Beauty therapist Freya wanted to share her teenage skin care journey and her story is one we are hearing about more and more in the salon...
My Skincare Journey
I was around twelve or thirteen when first I started using skin care products.
I used a Tea Tree foaming face wash and a very light moisturiser, which made my skin really tight, dry and matte.
This is what I thought my skin needed to look and feel like as I always assumed I had oily skin.
I was prone to getting spots, my skin felt rough and had a dehydrated shine to it.
When I started college, we were taught to use a cleanser, toner, moisturiser, exfoliator and a mask.
We performed skin consultations and came to the conclusion that I had an oily skin because of my spots .
I popped over to Superdrug and bought the cheapest products I could find and thought that’ll do!
My skin got worse and became sensitive and dry.
Naturally, everyone at the salon was horrified by what I was using on my face and pointed me in the right direction of which products to use to suit my skin’s needs.
I realise now that I was making my skin worse and aggravating it with the harsh products was using.
I now apply Katherine Daniels products that treat my skin for dehydration, sensitivity and dryness.
This is what I now use on my skin ;
- Micellar face and eye makeup remover.
- Cleansing Milk
- Toning Lotion
- Exfoliating gel (once a week)
- Nourishing hydrating mask (once a week)
- Rehydrating concentrate
- Dry skin cream (morning)
- Sensitive skin cream (night)
- Daily DNA Defence SPF 30 (in the day)
Just using these products alone has completely transformed my skin and made me feel so much more confident in myself. I now feel comfortable going out the house without wearing makeup which I would never have dreamed of doing before.
I have just started having weekly Katherine Daniels Sensitive Skin treatments which have reduced the redness, smoothed and reduced the scarring on my face. The results after just 4 treatments is incredible .
I am then going to follow with a 4 week course of Katherine Daniels Nourishing Hydrating facials to bring back the moisture to my skin which I have stripped away for so many years.
I now understand my skin so much more .
I always thought I needed to keep my skin 'squeaky clean' with products for oily and problem skin.
I associated the dryness and tightness in my skin to be a good thing thinking I was removing the oils and therefore my spots would disappear.
I now realise I was just creating even more of a problem.
I wish that I knew then what I know now but at least I have realised and with even a few simple changes you can really improve your skin .
If you would like to know you can book a consultation where we will advise you on how we can get your skin back on track.
We really would love to help you.
Freya x