Skincare
I Don’t Wash My Face
And other ways I saved my skin
When I was younger, people would always compliment me on my skin. I always found that funny, because I didn’t do anything to it beyond washing it with handsoap (yes, really). I once told a makeup artist that I’d never moisturised and she was genuinely horrified. “One day”, she said, “you’re going to wake up and your face will just….fall off.”
While I’m pleased to report that hasn’t happened yet, I did wake up one day to find life had hit my face like a freight train. I had rosacea, fine lines and more spots than I ever had as a teenager. It took a bit of trial and error, but here’s how I finally got my face back on track.
I stopped washing my face twice a day
When I got first got into skincare, I bought all sorts of fancy cleansers and started religiously washing my face twice a day. That was a mistake. Rosacea is irritated skin, and if you want to irritate it more, overwashing it is the way to go. Now I wash off the day's travails in the evening, but in the morning I just rinse with some cool water.
No more physical exfoliants
I admit it — Saint Ives Apricot Face Scrub used to be a bathroom staple for me. Wasn’t it for everyone? Unfortunately for…
