Ang Slater - Temple Spa

Your skin doesn’t need complicated. It needs consistency. 💦

A little care every day will always beat a rescue mission once it’s feeling dry, tight and dull. 🤍

Turns out the most embarrassing thing wasn’t posting the Reel.
It was how close I came to letting the fear of what other people might think stop me.

I’m 53 and I still overthink what I post.
I still wonder who’s judging.
I still occasionally convince myself that a share means someone’s sent it to their mate saying, “Have you bloody seen this?” 🤣

But I’m learning something.
You don’t build confidence then put yourself out there. You put yourself out there scared, awkward and slightly cringing and the confidence catches up.

That Reel reached hundreds of thousands of women because I posted something real.
And amongst all those numbers, the messages that mattered were the ones saying:
“I feel seen.”
“I feel heard.”
“I thought it was just me.”

So I’m done trying to make myself smaller just in case somebody thinks I’m embarrassing.
I’m going to talk about skincare.
Midlife.
Menopause.
Business.
My life.
Dance badly. Sing loudly. And probably overshare occasionally.

Because the people who get me will stay.
And the ones who don’t?
They know where the scroll button is.

Maybe being a little bit embarrassing isn’t such a bad thing after all. ❤️

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I genuinely believe there are women reading this who would be bloody brilliant at what I do, they just don’t know it yet.

Because they’re probably thinking exactly what I thought.
“I’m not a salesperson.”
“I wouldn’t know what to say.”
“I couldn’t put myself on social media.”
“I don’t know enough about skincare.”
“I wouldn’t know where to start.”

Neither did I.
I didn’t start because I had all the skills.
I started and the skills came afterwards.
And I think we massively underestimate the things we already know how to do.
Talking to people.
Recommending something we genuinely love.
Listening.
Making someone feel comfortable.
Sharing what’s worked for us.
Learning as we go.
That’s pretty much how this whole thing starts.

So maybe the question isn’t “Could I do what you do?”
Maybe it’s
“What if I’m already more suited to it than I think?”

And if this carousel felt suspiciously like I was describing YOU message me CURIOUS.

You don’t have to decide anything.
You can just ask the questions you’ve probably been wondering about. 💗

We’ve somehow been convinced that everyone else has better skin than us.
Smoother, brighter, fewer lines, smaller pores,
Less pigmentation, just more perfect.

Except we’re comparing our real face in a bathroom mirror to someone else’s best lighting, best angle, makeup, filter and sometimes a little digital assistance thrown in for good measure. 🤣

Your skin is allowed to have texture.
It’s allowed to have pores.
It’s allowed to move when you smile.
And yes, at 40, 50, 60 and beyond, it’s allowed to look like it’s lived a bloody life.

Good skincare isn’t about chasing a face you had 20 years ago.
It’s about looking after the skin you have now, understanding what it needs, treating the things that bother you, and helping it look healthy, hydrated and bloody lovely.

Because perfect skin?
I’ve been doing this long enough to tell you, I’m still waiting to meet her. We all have something we wish we could change or was not there as we age.

And if you’re looking in the mirror thinking your skin should look better than it does right now, talk to me.
Comment 'Skin' and let’s stop chasing perfect and start getting YOUR skin feeling bloody good again.

You don’t need a 12-step routine.
You don’t need a bathroom shelf that looks like the skincare aisle in Boots.
And you definitely don’t need to buy every new product Instagram tells you is “essential.”

You need a routine that works for your skin AND your life.
Because the £100 serum you use twice a month because you keep forgetting isn’t going to outperform the simple routine you actually stick to.

Especially in midlife, I’d rather see you doing 3 or 4 things consistently than throwing 10 different products at your face and wondering why nothing seems to be working.

🩵Cleanse.
🩷Treat what YOUR skin actually needs.
💛Moisturise.
🧡SPF.
Then we build from there.

Skincare doesn’t need to feel like another bloody job on your to-do list.
It just needs to be something you’ll still be doing six months from now. ❤️

Tell me, are you a 3-product-and-done woman or a give-me-all-the-steps woman? 👇

I was once told “Your Yorkshire accent is your superpower.”
And I laughed.
Because for years, my voice has actually been one of the things I’ve been most self-conscious about.
I’ve recorded videos and deleted them.
Avoided talking to camera.
Listened back and thought, God, do I really sound like that? 🤦‍♀️😂
And yet recently I’ve started wondering if I’ve had it completely the wrong way round.
Maybe the things we think we need to soften, polish or change about ourselves are sometimes the exact things that make people connect with us.
Because this is how I talk.
I say owt and nowt.
Dinner is at dinner time and tea is at tea time.
Most problems can be solved by putting kettle on.
And if they can’t, It’ll sort its sen out. 😂

So maybe instead of worrying about my accent when I talk on camera, I need to bloody use it.

Because you don't need another perfectly polished person on your feed.
You just need people who feel like people.
And this is me.
Yorkshire accent and all. 💙

What phrase gives away exactly where YOU come from? 👇