Why does the air hurt my face?

Sensitive and Sensitised Skin in Cold Weather The news has been full of dramatic warnings about cold fronts and “snow bombs”, which frankly, I am taking with a pinch of salt. Despite that, I and many others are dealing with the effects of cold winds, central heating, hot showers, and the like. These are environmental… Continue reading Why does the air hurt my face?

Lift, Tone and Tighten

Introducing our fabulous new treatment- Collagen Lift! For some time I’ve been wanting to add to the already excellent selection of advanced skincare treatments offered at Natural Balance. One which fits in with our ethos of giving you great skin, naturally, by building, strengthening and improving what you already have. Radio Frequency Treatment RF works… Continue reading Lift, Tone and Tighten

Gift Sets

Nimue has pulled it out of the hat with this year’s festive kits, and accordingly stock is down to the last one or two of each. Far and Away the bestseller has been the Cleanse & Glow kits There are two versions of this available, one for skins with sensitivity or reactivity with soothing and… Continue reading Gift Sets

Scrub your cares away!

Scrub your cares away

Exfoliating your face If you don’t exfoliate, you won’t have good skin. Eve Lom compared it to polishing a kitchen floor that you haven’t cleaned. No matter what oils, potions and lotions you apply, you won’t see the full benefit without proper prep. How often If you can exfoliate once week then you are off… Continue reading Scrub your cares away!

Moisturising

Confused about what to use and when to use it? This will unlock some skincare secrets

Cleansing

Why? What? How? Do you remember someone sitting you down, explaining how your skin works and what you need to do to look after it? Even what I learned 20 years ago in college has been updated and replaced, as our knowledge of skin science improves and new products arrive on the scene. So let’s… Continue reading Cleansing

My Skincare Routine

There’s a lot of confusion out there about how best to look after your skin. What products you need, if you need different day or night products, double cleansing, serums, oils, acids….I would love to see skincare covered in schools ,I know teen me would have appreciated it and dult me would have saved a… Continue reading My Skincare Routine

5 Things Your Skin Hates (and 5 things it loves)

Our skin is the largest organ of the body. It protects us come wind, rain or shine, changes throughout our life and reacts to its environment. But there’s lots we might not realise that our skin doesn’t like. Read on to see a skin specialist’s take on what your skin hates (and loves!) Hate no… Continue reading 5 Things Your Skin Hates (and 5 things it loves)