Skin:Secrets

You will of seen cortisol pop up a few times in our messages blogs and more. Why?  Because it can bring on more spots. So what is cortisol and what does it do to your body. Cortisol is a hormone and your body releases it when it comes under pressure or stress.   It’s made in the adrenal glands and reaches all parts of your body helping your body cope with the number of different roles it has to play. Your body sends signals and cortisol is controlled by 3 main players when more or less of it is needed.  The hypothalamus...

You only get acne when you are in your teens – wrong!  You can get it in adulthood too, even if you had clear skin in your teens.  With our hormones and raised levels of cortisol (stress hormone that produces more sebum = spots) we find acne, spots and breakouts appearing at any age.   Hormones are being challenged daily with diet, medication and lifestyle and this will have an affect on our bodies.   The important thing is to work with your skin naturally and not against by using natural ingredients that have been around for hundreds of years and...

Does the start of a new year make you feel a bit anxious about what you should be doing, how you should be doing it, commitment, study, work, your looks?  Oh and then another spot appears. I don’t know about you but it’s really hard to think rationally when anxiety kicks in and sometimes you don’t even realise it’s happening. When feelings creep in, go with what feels right to do at the time.  It's a tough choice as fighting it sometimes makes it worse, but then going out for a walk and fresh air makes such a positive difference. ...

Happy 2019! At this time of year there’s always a niggling pressure from others as to ‘What’s your New Years resolution’ from friends, family and all around and every year it’s the same ones, lose weight (as totally over-indulged!), dry January, stop this, start that and inevitably it all goes wrong - by about now!   So this year, no resolutions are being set.   We are creating a list of things to do, places to go and people to see.   These will leave us with a sense of achievement, rather than disappointment that it didn’t happen…. again!  ...