Holiday Survival Guide Tip No. 9: Cold and Flu Edition

Cold and flu season is not fun, frivolous or fabulous, but you could make a case for it being fashionable since everyone is doing it. This weekend, I got in on the trend —— and came across a wonderful folk remedy for a sore throat and it features beauty items!  Take some apple cider vinegar and pour it in a glass of warm water (put in as much vinegar as you can stand), add honey, and cayenne pepper, mix it up and gargle it down. After the first gargle-and-spit, gargle and swallow a little. Your throat will feel really warm, but certainly not achy and it does not taste too bad, at least it's not sickeningly sweet like cough medicine. In fact, if you like spicy food, it tastes kinda yummy.

Oh, and you want to know where the beauty products come in, right? Well, honey softens your dry, chapped lips, so just put a dab on. And sipping apple cider vinegar in warm water before meals is supposed to boost your metabolism and help you slim down, so you can look at my cold as a public beauty service for everyone.