Skin & Wellbeing
layering in autumn is an art form and I'm still learning
Okay so the temperature has properly dropped this week and my skin is already doing that thing where it feels tight by midday even though I've moistur…
the one product switch that actually sorted my autumn skin
Right so every year I tell myself I'm going to be proactive about swapping my routine before the central heating kicks in. Every year I am not. But th…
autumn swap I keep forgetting every single year
Every September I do this. My skin gets tight and a bit flaky and I spend two weeks blaming stress or diet before I remember — oh right, I need to swa…
my skin is so confused right now
Right so we've had like three warm days in a row and my skin has completely lost the plot. It was finally settling into a proper routine after winter…
SPF is not optional, I don't care what anyone says
I'm not a dermatologist but six years of obsessing over this stuff has taught me one thing — skipping SPF in summer is just... no. Doesn't matter if i…
skin just knows when summer's ending
Honestly didn't change a single thing and yet. Skin is drier round my nose, that tight feeling's back, and I've got a bit of redness on my cheeks that…
skin is bored of my routine I think
Been using the same products for like four months and my skin was fine with them. Now the weather's doing that annoying in-between thing and suddenly…
sunscreen is not enough apparently
Right so I've been smug about my summer skin routine for ages. SPF in the morning, done, sorted. And then I noticed my skin looking a bit... papery? T…
skin just drinks differently in the heat
Right so I've always assumed summer skin = oily skin and basically left it at that. Turns out that's not really how it works for me at all. My skin g…
hot weather is genuinely ruining my skin and I've only just clocked why
So I've been noticing my skin feels tight and dull even though I'm drinking loads of water and layering my hyaluronic acid like religion. Took me an e…
wind is worse than sun and nobody talks about it
Honestly the sun gets all the blame but the wind off the coast here does more damage to my skin than any UV I've clocked this summer. I come off a shi…
autumn skin just hits different doesn't it
Right so it's not October chaos this time, more like... November has crept in and my skin is doing that thing where it feels fine and then you catch y…
swapped one thing and my skin stopped freaking out
Honestly I resisted changing my skincare routine for ages. Like, if it's working why touch it. But every summer I'd hit the same wall — skin looking d…
water isn't enough and I learned that the hard way
Right so I used to think staying hydrated in summer was just... drinking loads of water. Job done. Turns out that's only half of it and my skin spent…
summer skin is doing my head in a bit
Right so it's properly hot now and I've been noticing my skin looking a bit... dull? Which is weird because I'd expect the opposite in summer. But hon…
the humidity thing is making me rethink everything
So I've been noticing something a bit odd lately. My skin feels... sticky? But also somehow tight at the same time which makes zero sense and yet here…
skin in summer is its own thing honestly
Three years of the same routine and summer still catches me out. I've been using collagen for a while now and generally my skin feels pretty stable bu…
SPF is not enough on its own, right
Been working the front desk all summer with the doors propped open half the day and honestly my skin has been parched. Like I'm putting SPF50 on relig…
barrier vs hydration, they're not the same thing
I know we talk about drinking water constantly and yes fine, it matters. But honestly what's been making an actual difference for my skin this summer…
humidity is doing my skin dirty this year
Right so I know summer's technically winding down but London has been disgustingly humid lately and my skin is still in full panic mode. I'm not a der…