“Growing up, I lived with the misconception that I needed a lot of products to get that ad-perfect skin. During that time, I was most insecure about my pimples which I constantly tried to cover up. It seriously impacted my self-confidence and I would worry that people were looking at my skin when they talked to me, and it wasn’t until I grew up that I realised it was because I was putting too much on my skin.
I get gifted a lot of products and after trying so many I’ve come to realise that my skin actually needs very little. I once went to Switzerland for a brand and I got locked out of my suitcase for three days, which meant I didn’t use any products and my skin actually cleared up. Our skin has its own immune system and sometimes the less you do, the more it’s able to repair itself and grow stronger. I used to think the thicker the moisturiser the better, but actually, just cleansing and hydrating my skin sufficiently every day makes it less reactive to environmental changes.