Celebrity Plane Secrets
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Mega crowds in a confined cabin with recycled air. Sound like a recipe for the common cold? Well, that’s what the holiday travel experience can seem like with a hacking cough at your back and a runny nose just a seat away. To ward off the next wave of coughs and sniffles, we’re looking to the stars for their tips. Some seem smart and others are downright zany—mists of silver spray anyone?—but judge for yourself:
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Goop founder-cum-actress Gwyneth Paltrow revealed on Dr. Oz that she sprays down her airplane seat with the metal stuff and mists it in the air around her. She says it’s for the silver’s antimicrobial yet environmentally-friendly properties.
This gooey moisturizer is best known as a salve for dry spots and lips, but Nicole Richie finds another use for this all-purpose tube from Down Under. In an interview with the New York Times, she said she puts the ointment up her nose to ward off germs.
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Model Lydia Hearst isn’t dabbing this anti-bacterial gel on cuts or scrapes. Rather taking a page out of Nicole Richie’s playbook, Hearst told Forbes that she sticks it up her nose because she believes it’ll kill the bacteria floating around the plane.
This one is straightforward: Lysol kills germs. But it’s not exactly the handiest thing to tote around. No matter, Enrique Iglesias told InStyle he travels with the disinfectant and sprays it all over airplane bathrooms.
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Fulvic Acid
Relatively new on the alternative ingestibles scene, fulvic acid is one component of decomposing soil. Sounds rotten? Celebs and models like Jessica Stam, Rachel Zoe and Jessica Alba don’t think so. All are fans of Fulphyl, a fulvic acid drink launched this past spring by the cult Los Angeles based shampoo brand Phylia de M., that claims to boost digestion and healthy hair growth. Founder Kazu Namise also says the liquid acts as an “amazing in-flight protector to stave off germs and radiation.”
