Skincare Tips For When You’re Ill
We’ve all been there: you feel so grotty that the thought of dragging your feverish body out of bed to the bathroom to wash your face makes you physically shudder. Don’t worry, I’m here to…
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Rosacea 101: My Favourite Make Up For Rosacea
I get asked about make up for rosacea a lot, so I thought I’d put a few of my top recommendations in one handy blog post. I originally shared these on instagram (if you’re not…
View PostNEW Dermatica Sunscreen Review: Photodamage Defence Sunscreen… Does …
I think I might be clairvoyant. At the end of my review of the Dermatica skincare range, I wrote this: “The only thing that’s missing from this range is a sunscreen… and I’m still crossing…
View PostRosacea And Summer: How To Survive The Heat …
Rosacea and summer… one of the worst combinations for me. I’m not great in the sun anyway, due to being the colour of a yoghurt ghost, but the humid, clammy heat on top of that?…
View PostRosacea Tips: Can I Exercise With Rosacea? Ask …
I am a sloth. I walk my tiny dog at least once a day, sometimes twice if my husband isn’t available to do the afternoon walk. But apart from that, I spend a lot of…
View PostOcular rosacea: the painful rosacea subtype that affects …
I wrote a really popular blog post on ocular rosacea about 5 years ago, but I realised my website needed an updated version with tips I’ve learned since and more information. Whether you’re newly diagnosed…
View PostDermatica Skincare Range Review: My Rosacea’s New …
If you follow Dermatica on social media, you may have seen a lot of excitement as they have just launched an entire skincare range. I have been sworn to secrecy about this launch, but I…
View PostDermatica Rosacea Review: 3 month results of my retinoid …
Those of you who follow me on Instagram will know that I changed up my Dermatica personalised formula towards the end of last year. I had been using the Dermatica rosacea treatment for over a…
View PostThe Books I Read In 2022: The Good, The …
I completed my reading challenge last year and read 104 books so, as is tradition, I’m sharing a list below and highlighting my favourites of the year. If you would like to see my favourites…
View PostWhat Is Rhinophyma? Your Rosacea Treatment Questions Answered …
I’ve wanted to do a dedicated blog post on Rhinophyma for a while, but needed to make sure I was sharing information that actually added something to the conversation first. I don’t have personal experience…
View PostRosacea: 10 Tips That Actually Improved My Rosacea
At least once a week I’m asked for ‘the one thing that helped my rosacea’. I understand the impulse: everyone wants something immediate, something tangible, something simple that they can do to make a huge…
View PostRosacea Myths: Common Misconceptions About Rosacea
Last night I posted this video to Instagram, summarising some of the most common rosacea myths. It revisited an instagram series I did previously, but I know it’s really annoying to scroll back to find…
View PostSUMMER MOISTURISERS FOR ROSACEA: Moisturisers I Love
As soon as I published THIS POST about my current most-used cleansers, people were asking for a similar post for moisturisers for rosacea… ask and you shall receive! As I mentioned in the cleanser post,…
View PostCLEANSERS FOR ROSACEA: Cleansers I Love
Skincare is a topic that comes up regularly because it can be such an overwhelming area for people, even without the added complication of a skin condition. I wanted to share my current cleansers for…
View PostDo I Have Rosacea? A Quick Quiz
If I had £1 for every instagram DM I get from someone asking ‘do I have rosacea?’ followed by a flood of photos of their skin, I would be writing this blog post from a…
View PostRosacea In Skin Of Colour – Interview With Dr …
I am always trying to learn more about rosacea, especially when it comes to the aspects of rosacea I haven’t experienced first hand. So when I was planning my content for Rosacea Awareness Month 2022,…
View PostROSACEA: Doctor Appointment, How To Prepare (with FREE …
One of the reasons I continue to talk about rosacea online is because I remember how stressful, lonely, expensive, and confusing my early rosacea journey was. Every time I sit down to write a blog…
View PostSkin Conditions and Mental Health: Parliamentary Debate
I posted on instagram yesterday about a debate led by MP Sir Edward Leigh in Westminster Hall, to discuss the link between skin conditions and mental health. He is a member of the APPGS (All…
View PostWhat I Read in 2021: My Book Recommendations
Need some inspiration for what to read next? Or just need to compulsively fill your wishlist with books even though you have stacks of unread books sitting right next to you? You are my people.…
View PostDermatica Rosacea Treatment: Amazing 3 Month Results (+6 month update!)
I have been talking about rosacea on my blog for nearly 10 years and one of the most common questions I get is about prescription treatments. I hadn’t used a prescription rosacea treatment for nearly…
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