Meraki

Dry skin or estrogen-deficient skin?
As estrogen declines, collagen and vital lipids decrease—causing dryness, thinning, and reduced resilience.
Hydration alone isn’t enough. Hormonal skin needs targeted care.

Supporting your biggest organ through hormonal transition is highly recommended.

That doest just means drinking water.

Omegas will help soften your cell membrane allowing toxins to be released and nutrients and nourishment to be carried around the body:

✅ Important:
Dry skin in midlife is often not just dehydration but reduced lipids and collagen from declining estrogen. A combination of nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted skincare usually gives the best results.

1. Eat Estrogen-Supporting Foods

Certain foods contain phytoestrogens (plant compounds that mimic weak estrogen activity).

2. Strength Training

Regular resistance exercise can support hormone balance and slow the age-related decline in estrogen.

3. Prioritise Quality Sleep

Hormones, including estrogen, are regulated during sleep.
Poor sleep can disrupt hormone balance and worsen skin dryness.

4. Manage Stress

Chronic stress increases cortisol, which can negatively affect estrogen balance and accelerate collagen breakdown.

6. Support Skin Barrier Topically

Even when hormones decline, skincare can help compensate.

For all your skincare needs product recommendations I can help. Being a dermalogica expert allows me to fully asses you skin so you don’t have to follow trends.

Bone marrow, provides collagen, amino acids, and minerals that support women in menopause by reducing joint pain, improving skin elasticity. It helps counter symptoms of accelerated bone loss (osteoporosis) associated with declining estrogen levels.

During menopause, the reduction in estrogen leads to a rapid increase in bone-breaking cells (osteoclasts) and a decrease in bone-building cells (osteoblasts) within the marrow, resulting in a 15–20% loss of bone mass in the first 5–7 years

Rich in iron, B12, healthy fats, vitamin A, D, E &K,Collagen,Gelatin,Glucosamine,Collagen,Calcium,Phosphorus,Magnesium

It’s a super food that is supper underrated.

It all started during IVF 🤍

I was at an acupuncture appointment, joking about my patchy tan, when my therapist gently asked:

“Do you think you could leave the tan off during treatment? Have you ever looked into how many ingredients in everyday products can affect our hormones?”

That question sent me down a rabbit hole… and it completely changed how I see what I put on my body.

Over time I tried different brands, simplified things, and eventually found products that really work for me. Five years later, my routine is simple, clean, and something I genuinely love.

When you pause and think about how many products you use before you even leave the house — cleanser, deodorant, body lotion, shampoo, makeup — it adds up. Our skin is our largest organ. What we put on it matters.

Now my bathroom feels calm, intentional and supportive.

My current favourites:

• Dry body brushing with a copper brush (sometimes with a few drops of black pepper oil)
• Body oil before showering to support my skin barrier
• Alternating with a gentle body scrub
• shampoo (a treat but worth it), rotated with Quai and sometimes M&S
• Another layer of oil once I’m dry

I rarely wear makeup, but when I do, that’s clean too.

It’s not about perfection. It’s about small swaps, informed choices, and supporting your body — especially during seasons like IVF, pregnancy, high stress, menopause, teen fluctuation or ongoing illness.

Maybe just start by counting how many products you use each morning. Awareness is powerful ✨

Your body does so much for you — it deserves support, not overload.

I’ve been in conversation with my body for a long time.
Over a year of listening, resisting, grieving, and slowly understanding.

I had a Capsular contraction that’s brought pain, restriction, and a quiet disconnection from movement — from the gym, from strength, from the way I once expressed myself through my body. But the deeper ache wasn’t physical. It was the feeling of being out of alignment with myself.

Living with POI and endometriosis and IVF has taught me that my body is deeply intuitive. She speaks through inflammation, through fatigue, through pain — asking me to soften, to stop pushing, to come back home. When I finally honoured that, clarity arrived. Not loudly, but gently. Like a knowing in my bones.

Choosing to explant is an act of surrender. Of trust. Of devotion to my health.
It has taken more courage than I ever expected — shedding layers, identities, and expectations that were never truly mine to carry.

I’m returning to what my mumma gave me.
To my natural form.
To a body that feels safe to inhabit.

This is a release. A rebirth. A remembering.
Not a loss — but an unburdening.

✨ Affirmation:
I trust my body’s wisdom.
I release what no longer serves me.
I am safe to heal, safe to soften, and safe to return home to myself.
My body knows the way back to balance, and I honour her every step of the journey 🤍

This is me choosing truth over trends. Health over image.
And trusting that a woman at peace in her body radiates more beauty than anything that could ever be added to it 🤍

As the full moon approches tonight remember much like the moon, skin is deeply cyclical. It sheds, renews, repairs. At night—especially around the new moon—the body turns its attention inward. Cell turnover increases, inflammation settles, and the skin focuses less on defense and more on restoration. It’s a reset point.

The new moon is often linked to intention and renewal, and the skin responds beautifully to that same energy. This is a time when gentle care matters most: nourishing rather than stripping, hydrating rather than correcting. Think of it as planting seeds instead of demanding results. What you apply now—oils, serums, moisture, rest—works quietly beneath the surface, supporting what’s to come rather than forcing change.

🌑 Cleanse gently — remove the day without over-cleansing; think comfort, not squeaky clean
💧 Hydrate deeply — apply a hydrating serum or essence while skin is slightly damp
🫶 Seal with nourishment — use a facial oil or rich moisturizer to support overnight repair and moisture loss at night
✋ Slow facial touch — spend 1–2 minutes massaging or simply pressing product in, no tools needed
🛌 Prioritize sleep — aim for an earlier night; skin regeneration peaks during deep rest
🚫 Skip harsh actives — no exfoliants, peels, or strong retinoids tonight
🌿 Apply a calming mask — soothing, barrier-supporting ingredients only
🕯️ Set a quiet intention — something simple like “I allow my skin to heal” or “I support renewal”
📵 Reduce stimulation — dim lights, step away from screens earlier than usual
💦 Drink water before bed — hydration supports circulation and skin repair overnight

Be kind to yourself & your skin. Especially as it’s love month don’t forget to give yourself some too🤍🩶