Everyone has their favourite method for getting over a hangover. A duvet and a day off work is a popular choice (but risky if you were out the night before with your office mates). Some people favour the ‘hair of the dog’ route and go for a trip back to the pub at lunchtime (best to order something you didn’t have last night). And my other half once knew someone who swore by eating a fry-up on the toilet (the mere thought of it is making me feel hungover and I wasn’t even out last night).
I’ve regaled you in the past with some beauty tips for the morning after, but this is about products specifically designed to ease your suffering. Yes, such things do exist, so I would stock up now before the party season begins in earnest.
It is rare that you find packaging with copy on it so funny you laugh out loud. In fact, I actually don’t think it’s ever happened to me before. Anatomicals stuff is genius. The product names are hilarious, the instructions gloriously irreverent. It’s like Philosophy with a sense of humour. Anyway, for the morning after, why not check out ‘The Bender Mender’ herbal remedy, ‘Hungover? Rub it in Why Don’t You?’ headache relieving balm or ‘No Old Bags Allowed’ eye gel, all reasonably priced and available through their own (a bit old fashioned) website as well as ASOS and other online stores.
Now this idea will only work if you’ve opted for the ‘stay at home’ method of recovery rather than the Baby Bio (my friend Jane’s name for a glass of Pinot at lunchtime the day after a big session). It’s a candle. I know. Not just any candle though, a Hangover Helper Aromatherapy Candle (£12.99) which has a blend of essential oils designed to fight nausea, relieve tiredness and help you feel more positive. The third may be difficult to achieve if everything after 11.30pm is a blur and yet you have a receipt in your purse for £70 cashback at 2am in a bar you have never heard of. This of course has never, ever happened to me.
What about your hair? It looks dreadful, by the way. Like Sharon Osbourne’s. Never fear, one of those kind hairdresser people has come up with some products for ‘hungover hair’. Who’d have thought? Containing lavender, Daniel Galvin Junior’s range (from £3.49) detoxifies and revitalises worn-out tresses and ensures the only talent show judge you look like is that other, prettier one. What’s her name again?
Finally, time to address what can only be described as those piggy little peepers poking out of that puffy old face. If you’ve got time, an eye-mask can achieve more than a bucketful of eye gel, and what better way to do it than with something designed specifically for over-indulgers? The aforementioned Anatomicals have a brilliant mask called ‘Puffy The Eye Bag Slayer’, and I also found one called ‘Hangover From Hell’ which has the kind of packaging that would make it perfect for a gift.
Now off you go and have fun. And if none of these work, I’d maybe set up some kind of shelf by the loo with salt, pepper and ketchup on. Just a thought.
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Talking about hangover hell, a pub near me is offering pie, mash and LIQUEUR for lunch. Yum yum.
Liqueur? That’s more than hair of the dog. It’s the dog itself.
Good luck with that.
Just this morning I got up thinking I remember (I’ve got a good memory) the days when a packet of chewing gum and a couple of drops of Optrex would be enough to get me back on my feet after this little sleep. Now, sadly, my lack of sleep has nothing to do with Po Na Na being open too late, and I seem to need a lot more help feeling normal after 3 hours’ kip. Thanks for the tips!
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