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Summer Camping Bummers -- Solved

Bigfoot called, and he begged us to share these camping beauty cures
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Poison Ivy
Wandering into a camouflaged patch of poison ivy is one of those great-outdoor moments that can totally wreck a camping trip. More than 350,000 people get too familiar with poison ivy every year in the U.S. If you're in that number, turn to products infused with natural ingredients for relief. Calm inflamed and itchy skin with tea tree oil (which has antiseptic, antifungal, and drying properties) and speed up the healing process with cleansers made from jewelweed and pine tar. Both contain extracts that bind to the same skin molecules the toxins in poison ivy are after to block them out. (But if the swelling and blisters get severe, get thee to a hospital, pronto!)

Rough-It Remedies
1. The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil, $5.70
2. Burt's Bees Poison Ivy Soap, $8
3. Grandpa's Wonder Pine Tar Bath & Shower Gel, $8.99

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Humidity
You get points for having the good common sense to leave your hairstyling tools at home -- a flat iron is about as pointless as packing microwave popcorn when you're camping. But we all know the number humidity can do on your hair. When water vapor in the air gets trapped in between hair molecules, hair goes all Don King circa 1984 -- dry, frizzy, puffy and, in a word, terrifying. The malt and yeast in a strong beer can smooth out the frizz (but we don't recommend pouring a tall one over your head -- find a shampoo with these ingredients). If you must have more products to keep your hair in check, pack a leave-in shield to repel humidity, and keep those flyaways in place with a weightless, anti-frizz styling spray.

Rough-It Remedies
1. Avon Advance Techniques Frizz-control Lotus Shield, $12
2. Living Proof No Frizz Weightless Styling Spray, $36
3. Lush Cynthia Sylvia Stout Shampoo, $29.95


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Allergies
Ahhh, fresh air. Breathe it in, along with the gorgeous greenery and fragrant blossoms that can ruin your camping trip with chronic congestion, watery eyes, and endless achoos. So along with the three days of grime you're wearing, your face maybe looks like its been through boot camp. You can camouflage a red nose and under-eye bags with an expert tinted palette, brighten eyes with a calming, hypo-allergenic eyeliner, and soothe any inflammation with a cooling eye balm. Yeah, we know. We're recommending makeup for a camping trip. But we know some of you can't bear the thought of a day without eyeliner. This one's for you.

Rough-It Remedies
1. Almay Wake-up Eyeliner + Highlighter, $7.49
2. Make Up For Ever 5 Camouflage Cream Palette, $38
3. Boscia Super-Cool De-Puffing Eye Balm, $26


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Sweat
Whether you're hiking, hauling campfire wood, or pulling off the greatest picnic in the history of camping, you're going to be sans AC, and you're going to sweat. Your 20-minute showering ritual isn't an option, so bring along a pack of wipes loaded with nutrients to keep your skin in tip-top shape. And, because a great scent can erase the trauma of living without mascara and lipstick for several days, treat yourself to a powder deodorant to keep your pits dry and swampy feet smelling like a tropical cocktail.

Rough-It Remedies
1. Ole Henriksen Truth To Go Vitamin C Wipes, $15
2. Lush Coconut Deodorant Powder, $7.95
3. Yes to Cucumbers Soothing Hypoallergenic Facial Towelettes, $2.99

When you're camping out, you want to be the girl who whips together a tent in 10 seconds flat. The one who knows how to forage for edible berries and start a campfire with twigs and two rocks. Like MacGuyver, with ovaries. What you don't want to be? The girl complaining about mosquito bites, a sunburn or your greasy hair. But there's a fine line between being prepared and packing like a Kardashian. You camp. You don't "glamp."

But when you're out in the wilderness for days, with nary a shower in sight, you're going to feel funky. And grimy. And there are the inevitable mishaps that go hand-in-hand with being in the woods, all of which can ruin a great vacation: wandering into a patch of poison ivy, being the all-you-can-eat buffet for a cloud of mosquitos, missing that one critical spot with sunscreen.

So how do you pack like a pro -- without turning into a pack mule loaded down with products? You pare it down to the essentials -- items that address boo-boos and the beauty routines you simply must maintain.

So before you gear up (or think about sneaking five shades of lipstick into your fanny pack), check out the 18 products we picked to help you keep your camp out low-maintenance and stress-free.

JUL 2, 2013 | SHARES
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