all the pictures. Here is a list of products that I have discovered and will help you guys a lot to look (and feel) better if there were any mistakes done yesterday. Moral hangovers are treated separately.

Estée Lauder Advance Night Repair Serum. This is the world’s best selling serum, the reason is that it promises, that even if we do not sleep the recommended 8 hours, to regenerate our skin as if we had had a deep night’s sleep. It is recommended to be used by nights, but it can also be used during the day as a base for the rest of your routine. 

La Mer Gel Crème. Nobody knows my real age, but many people give me few years younger than I actually have. Way younger. Maybe one of the reasons is because I use the Crème de La Mer on my pretty face, because with the life I live, I should look like 45.The gel version is much lighter but with the same Miracle Concentrate based on algae, which causes the skin to recover most of the hydration lost the night before. I use it every morning, especially in those where I have been more affected.

Peter Thomas Roth Brightening Bubbling Mask. The mornings where I need an extra help to get rid of puffiness or give some healthy color to my face, I use this face mask, that when applied is a blue gel, but after it turns into a bubbly white foam (just as shaving cream).Ten minutes later, I rinse what’s left , since it slowly disappears. And seriously, almost like a magic act ,my face looks way fresher. As if I only had two drinks.

Sephora’s Green Tea Peel Mask. Another way to get rid of puffiness when I had a few glasses, is to use one of these Sephora disposable paper face masks. You put them on a clean face, while you get dressed in the morning (or getting ready to board yet another flight) and 10 minutes later, the serum they have gets soaked to give hydration and drain the skin

La Mer The Illuminating Eye Gel. Generally, the place that more gives me away when “I’m tired” is my dark circles, so thats why I use this cream that helps eliminate them. Also, it makes that over time you wilt get bags under your eyes or wrinkles, I feel that around the eye area is the place where age is most noticeable amongst men.

Bobbi Brown’s Tinted Eye Brightener. In case the night before had been very rough, the eye cream is not enough, I have to move to bigger leagues: a little dot of this concealer, recommended by the lady of the Bobbi Brown counter according to my skin color, makes dark circles disappear almost completely. Use it very carefully: It shouldn’t be noticeable that you are wearing absolutely anything, also look for the help of an expert to choose the correct tone and avoid looking like a raccoon.

What tricks do you use to not look hangover? Leave me a comment and I will try them.

x JP

Estée Lauder, La Mer and Bobbi Brown available in department stores such as Palacio de Hierro. Peter Thomas Roth and Sephora products availables at Sephora.