Written by Marketa Barborikova Linden Windsor
When packing your luggage and chicest tote from a stylish getaway through Czechia, think about hitting the generic souvenir shops and think like you are in France and you return home with a bag of handy wellness goodies.
Czechia has also rich mineral water for your face to spray on and even the longer list of the thermal spas with the mineral waters for anything. And much more even in the ordinary supermarkets. Head straight to the local pharmacy (lékárna) for the ultimate hidden-gem wellness finds that effortlessly elevate your travel routine, but supermarket is fine.
I am sharing with you three ultimate must have products I have always stock on during my visits to the country I was born, like twice per year. Forget heavy luxury skincare and clunky supplements; the chicest lightweight items to slip into your carry-on include a soothing tube of traditional calcium ointment cream for wind-chapped or sun-kissed skin and any skin condition, compact effervescent magnesium tablets to keep your energy high while clocking thousands of steps on cobblestone streets and for easy to make electrolyte drink, and a bottle of famous local mineral water to stay radiant and hydrated on the go, cure your ailments, fight the cold and keeping good vocal chops for singing or just sprinkle it on your face during recent heatwave.
MAGNESIUM TABLETS AND CALCIUM CREAM
The magnesium tablets like you see on the photo are hailing from the ordinary supermarket and cost peanut money, but make a good amount of electrolyte drinks. Magnesium is good for many things and the shelves also offer another easy way to make the ,energy drink’ rather than posing with fake ,drip’ like many celebrities. These items are very affordable in Central Europe – it applies on Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as well.
The calcium cream is a small miracle and comes in smaller or bigger sized tub (cheaper and better for longer run without need to restock it). Calcium cream is a topical skincare product containing calcium-based ingredients. These minerals help regulate epidermal calcium levels, which play a role in cell turnover, barrier strength, and skin density. It works wonders with small amount applied on any red rush, any tear or injured skin area such as flaky skin etc. It has neutral pH and rejuvenates the skin. Powerhouse with dexpanthenol aka vitamin B5 works well on egzema and fights the aging liver spots. Very suitable for any sensitive skin. It costs fortune to order it online from abroad. Worthy to buy it in Czech republic, in any good pharmacy. Forget French pharmacies, but we have new Canadian French lady with all sort of tips about the cosmetics, beauty and the topics for older ladies – the customers. The calcium cream is also magical for anybody with anal fissure, with internal usage.
The water soluble vitamin tablets make good vitamin drinks. In any grocery store – the supermarket. Easy to prepare, just mix it with the water, good for your health and diet.
MINERAL WATERS
There is known Carlsbad Film Festival (not in California) and known mineral water Mattoni. For simple drinking or any health cure. Feel free to stock on the Becherovka alcoholic herbal drink, but the mineral water bottles are widely available in Czech supermarkets. Czechia has plenty of own thermal spas as well as rich mineral springs for any health issue. Vincentka is perfect for anything related with the throat, vocal chops and possibly more. Saratice is funny one – named after the small village stuck between Brno and Slavkov, close to the famous Napoleon’s battlefield, it helps you to make the speedy poo delivery. The offer of the mineral waters is huge to choose from. I like actually Slovakian non sweet magnesium mineral water called Gemerka. It is easy to travel with small or bigger water bottle full of rich mineral miracle. For all sort of things.
And yes, spraying your face with a random mineral water from the Czech supermarket – not with the sweet flavouring – is good and even better than French overpriced water mineral mist such as Vichy.
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