To ask for your top tips

[Sandsunsea]

I am loaded with the cold, I look and feel terrible. I need to go out to a very important event in 3 hours. What can I do to feel better and to look better urgently! My face and eyes are puffed and my head is thumping! I really should be going to bed but instead I really need to look my best and make a great impression tonight. Please share your top tips for winging it!

Lie down with cucumber on your eyes and a face mask. Put some fake tan on before you go out and fake eyelashes if you have them - this will make you look less puffy and awake.

Take lots of tablets..... I hope you feel better soon

Thanks, cucumber is a great idea 👍

Put Vicks on your feet and then put socks over the top. Always help clear any congestion etc when i feel blocked up

Cold tea bags on the eyes work as well.

Are you joking solemnly ?

Massage your face with a couple of ice cubes for a temporary reduction in puffiness.

Solemnly Was about to post the same thing!

Yes OP, Vicks on feet then socks over the top. (Old ones preferably).

I'm going to go and search for the Vicks! Need to try this

I thought the vicks was something you were supposed to do at night, not when you go out

No tips I'm afraid, I've spent 2 days in bed sleeping. Finally stopping sneezing yesterday and went to work today looking like death, lemsip and sleep and not giving a shit how you look is all I can manage atm

MrsJames I only do it when I wallow in my bed haha! It feels to weird to walk on.

There's a Lisa Eldridge video on where to press ice cubes wrapped in cloth on your face to reduce all the puffiness and blocked up ness.

It might be this one:

If you haven't got any ice cubes you could always improvise with frozen peas.

Second the teabags on the eyes, I find them more effective than cucumber.

Haha, no it does work! I usually do it at night and wake up the next day feeling better but it can't hurt to do it now and hope it gives some relief

I am back now, didn't get time to put Vicks on my feet but I did cucumber the eyes then put on enough foundation to ice a cake and took a cocktail of lemsip pills, coffee and lucozade and managed to pull off a not too bad night! Now it's time to go to bed and wallow in self pity and sweaty snot fever dreams.