Oh I know, I know. You guys have heard me whinge about my post-holiday skin enough. Yes Tine, it’s been almost a month! We know you had shitty post-holiday skin, stressing on the word “HOLIDAY”!
Okay, but if you could just indulge me for just one more post, I’d like to share with you how I sorted my awful skin situation out in just less than 2 weeks. Now for those who are new here who, very gratefully, did not hear me complain about my post-holiday skin, I spent over 2 weeks in Malaysia in February and unfortunately, with all that travelling, my skin took a toll. It became severely dehydrated and at that time, I didn’t bring any hydration serums with me. You see, I didn’t think I’d need one given that I was going to be in a country that is very humid most of the time. At that time, the serums I had were Paula’s Choice Super Antioxidant Concentrate and La Roche-Posay’s Redermic R. My moisturiser was also a very light one, which was Uriage’s Aqua Precis Refreshing Moisturising Cream Gel. My skin was dry and very tight after each cleanse and my travel skincare at that time barely did anything to help.
By the end of the holiday and when I got home to Melbourne, I had developed dry and peely patches from my jawline to just under my eyes. My skin was scratchy to the touch and resembled nothing short of fine sandpaper. It was very dry and lacklustre. Cleansing my skin used to be something I enjoy doing but I didn’t like doing it then because my skin would feel even tighter after that despite using emollient cleansing creams.
That was when I knew I had to do something about my skin and soon too. Less than 2 weeks later, oh the angels sang; my skin was back to normal. My mum could even see the difference on my skin via Facetime. Here’s what I did to get my skin from zero to hero.
