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Today is my last day in Fiji, so what a good day to tell you about my skin in Fiji and post a few nice beach pics.
Our room was just outside this yoga sign, so we did yoga on the beach right here.
From the second I stepped off the plane in Fiji I was freaking out about my skin. Because Brisbane has been very dry, and the plane was EXTREMELY dry, but Fiji is on the other end of the scale - humid, humid, humid. So I was kind of worried about my skin and how it would react going from very dry to very humid weather. Would I get a massive breakout? Would the natural oils in my skin have a little panic?
Well, I shouldn’t have bothered worrying because my skin has been getting better and better every day. I’m not sure if it’s the relaxed lifestyle, the salt in the air or removing myself from the stresses in Brisbane …but today my skin is great (I hope I haven’t just jinxed myself). I haven’t even been eating THAT well either, we’ve had to struggle a bit to find meals that contain some kind of vegetable and I’ve had pancakes and maple syrup from the buffet every morning at breakfast …yum. Resorts I’ve discovered are not good for vegetarians or healthy people. They even had chocolate danishes and lamingtons in the breakfast buffet today, I was strong and stayed away from those, but damn I love pancakes.
This was before the pancakes!
This takes me back to an email I wrote in my min-course, which some of you may have already read. It’s about giving yourself a break and finding something relaxing and stress-free to do. My acne is caused by stress so I guess a little Fiji getaway with a stack of books, plenty of food and a bit of yoga has worked wonders for me.
I know not everybody can afford the time to do something like travel to Fiji for a holiday, but what you can do is start planning for a local getaway which will take you away from work and all the little problems that you have in your life. You need to find that special oasis that will allow you to full relax and well, get bored!
Stress acne is something that adults experience more than teenagers, so it’s something that adults could benefit from a lot more than those younger than us. I’m hearing more and more from women who had pefect skin until they hit their mid to late twenties when they got struck by bad skin and cystic acne that seems to have come from nowhere. This is the type of acne I’m talking about that could really benefit from some time off. Hey, I didn’t have too many spots when I got here, but those that I did bring with me I’m quite happily leaving behind in Fiji.
Fran
Fran Kerr is the founding editor of High on Health. To cure your acne, sign up to Fran's FREE acne cure mini-course or download her latest how to guide, Eat Away Your Acne.
5 responses ↓
The beach photo was gogeous!
Lucky gal! =)
*gorgeous
haha
[...] it has not been that great on my skin. Strangely, when I travelled from Brisbane to Fiji (from kind of dry to very humid), my skin loved it. That was when my skin finally started to clear [...]
hi fran i just wanna say how pretty u look, and will facial hair cause acne?
Hi Markuz, no, facial hair will not cause acne. And thanks for the compliment
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