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Vitamin A. One of the most talked about ingredients in skincare, and it’s actually one of the most evidence-backed. But with so many versions on the market, knowing which one is right for your skin can feel overwhelming 🤯

So let me break it down simply.

Vitamin A supports collagen production, cell turnover, pigmentation, fine lines and barrier function. The science is pretty good here. But the version you choose, and how it’s formulated, makes an enormous difference to what your skin actually experiences ⬇️⬇️

🤗 Analogy time: Think of it like a ladder. At the gentler end, retinyl esters, the form your skin naturally recognises. Moving up, retinol, then retinaldehyde, around ten times more potent. And at the top, prescription only tretinoin. Effective, yes. But with a real risk of barrier disruption and irritation, particularly for sensitive or hormonally changing skin (it’s not life goals to be on tretinoin🫣)

The form of vitamin A is only half the story. How it’s delivered matters just as much (infact i’d say this is fundamental ti the efficacy) The vitamin A isn’t always the problem. The way it’s being delivered into your skin is.

Now I have no doubt that vitamin A is a brilliant addition to many skincare regimes. But I don’t believe every skin needs it, and most certainly not at prescription strength doses. (Don’t come at me those of you that are die hard fans!🥴)

Part of my role as a corneotherapist is to look to the skin and let it guide me.

Only when I believe it’s genuinely beneficial will I introduce it into a client’s regime 👌🏻

Skin is individual. And that’s exactly how I treat it 🤌🏻

This simple skin care hack might just be the saviour of your summer skincare regime 💗

Let me know if you give it a try ⏬️

I’ve had a love affair with LED light for over 20 years, for me it’s a no brainer when it comes to skin integrity and barrier strength ✨

Here’s why:

✅Reduces inflammation
✅Wound healing
✅Non invasive
✅Regulates circadian rhythm
✅Creates ATP energy for the cells
✅Stimulates serotonin
✅Accumulative effects

It’s honestly the gift that keeps on giving, BUUUUUUT it all boils down to the quality and efficacy of your LED’s don’t be afraid to ask if your therapist’s device has clinical trials and white papers and is FDA approved - not all LED’s are the same! 🤨

I also hire out my Dermalux Flex for home use!

Are you building LED light in to your skincare regime?

I was caught in a doom scrolling wormhole the other day and came across a post advertising a cleansing brush device and it piqued my curiosity.

So with curling toes I carried on watching listening to all the supposed benefits of using said device.

Yet all I kept coming back to was ‘this is just going to lead to problems in the not too distant future’

Why? Because your skin doesn’t need buffing and cleansing like a tiled floor! 🫣 your hands (and/or a soft cloth) are more than enough.

Let’s keep it simple folks and stop generating ‘gimmicks’ that eventually end up in landfill or being shoved the abyss at the back of the bathroom cupboard 🥴

Want to learn how you can simplify and optimise your regime?

📧Drop me an email or DM me to chat.

When I first started on my facial education journey all those years ago we wore white shoes and horrid stiff white dressed (yes, I’m ancient alright 🤭) and looked like some kind of 1940’s institutionalised therapist!

We were also taught some questionable techniques and one of them, was the use of steam in facials and for a time, I did use it in my first salon.

But it didn’t sit right for me (the corneotherapist has always been there!) and I quickly dropped and this is why:

😔For me it doesn’t align with protecting the skin barrier

😔It affects the chemical process of how products work (in a negative way)

😔It was bloomin naff as a therapist getting steamed every time you did a facial!

🤟🏻An effective cleanser will do the heavy lifting WITHOUT any external help needed

So instead I choose to carry out effective, barrier supportive techniques that focus on repairing, restoring and rejuvenating your gorgeous chops!!

🗣️’I feel like i’m on another planet’
🗣️ ‘do I have to go back to life now?!’
🗣️’where does the time go, I don’t want it to end’
🗣️ ‘OMG sarah, a total stranger has just said how glowy my skin is!’

These are just some of the many comments that I get at the end of my FasciaLift facials 💕

This treatment is definitely more than just a facial, it delivers:

✨Skin management
✨Regulation of the nervous system
✨Nourishment for the skin
✨Glow and Radiance
✨Tension release
✨Emotional restoration

Along with several techniques, including buccal and myofascial release, this treatment is definitely the gift that keeps on giving!

Don’t understimate the magic that can be created by just using the hands and an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the face and neck❣️

If you are looking for a natural way to soften the jawline, lift the cheeks and eyes, as well as forgetting the real world exist for awhile, this is the one for you 👌🏻👌🏻

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I’ve always taken a 360 approach to skin health, sorry but you can’t just shove a load of product on and take the ‘fingers crossed’ mindset. Skin doesn’t work like that i’m afraid! 😏

We have to look at lifestyle, what’s happening inside the body, nutrition, sleep, environment the lot! In order to really get a true picture of why your skin might be unhappy.

After working with skin for longer than I can believe (yup i’m an old bird! 🤣) one condition that remains consistent is inflammation.

It comes in like a wrecking ball and creates destruction wherever it likes, especially the skin!

So if you have tried all the lotions and potions, but your skin remains underwhelming then it’s time to address, and be honest about how inflammation could be at the root cause.

Not sure where the heck to start? Lets have a chat 🗣️🗣️

Are you a ‘splash n dash’ kinda gal or is it all about ritual for you? ⬇️⬇️

If you are someone that does their facial cleansing routine in the shower, you might want to switch things up a bit.

Cleansing is the fundamental part of your skincare regime and the formulation is designed to break down:

❣️Make-up
❣️The days dirt
❣️SPF

Your cleanser also helps to rebalance and reset, ready for the products that follow.

When you ‘splash and dash’ the ingredients within your cleanser don’t get the chance to even unpack their toolkit, let alone get to work!

Instead try doing your cleanser AFTER your shower at the basin. Teefs first, followed by your cleanse.

Watch how the glow returns ✨

Honestly, if i had to choose between this supplement and skincare, it would be extremely close.

I’ve seen this supplement heal the skin and the body without any other intervention 👌🏻👌🏻

It definitely helps to keep my neurospicy brain and my hormonal breakout prone skin in check.

I even give it to my pooches on a daily basis! 🥰🥰

Have you guessed what it is yet?