Saving Face
Despite having an ever-burgeoning array of up-to-the-minute skincare offerings at my fingertips, my approach to my own beauty routine is somewhat lackadaisical. Don’t get me wrong — mention vitamin C and hyaluronic acid and you’ll have my full attention in a heartbeat. It’s just that I’ve never quite been able to keep up with beauty editors and influencers who slather an infinite number of products onto their visage. Rotating through products faster than I can say ‘retinol’, I’ve always wondered why my Instagram feed isn’t flooded with angry, irritated epidermises.
Despite knowing better, earlier this year, I fell prey to the influence of social media and before I knew it, I felt like my skincare routine wasn’t enough. Over lockdown, as everyone threw their pent-up energy transforming into the next Nigella Lawson, at-home pampering and skin treatments became my banana breads and sourdoughs. If you weren’t layering on face mask upon face mask, what on earth were you doing during lockdown?
I quickly learnt the hard way that forgetting how many days it had been since I last lathered a peel over my complexion didn’t do my skin any favours. However, it didn’t put a dampener on my desire to fill my shelves with products that give in-clinic treatments a run for their money. It turns out
