Lex Gillies
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A few years ago, I did an instagram live with Andy Millward (Facialist extraordinaire) where we answered all of your questions about the best rosacea treatments – at home and in the salon. The video…
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The skin barrier has become a real buzzword in recent years, especially if you have a skin condition that relies on that barrier for its health and happiness. But what on earth is the skin…
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Vitamin C is one of those ingredients that everyone in-the-know swears by, but I’ve always felt a bit nervous about. I didn’t feel like I knew enough about it and when I started to investigate,…
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I read 122 books this year and I wanted to share my list as there are some flipping BRILLIANT ones. I know that some people can get weird about book challenges and talking about reading…
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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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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…
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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…
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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?…
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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…
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If you have ocular rosacea, you will know all too well how infuriating and upsetting a condition it can be to live with. I’ve written a few versions of this blog post over the years,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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