Skin:Secrets — Wellbeing

As the summer term comes to a close, it's almost time for a new term back at school or maybe a brand-new adventure if starting university.  If you're a student, parent or teacher, we look forward as the back-to-school season brings a wave of fresh opportunities and new beginnings. Wishing you all an amazing school year filled with laughter, growth and showing off your skills. Here are our top 5 tips to making this term smoother than ever:  1. Use Skin:Genius and feel confidentReduce and prevent those pesky breakouts and commit to your skincare routine every morning and night. There is no overnight miracle cure,...

From the age of 11 years old, I started to get redness and I only used to have a few breakouts on my face.  In less than a year, before I hit 12 years old, I was struggling with really bad acne on my face and back.  It was at this point, I started to get bullied for having acne from other students, with it really affecting my self-esteem and confidence.  Some days I felt so bad about, there were times when I couldn’t go to school, I just wanted to hide away from everyone because I didn’t want to face people...

Exam season is here and trust me, I know how anxiety provoking that can feel. For me, exams not only felt like the be all and end all when it came to my future success (which they absolutely were not), but I used to get panic attacks sitting in a big hall to do them, so I had the added stress of feeling awful whilst trying to succeed. I eventually asked to take my exams in a room where I would feel comfortable and my teachers were really supportive. Let's get back to you though. If exams are making you feel stressed, anxious...

Teenage skin can be troublesome at the best of times but the extra stress of exams can trigger further problems. Spots and pimples on top of revision hardly seems fair. When we become stressed our skin produces more cortisol, our body’s stress hormone, along with other hormones. This results in the sebaceous glands in our skin producing more oil and this can lead to spots, acne and other skin problems. Zap spots and help prevent further breakouts usng our effective 3-step routine. When developing Skin:Genius it was very important that teens would use our skincare, which is why each product is...