Affordable skiing/snowboarding clothing or accessories
I just saw a post within the last few days where someone is going skiing soon... Since it's winter, AND I'm going on a trip in about 3 weeks, I was wondering if any of you ladies (and gents) have suggestions for affordable ski/snow wear. I ordered blue ski pants off eBay for about $36, but some of the other people in our party can't spend too much
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I'm going to assume this is your first time skiing but if not, you'll probably know most of these already so feel free to skip any :)
If you're not planning to already, bring the sunscreen & chapstick with you while you're skiing. When you ski, you sweat and I find that my sports sunscreen slides off really easily so you should apply it every two hours or so when you're on a ski lift or something. Keeping that in mind, if you haven't already bought your sunscreen, try looking for a tube type sunscreen and not a hard plastic bottle so just in case you fall when you ski, you fall onto a squishy tube that won't hurt you as much as falling onto a hard bottle.
Definitely bring lots of socks. Both normal cotton socks and thick woolen socks. I made the mistake of thinking I wouldn't need thick woolen socks when I first went skiing and my feet hurt so much. Bring an extra pair of socks with you so you can change them after you ski because your feet will most likely get wet and incredibly cold.
If you usually wear make up, don't. When you sweat, it'll slide right off and mascara will just look quite odd with the goggles/sunglasses sun-tan 'panda' eyes along with mascara 'panda' eyes.
Prepare now with some simple exercises to strengthen your leg muscles. Believe me, skiing takes the hell out of your energy. I have friends who are really fit and active and they get incredibly tired as well. Especially if you're going downhill skiing. Downhill ski boots are different to cross country boots in which they make you bend your legs slightly and that takes a toll on your legs.
Moisturize a lot. A day of skiing gives you wind burn on your face and your face will feel really red and raw.
Also, tie your hair back and try not to expose it. It won't look cute like you're a snow bunny but if it starts raining/snowing your hair will get wet and it'll make you cold later on when you're not skiing.
Meh, this is all I can think of at the moment. Hope it helps.
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