I'm in the process of recovering bad flu. Yeah flu! My nose is red and I look like Rudolph. I had my medicine and since I'm in a beauty mood, I ask my Professor Google, "What is the beauty tips of recovering from flu?"
Then I found this so I think that I wanna share these with you.
Beauty Tips to Conceal Cold and Flu Symptoms
Make a Beautiful Recovery
by Drew Taylor, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Looking pretty is not typically a priority when suffering from a cold or flu, but the simple truth is that people often do not have the luxury of an extended recovery at home. Once the contagious stage passes, it is time to go back to work. Looking sickly may make your job more difficult, particularly if you have to work closely with colleagues or interact with the public.
Preventative measures can help you avoid the lingering signs of illness.
Leave the red nose to Rudolph.
Your standard toilet paper or facial tissue may seem plenty soft, but you may change your mind after a sneezing fit or days of dealing with a runny nose. Keep soft facial tissue, preferably the kind with lotion, available. Take extra care to moisturize your nose and the surrounding area before the skin gets irritated. Preventive measures are the best option because irritated skin may be further inflamed by beauty products or moisturizers.
Prevent chapped lips.
Fever and dehydration can lead to chapped lips. Staying hydrated, which is an important part of recovering from the flu or a cold, and applying lip balm before bedtime goes a long way in keeping lips moisturized. Burt's Bees all-natural lip balm is made with beeswax. For around three dollars a tube, it is available at a number of stores including Walgreens, Target and Ulta. Any lip balm is better than nothing, especially when your lips hurt--real bad, but Burt's Bees lip balm soothes lips without being too thick or sticky like similar products.
Once it is time to leave your sickbed and face the world, you can look pretty by using these easy beauty tricks to conceal or relieve the signs of a flu or cold.
Treat chapped lips.
Mild exfoliation can help stop lips from peeling. Gently brush lips with a toothbrush to remove dry skin. Commercial products, such as philosophy's Kiss Me Exfoliating Lip Scrub, also help remove dry skin from lips.
Go easy on the eye makeup.
A few good sneezes or watery eyes can smear makeup and leave you looking like a melting clown. Skip the dramatic, smokey look and keep eye makeup to a minimum. If using mascara, try a water-proof formula.
Revitalize tired eyes.
Puffy or tired eyes are one of the greatest indicators of sickness. If puffiness is a problem, try using a cold compress. Products such as soothing eye gels or cooling masks also help reduce swelling. From drug stores to beauty supply stores, many stores sell cooling masks for as little as ten dollars. The reusable masks are made of plastic and filled with gel similar to the lunchbox cold packs. Place the masks in the fridge or freezer and wear the mask for an easy spa treatment at home.
Get rid of red eye.
Use eye drops, refer to the package directions and warnings, to soothe tired, red eyes. If seasonal allergies are the cause of your red eyes, try a product such as Visine-A.
Change your foundation.
Sickness and staying indoors can lighten your normal skin tone and make your foundation look like a mask. Try mixing two or three drops of facial moisturizer with one or two drops of foundation. The result will provide more sheer coverage that helps even your skin tone.
Purchase the extra beauty products, such as lip balm, when you stop by the drug store to pick up some medicine to treat your cold or flu. You can recover beautifully and get back to work without scaring your clients and colleagues.
These are good advices. I did follow few especially wearing the lip balm. I did look like a zombie with chapped lips and red nose. I couldn't cover any make up on my nose area since I keep wiping the itchy nose so I just covered my panda eyes with BB cream and compact powder. At least, people can only see my flaw nose. And it's really bad. Wuargh!