Cheat Sheet – When to use natural, when to reach for …
Before you read on – when I use the below terms I take them to mean: Chemical-led: products that contain non-‘natural’ ingredients – anything. Natural-led:…
Cheat sheet – Consumer and Clinical trials, In Vivo vs In …
I am often met with claims of ‘clinical trials’ and ‘independent studies’ when reviewing skincare. It’s to be expected, brands want to give the consumer…
Cheat Sheet – How much product should you use?
So yesterday I was quietly minding my own business on Twitter when Stylist tweeted out the picture below, linked to a post, saying ‘Thank God,…
Cheat Sheet – Why I don’t like ‘battery operated cleansing …
Well if ever there was a gentle way of saying the word that you’re all saying in your head now, that was my attempt. Assuming…
Cheat Sheet – Double Cleansing
Over the last few months I have been asked a lot about double cleansing. I think it peaked this month because I am quoted in…
Cheat Sheet – When to do your routine when you’re …
I am frequently asked by readers that exercise in all manner of ways for the best time to add their skincare routines. As there are…
Cheat Sheet – Where should I spend most of my money …
The answer is always, always serums. The rise of serums has definitely, in my opinion, bumped moisturisers off of the top spot – although they…
Cheat Sheet – Hungover Skin/Parched weather-worn skin/Nurses/Teachers
Happy New Year! ‘Tis the season to be jolly. And of over-indulgence. Even those of you that don’t drink alcohol may have succumbed to the…
Cheat Sheet – Perioral Dermatitis or ‘those red annoying spots that …
So. A really quick and simple one: You’ve had spots/redness/flakiness/looks like eczema/you thought it was acne but it isn’t – for ages in one place…