Just Because It’s Hot Doesn’t Mean You Need To Be A Hot Mess
Posted by: Lily Q
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1:50PM, Thursday August 13th 2009
I sweat like a beast when it’s hot out and I’m running around. There. I said it. I’m so not that girl who somehow looks perfectly composed as I enter the cool air-conditioned office from the punishing 90-degree heat outside. Sorry. But my personal heat-induced nastiness has given me time and incentive to find ways to contain the terribleness. Here’s how to keep the moisture at bay on those days when it’s very, very clear that you’re minutes away from looking like a hot mess.
- Always choose a black tee over gray or white. To put it bluntly: Black shirts will hide your sweat stains and gray ones won’t.
- Choose a full skirt in a flowy material instead of a pencil skirt. Get a little ventilation going up in there.
- Stay the hell away from synthetic fabrics; they will not be kind to you. Something breathable, like cotton, is always better.
- Break rule three only if you want to get super sneaky with a moisture-wicking tank. This one does a Spanx-esque (but no so constricting) shaping sort of thing and pulls sweat away from your skin.
- Carry a handkerchief for face pat-downs. Nothing gives away a high-body temp like a face that looks like it came out of a pool. Control that business.
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Coral
wrote on August 13 2009 @ 02:45 pm: [report]
Blotting papers and touching make-up is a must as well. Oh and drink lots of water so your body gets the nutrients that you sweat away and you will sweat less.
joyy
wrote on August 13 2009 @ 04:09 pm: [report]
@Coral - Um, drinking water is good, but it doesn’t get nutrients into your body. Gatorade/etc or drinking water + eating will do the trick if you’re concerned about how much salt/etc you’re sweating out.
Coral
wrote on August 13 2009 @ 04:14 pm: [report]
That’s true. Electrolytes are necessary. I much prefer Ultima (you buy it in a powder form and mix it with water) because it has no sugar, but it’s still has plenty of electrolytes.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on August 13 2009 @ 05:34 pm: [report]
Brawndo, it’s what plants crave.
impoddity
wrote on August 13 2009 @ 08:01 pm: [report]
Summer is my least favorite time of year for this very reason. :( Nothing can compare to a Central Florida summer for the fact that when you wake up it’s hot, it gets even hotter as the day wears on, and then it storms. Then the sun comes out again and capitalizes on the hot rain sitting in puddles on the hot ground. And let’s not get started on the bugs….
hollyxxx
wrote on August 14 2009 @ 02:29 am: [report]
90 degrees? How about 107? Any tips on avoiding melted makeup when it appears in as little as 5 minutes?
spanishbutterfly
wrote on August 14 2009 @ 02:13 pm: [report]
uggg i have a problem with my sweat glands after givin birth to my daughter… i sweat like a dog its horrible an embarrasing. And to top itoff i sweat right in the middle of my breast , why ?? why?? do i have to have sweat glands there?? makes me happy that i dont walk around wit double D’s.. i keep tissue in my pocket to wipe down the sweat.