Picture this - you are getting ready for a night out and make efforts to doll yourself up and look hot. What you look like the next morning after a night of drinking however isn't so pretty. What happens once alcohol is involved will eventually catch up with you over night, and over time, so is it worth it? Does alcohol really (eventually) steal your beauty? Yes.
This article is not about the obvious risks alcohol has on your health, this is about alcohol and your beauty (a pure vanity piece). While drinking in moderation once in awhile is not a bad thing, the effects are still lingering. Alcohol will dehydrate your skin, cause weight gain, result in broken veins under the skins surface, bloodshot and puffy eyes, enlarged pores, blotchy red complexion, loss of contours in your face, lack of resilience and even make you stink. Nothing is pretty about any of that and who wants to look like a hot mess (like Tara Reid or Lindsay Lohan)?
For those of you who invest as much in to their lotions, potions and beauty products as they do on weekend drinking, your efforts are fruitless and a waste of money. If you are going to drink, drink a glass of water inbetween alcoholic drinks; not only to dilute the alcohol, but also hydrate your body as well (and combat a hang over if possible). Notably as we get older the side effects of alcohol age us more harshly. Wouldn't you agree?
My reality check? Years ago I could drink without anything more than a hangover headache the next day and still manage to look good, but now that's not the case. Not because I am older, but because the effect alcohol has on me now when I wake up the next morning just makes me look like I had a 'rough night' with puffy eyes and blotchy skin that I have to deal with this ugly side effect for days. Nothing I can use or do makes me look better and so it's totally not worth it to me anymore.
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So next time you order a round (or 2, 3, 4...) of drinks, think about what it's ultimately doing to your looks. Moderation is key and it affects us differently, but once you start noticing how bad you look, it's time to reconsider if it's worth it at all. Cheers.
