MEET THE
SKIN
EDUCATORS
BY JAKE HOOK
There’s so much information out there
about how to look after your skin. We
are bombarded with adverts about youth
serums, daily regimes and scientific
words that we can hardly pronounce.
With all that info are we really any closer
to understanding what is best for our
skin and what actually works?
I’ll admit it; I’m a skin fanatic, but not a
skin expert. All I know is that I
moisturise daily (I used to have
moisturiser parties with my flatmate – I
kid you not), I don’t drink alcohol, I
don’t smoke, I extoll the use of daily sun
cream, even when it’s cloudy and I’m
barely seen without a glass of cool,
refreshing water in my hand. Okay, I
may have exaggerated my water
tendencies, but the results speak for
themselves. Even though I’m in my 30s,
there’s not a crow foot to be seen and my
frown lines are rousing rather than
Ramsay, and on occasion I’m still asked
for ID when buying my non-alcoholic
beers in Sainsbury’s. Not too bad, but it’s
more likely to be down to good genetics
rather than my dictator-esque sunblock
tendencies, but it’s not always about
genetics, we can help our skin along with
our daily routines.
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My pusher (AKA beauty PR Amanda)
mentions in passing that she has a new
client, Face The Future; I can feel my
spidey senses tingling. She tells me that