Who else woke up with a splitting headache on January 1st? Fess up and raise your hand. We've all been there. January 1st was mostly spent in bed for me, with a brief break when I crawled into the kitchen to scavenge for food and then back to bed. Think bear in hibernation mode. 

Next year though, I'll be prepared. Here are a few hangover cure tips and tricks that the chick staffers swear by. And for fun, a few zany and totally crazy hangover cures from around the world: 
 

1. Aluminium Foil Mask: Your body isn't the only part of you that suffers from a hangover, your skin does as well. Take a large strip of foil (large enough to make a mask for your face) and chill in freezer. When it's nice and cold, poke out holes for eyes and to breathe and sit with it on for about 10-15 minutes to de-puff. (via refinery29.com) 

2. Coffee: This is a tricky one. As a caffeine junkie, when I don't get my java fix, I go through withdrawal symptoms (headaches, major irritability to name a few) which makes a hangover worse. However, at the same time, coffee constricts blood vessels which can worsen a hangover. Play it safe instead and drink a small amount in morning after a glass or two of water. Hydrate and you can drink more as the day goes on. 

3. Water: This one is obvious but a must. Drink water before you go to bed that night and if possible, throughout the night as well. In the morning, drink more. More water = less pain when it comes to hangovers. 

4. Sprite or Soda Water: As alcohol is broken down in the liver, acetaldehyde is created. This is what causes a hangover. Acetaldehyde then turns into acetate which doesn't cause any of the hangover symptoms. To accelerate acetaldehyde turning into acetate try drinking Sprite or soda water. (via refinery29.com) 

5. Sport Drinks: One of my own go-tos, I always buy a bottle of a sport drink after a night out to replace electrolytes. Plus: it's going to help with that dehydration headache. 

These aren't cutting it for you? Why not test out one of these bizarre hangover cures from around the world: 
 

1. Tripe Soup from Turkey: yup, it's gut soup for your gut! 

2. Katerfrühstück from Germany: means 'hangover breakfast' and consists of rollmops: pickled herring wrapped around pickled cucumber and onion. 

3. Lemons from Puerto Rico: it's said that placing lemons under your armpits before you drink helps stop a hangover....hmmmm.... 

Got any hangover cures for us?

(via health.com, mommyhasapottymouth.com, gizmodo.com)