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Truly Speaking
Beauty news, stories & reviews.
A skin analysis machine illuminating your skins true nature.
We’ve come a long way since the fluffy pillows and frilly curtains of the 80s. Back in the day circa 1985, when I first became a beauty therapist, I dreamed there would come a time when beauty therapy would differentiate, a bit like your skin cells, divide and conquer. In 1985, other skin professionals, like […]
Skin as dry as the Sahara Desert?
Emergency solutions for tight, dry skin. Tight, dry skin so uncomfortable it was cracking, literally! That was me a few years back. You see, I found myself in a situation that I was, to be honest, uncharacteristically ill-prepared. Hence, my skin, suddenly as dry as the desert in springtime, which, funnily enough, is exactly where […]
Winter Skin: Crimes and misdemeanours.
Suddenly, you have winter skin. Almost overnight, your skin goes from seemingly fine to sensitive, dry, parched, and well, just terrible. Your makeup exacerbates the problem. Your skin feels tight and looks red and blotchy. Okay, you expect this to happen. It happens every winter. The usual winter chill wreaks havoc with your sensitive, dry […]
Niacinamide: The not so ordinary skincare ingredient
The not so new, but very Hot-Right-Now skincare ingredient! A few years back, I wrote an article about niacinamide—an ingredient on the cusp of widespread fame and fortune. At the time, my article went viral. It may have been how you first found The Beauty Issue and me. It was 2015, which doesn’t seem so […]
It was love at first try.
It was one of those moments. A moment you don’t see coming, and then once it happens, you can’t imagine how things could have gone any differently or how your life could ever be the same again. It all started about a week ago, alone in my hotel room, wondering what the next few days […]
Carey Mulligan: A Promising Young Woman
Carrie Mulligan burst on to the scene in the role of Jenny in the 2009 film, An Education. A coming of age film set in 1960s London where she falls for a man twice her age. Carrie received an Oscar nomination for this role, her first until this year when she was nominated again for […]
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A skin analysis machine illuminating your skins true nature.
We’ve come a long way since the fluffy pillows and frilly curtains of the 80s. Back in the day circa 1985, when I first became a beauty therapist, I dreamed there would come a time when beauty therapy would differentiate, a bit like your skin cells, divide and conquer. In 1985, other skin professionals, like […]
Skin as dry as the Sahara Desert?
Emergency solutions for tight, dry skin. Tight, dry skin so uncomfortable it was cracking, literally! That was me a few years back. You see, I found myself in a situation that I was, to be honest, uncharacteristically ill-prepared. Hence, my skin, suddenly as dry as the desert in springtime, which, funnily enough, is exactly where […]
Winter Skin: Crimes and misdemeanours.
Suddenly, you have winter skin. Almost overnight, your skin goes from seemingly fine to sensitive, dry, parched, and well, just terrible. Your makeup exacerbates the problem. Your skin feels tight and looks red and blotchy. Okay, you expect this to happen. It happens every winter. The usual winter chill wreaks havoc with your sensitive, dry […]
Niacinamide: The not so ordinary skincare ingredient
The not so new, but very Hot-Right-Now skincare ingredient! A few years back, I wrote an article about niacinamide—an ingredient on the cusp of widespread fame and fortune. At the time, my article went viral. It may have been how you first found The Beauty Issue and me. It was 2015, which doesn’t seem so […]
It was love at first try.
It was one of those moments. A moment you don’t see coming, and then once it happens, you can’t imagine how things could have gone any differently or how your life could ever be the same again. It all started about a week ago, alone in my hotel room, wondering what the next few days […]