My Top Five Travel Tips for Women

Before you travel this holiday season, you may want to keep these helpful tips in mind from our guest blogger Debbi K. Kickham, author of The Globetrotter’s Get-Gorgeous Guide, a beauty book for traveling women.

I’ve been a professional travel writer for more than 25 years. After all those trips, I must say—for most women, even if you leave the house looking like Catherine Deneuve, you’ll wind up resembling Gerard Depardieu after a day’s worth of travel. That said, I have an arsenal of natural beauty and health tips to serve as ammunition against looking your worst on the plane, at the airport, and at your destination. There’s no doubt that practicing healthy habits can contribute to having a radiant, beautiful look. So try some of these tips—they just might be your visa to a vivacious-looking face and figure!

1. Coconut oil is a great multi-tasker to travel with. Use it as a makeup remover, skin lotion or hair conditioner. Some people even drink coconut oil—it acts to maintain cholesterol levels, and it contains short and medium-chain fatty acids that can help take off excess weight.
2. Broadcaster Joan Lunden always swears by this travel tip: Pack your own satin pillowcase in your carry-on, and put it over the pillowcase in your hotel. The satin keeps your hair and face from getting unwanted creases (wrinkles!) and is much softer on your skin and hair than cotton.
3. Traveling by plane? Bring a small three-ounce spritzer of rosewater or facial toner. Misting your face before you apply moisturizer allows it to sink into your skin much better and wards off dehydration from stale air.
4. Whether you’re traveling by car, ship, train or plane, bring plenty of healthy snacks with you such as almonds, fresh fruit, low fat string cheese, and baby carrots. These are much better for your figure than salty peanuts!
5. I never travel ANYWHERE without my eye mask—it lets me sleep in a cocoon of comfort on planes and trains, and allows me to get serious shuteye in the middle of a sunlit day, when I desperately need a nap.

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A professional travel journalist for more than 25 years, Debbi Karpowicz Kickham is a contributing travel editor for Luxury Travel Magazine, a former editor of Robb Report, and a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. Debbi’s articles on beauty and travel have been published in several national publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times and InStyle Weddings. Many of tips mentioned above are featured in Debbi’s newest book, The Globetrotter’s Get-Gorgeous Guide: Diet and Beauty Secrets of Travel and Beauty Pros, Traveling Executives and Celebrity Travelers, now available on Amazon.com. Debbi is also the author of I Love Men in Tasseled Loafers, and the co-author of Off The Wall Marketing Ideas. Follow Debbi on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MarketingBabe.