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#throwbackthursday to Tulum July 2018 two nights before I got married. I love looking back to this crazy time when I lived in Mexico for a month on my own leading up to our wedding. It was so tough being apart from Chris when we should have been getting excited about the lead up to our big day. But the joys of being an expat in the Caribbean meant that I needed to leave the territory for a couple of months. Tulum was my last stop and where I spent most of my time trying desperately to make the most of my situation. This photo was taken not long after Chris arrived and I finally got my photographer back! 😂 Now I look back at this time and appreciate how strong and determined I can be.

To celebrate the bank holiday weekend, the LYS journal is available for a limited time only at a reduced price of £15.99 [link in bio] Love your skin, Joanna 💋

So happy to be home with these two 💛

Yuck I’m in bed defeated by the common cold today! Naturally that means a series binge. I started watching a series with one of my favourite British actresses. Her name is Gemma Chan and she has the most ‘flawless’ skin. But my perspective of flawless changed today after watching a series called ‘I am...’ The filmography is very up close and personal using all the usual high definition technology. Though Gemma has the clearest of complexions, her pores were very noticeable when the camera was doing close ups. It led me to thinking, pores are normal. But we hear a lot from the beauty industry about flawless skin; which over the years has been warped into meaning poreless skin. We buy in to products for ‘minimising the appearance of pores’ or we are told this product will help ‘close your pores’. Hold up! ✋🏽 Close pores? 🧐 You CAN’T close your pores. Your skin needs ‘to breathe’. But you CAN use skincare to help reduce the size of your pores. But to what size exactly? Do any of us even remember what ‘normal pores’ look like? Are we expecting products to give us that filtered, airbrushed smoothness? Today was a real wake up call for me. If the lovely Gemma Chan has pores visible (and she’s basically a skin goddess) then I will stop trying to measure my skin against unrealistic skin images.

I need to do more of this 💛 I don’t think there is such a thing as SUP for horses...

Don’t let ACNE be the reason you SAY NO to splashing around in the ocean this summer! #SAYNOTOACNE holding you back!

Counting down the days 💛 We’ve been away from home for nearly two weeks and I’ve been dreaming about Sugar and Honey every night! 🙈 I know my sassy little friends probably haven’t even noticed I’ve gone. But they will definitely be happy to see my suitcase full of horsey treats!

Where do you journal? 🌎 ✨

It’s never to late to LOVE YOUR SKIN. The LYS journal is available on @amazonuk Link in bio ☝️ Fundraising for @mindcharity

I used to think I would never be ‘gorgeous’ so long as I had acne. And I used to think I would never be ‘happy’ so long as I had acne. Now I’m happy, feel gorgeous and still have acne. If you’re at WEEK 31 - you know ☺️

Chris, I’m still not sure how you convinced me to be your girlfriend. But I’m so happy you didn’t give up on me. 💛

Chris and I eloped in Tulum on 1st August 2018. When we got back to our hotel after an exquisite dinner I selected a random love song playlist on Spotify and crossed my fingers for a good first dance song. As a happy coincidence, Chris’s favourite female artist, Adele played with ‘Make you feel my love.’ Listening to words as we danced, I remember thinking that if Chris could write me a song, it would be with these lyrics. 💛

In a few days Chris and I will be celebrating our first wedding anniversary. It’s been a crazy year. But I don’t think we’ve ever had a quiet one! As we are travelling on our anniversary I wanted to share with you some of my favourite LYS moments from our special day. Though you can’t really see in this photo, I hadn’t been able to get rid of a cluster of infected spots on my cheek in time for the wedding. It was important to me that Chris captured the moment though. This was me. This was who he was marrying. Not the extensions. Not the beautiful dress! [OMG the dress!] And it meant so much to me that I no longer felt like I had to hide this part of myself. [like I had done in the first two years of our relationship!] I know wedding season is in full swing now. So I just wanted to say, whatever anxieties you have about your skin leading up to your big day, believe me when I say; IT WILL NOT MATTER. To the person you are marrying; it will not matter. And on your ten year anniversary; it will not matter. Remember acne is temporary but the love you share will last forever! 💛 #loveyourskin

This beautiful spa is where I spent my first two years of island life. Nestled in the cliffs overlooking the most breathtaking turquoise ocean. A bit different from circling the M25 everyday!

Once I had my first taste of adventure there was no stopping me. Did people think I was mad for wearing makeup to go wake-boarding? Yes they did. Did I care? No I didn’t. I was having way too much fun! 🧜🏽‍♀️

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