While most of us are grimly facing our desks again for the first time in days following the long festive break, spare a thought for Salma Hayek.
The Hollywood beauty has been on holiday for days on the exclusive Caribbean island St Barts, where she must be bored out of her mind again following yet another day on the beach. Or not.
Just swell: Curvy Salma took the plunge and braved the waves for a dip
Ocean blue: Salma contemplates the idyllic Caribbean sea
Under cover: Salma wipes off the sand in a beachside cabana
After the hardships of celebrating New Year's Eve at Roman Abramovich's swanky star-studded £5million party on the isle, the 44-year-old actress was seen lounging around on the sand looking stunning in a bright orange Vix bikini.
The former Ugly Betty and 30 Rock star is on the luxurious island - a 'collectivity' of France - with her millionaire French husband Francois-Henri Pinault and their three-year-old daughter Valentina.
Future's bright: Salma was wearing a bright orange bikini on her extended holiday on the Caribbean island
Desert island: The family had virtually the whole beach to themselves
Salma married Pinault in a Valentine's Day ceremony in Paris in 2009 and they had a second, even more lavish wedding ceremony two months later in Venice.
It followed a rollercoaster romance, which saw the pair break off their engagement in in July 2008 - 10 months after Salma gave birth to Valentina in Los Angeles.
However, the couple are clearly back on track and enjoying their romantic festive sunshine break, where Salma has faced an unrelenting schedule of sun, sea, sand and five star luxury.
Yummy mummy: The Frida actress played with her daughter Valentina in the surf
Sandy: Salma wasn't afraid to lark around and get messy on the beach with her daughter - or perhaps she was using the grains as a natural exfoliant
She's resting up before her next project - voicing the character of Kitty in Shrek animated spin-off Puss In Boots, which will star Antonio Banderas in the title role.
It's due out in December next year, just in time for next year's festive market.
The Mexican-born beauty is also due to star in The Driver, a thriller also due out next year.
Bottoms up: The star looked trim, relaxed and make-up free as she enjoyed her time on the deserted beach
Shipshape: Salma, Francois-Henry (in blue) and Valentina get on a motorboat after visiting celebrity friends Jason Statham and his girlfriend Rosie Huntington Whiteley on Sunday
