As one of the most recognizable faces in the Philippines today, the actor, TV host, and Oxecure ambassador Alden Richards, whose daily life mainly revolves around work trips, shares his travel essentials this holiday season.
The holiday season is a cherished time for celebrating with friends and family and is filled with annual traditions. Most importantly, it calls us to move more, sit less, and spend it outside our homes so we can be in a different place far from our ordinary routine.
For many people, it’s planning the perfect Christmas holiday destinations. But for the actor who often travels for work and side trip vacation, it means livelier and much more eventful days ahead. As Alden Richards immerses himself in different work environments, he finds it important to also take care of himself.
The Bustling “-ber” Months for the Actor
For Alden, “-ber” months are usually busier than the previous months because many projects are compressed to finish before people go on holiday break. While work-swamped months are challenging, he also feels good about it. “I get excited to take a break so I can spend time with my loved ones, family, relatives, and friends who I don’t get to see and spend much time with,” he says, expressing his delight.
The holiday also means going out of town to relax and enjoy a good trip as a way to refresh the mind and body. “Traveling, to me, is one of the best experiences anyone can ever have! Explore the places you haven’t been, learn new things, meet new people, and treasure every moment of the experience.”
Alden’s Top Five Travel Essentials
Planning for a trip is like planning his day-to-day life. Alden makes sure that he knows what he’ll do for a specific day. It’s much easier to move when Alden knows he has a plan, so he brings his top five travel essentials that have significantly helped him in his trips.
1. Mobile Phone
Alden keeps his phone close to him because “it keeps me connected to my family and friends no matter what, and very crucial din is having information available to me anytime.”
2. Power Banks
“Power banks are extra juice. You’ll never know when you’ll run out of battery, so I usually carry two power banks.”
3. Water Bottle
You can buy bottled water almost anywhere, but Alden recommends you always consider carrying one yourself. He mentions that, “isang abot mo lang nandiyan na.”
4. Sanitizing Kit
The pandemic has taught us to carry alcohol, sanitary wipes, and tissues. It should be no different today as we try to acclimate to the “new normal”. For Alden, “it always keeps our hands clean, lalo na sa’ting mahihilig kumain.”
5. Oxecure Sulfur Soap and Body Acne Spray
Last but not the least is skincare. Like everybody else, Alden also needs to take care of his skin.
“The Oxecure Sulfur Soap and Body Acne Spray that I always bring, it’s more than for sudden breakouts; it’s more of my everyday use.” For Alden, Oxecure Sulfur Soap cleans his body well, so it’s beneficial in maintaining the condition of his body. Meanwhile, he uses Body Acne Spray to fight the acne that can appear all year long no matter the season.
Oxecure is a dermo-cosmetic skincare brand with a complete acne-control line to help control and prevent breakouts. The first time Alden went to a beach in Palawan for vacation earlier this year since the pandemic, he showed off his pimple-free body, made possible by everyday use of Oxecure Sulfur Soap and Body Acne Spray. It made him even more confident, and he loved its cleansing effect.
But due to life’s priorities, he doesn’t often get the chance to be somewhere else, so when given the opportunity, Alden tries to visit the places he wants to see as much as he can. For short holidays, he usually goes local, with his recent trip being to Palawan. But for international travels, primarily for work, he uses his recovery time to make a few days’ side trips like the US concert tour and brand shoot in Bangkok.
With so many travels, Alden emphasizes the importance of his body care essentials: “Since we are not used to the climate sa ibang lugar and iba’t ibang activities ang gagawin, must have are my Oxecure essentials, the Oxecure Sulfur Soap and Body Acne Spray, to avoid any sudden breakouts or if biglang magka-breakout I’m ready na!”
Complete your travel essentials like Alden and be on the go wherever this holiday season takes you.
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