Halloween- Thanksgiving- Hanukkah- Christmas- New Year's- yes, the final quarter of the season sure is festive, with parties aplenty and holiday happy hours seemingly every other day. It's enough to make your face spin, or at best enough to leave you with a major headache the morning after – not to mention puffy eyes, breakouts, dehydrated skin- other great tales.

This season of celebration is known for the indulgence many times, it brings by using it, even though one should feel 100% comfortable forgoing the spiked beverages that usually accompany these celebrations, if you are somebody that enjoys a glass or two or two but doesn't enjoy the consequences, this information is for you.

First, let's talk about why boozy drinks – simply a couple of portions of conventional wine – often have unwanted effects on our skin, overall appearance and general sense of wellbeing. Conventional wine and bottom-shelf spirits in many cases are laced with additives, like sugar, tannins, yeast, gluten and even animal products. In the case of wine, sulfites would be the most well-known contaminant. Some sulfites occur naturally – they're found on the skin from the grapes and could be found in other foods, too, like dried fruit – what's not too natural is when producers begin to add sulfites as stabilizers, often in the form of sulfur dioxide. These sulfites, particularly when combined with the naturally-occurring tannins in wine, can ruin our bodies by means of migraines, headaches and much more.

Bottom-shelf spirits, on the other hand, in many cases are cut with sugar and produced using low-quality ingredients. Just like low-quality food might have adverse effects in your health, low-quality alcohol could be even worse for you than it's top-shelf counterparts. Imagine a poorly produced spirit in terms of a GMO-grown carrot: it might look wonderful, however the taste and after-effects will let you down, whereas a spirit produced by a small distiller using organic ingredients will oftentimes taste better and lead to less of a headache the following morning (so long as you sip responsibly and maintain plenty of hydration). Thankfully, there are better choices out there- from biodynamic wine to some cleaner tequila. Continue reading for the seasonal recs:

For the wine-lover:

If your concept of a quiet night in (or perhaps a wild night out) features a glass of red or white, there is a whole new crop of better-for-you wines offered by organic and biodynamic producers. Our favorite sources for organic wine? Thrive Market, who enlists a Master Sommelier to curate their brand new wine selection. Using the objective of sourcing clean wines that mirror the ideals of clean eating, the wines offered by Thrive Market boast lower sulfites, which makes them potentially less harsh on the system. Most organic wine producers tight on intervention within their wine-making process than larger, more commercial distributors, making their profiles more diverse and their flavors often better quality.

For the beer connoisseur:

The first organic beer was produced – unsurprisingly – in Germany in – surprisingly – 1979. Yes, organic beer has existed for awhile and could be a great choice for that beer-lover who cares about quality ingredients, as well as avoiding the possibility pesticides that hops for conventional beer is produced with. Will you get a hangover with organic beer? Yes. However the quality of ingredients and insufficient pesticide use could curtail a few of the other unwanted side effects of beer-drinking. Where are you finding organic beer? Although some larger US producers have started offering organic options, one online source for small-batch craft and organic brews is Craft Shack, that allows customers of legal drinking age to buy their organic beer directly.

For the spirits enthusiast:

Just as craft beers have observed a boom recently, craft spirits, created in small-batch distilleries, often from local and organic ingredients have sprung up throughout. Choose organic spirits for at-home cocktails and pair them with mixers, bitters, and accoutrements to help keep the sugar content low but flavor profile elevated. Check out Liquor Mart for organic spirits options, or lookup local listings to discover what's being created near you.

Looking for a cocktail to serve that will not make you feel overwhelmed? Try the bright and citrusy spritz below which makes utilization of herbaceous rosemary and also the gorgeous satsuma oranges springing up in markets this time of year:

Seasonal Satsuma Tequila Spritz

Serves 1

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. organic tequila
• Grapefruit seltzer
• Juice from 1/4 satsuma orange
• Sprig of rosemary
• Ice

Place ice in a glass and add the tequila. Top with seltzer and a squeeze of satsuma (or other winter citrus). Gently crush the rosemary sprig between your palms and add to the glass, garnishing with a satsuma round. Sip and revel in!