from my Sydney trip
- Conditioner for your hair is a must. It eases static, makes sure you don't get hat-head if you wear a hat, and you can go without combing or blow-drying. I use Sunsilk/Organics, the pink one with yogurt, weighty and smooth.
- Lotion to prevent skin dryness and thus eczema or other kinds of dermatitis. Currently I am using a lovely gift from Jan, from Bath and Body Works, a raspberry vanilla flavour. My mistake was not getting a manly one for C, thus he also smelt equally yummy, not necessarily a bad thing.
- Moisturiser for face, more than usual. Normally I use Clarins Multi Active Day Gel for day, but in Sydney I doubled up with Clarins Extra Firming Concentrate before the moisturiser itself. For night I used Clarins Multi Active Night Cream, after using Clarins Hydra-Care Mask, which I leave on for 5-10 minutes while catching the nightly matches in the hotel room.
- If you don't moisturise enough, or if you have eczema like I do, then it is wise to bring some betamethazone valerate cream, otherwise known as steroid cream. It gets rid of rashes, skin flakiness and redness. Available only through a doctor. OTC only offers hydrocortisone, a milder and in my opinion less effective version.
- Since it is dry, consider washing your clothes because it will dry overnight. Even socks and scarves. Then you can bring less. And leave the space for shopping!
- Always bring a shawl. It can be used as a blanket (on planes), a pillow (when rolled up), a scarf which can be tied in many ways, and of course, as a shawl. Plus it dries faster than woolly scarves. Just beware the static.
- Hand-moisturiser is important for the plane rides, to prevent said static, or at least, reducing it. I am currently using one that Jan gave me too, from Denmark. Small green tube like a Lion toothpaste-tube.
- Bring water bottle where ever you go! Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
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