A consultation in March and a consultation in October are not the same conversation. That holds true even with the same client and the same skin. An autumn skin consultation differs from a spring one by a great deal more than the weather outside. At my beauty salon in Maghull it is the version I find most informative. The skin arrives carrying evidence of everything the last six months have done to it. (more…)
Building an Autumn Skin Plan That Works
Most women book skin treatments reactively. Something looks wrong, an appointment gets made, the problem improves. Then nothing happens until the next thing goes wrong. Building an autumn skin plan, instead of booking one appointment at a time, produces the biggest difference in results of any change I know. At my beauty salon in Maghull, September is exactly the right month to do it. (more…)
Skin Tags Where Clothing Rubs in Autumn
One category of enquiry arrives almost exclusively between late September and November. It always begins the same hesitant way. A client mentions something small she has noticed, usually somewhere covered. She says she has probably had it for ages, but only started thinking about it now. Skin tags where clothing rubs are among the most common things women ask me about at this time of year. At my beauty salon in Maghull the reason for the timing is entirely practical....
Your Skin Barrier and Central Heating
Ask most women what damages their skin. They will say sun, or stress, or getting older. Almost nobody says the radiator in the hallway. Your skin barrier and central heating are far more closely connected than people appreciate. At my beauty salon in Maghull, the run of clients with tight, reactive, flaking skin from mid-October is one of the most consistent patterns in my year. (more…)
Repairing Your Skin Barrier After A Summer In The Sun
Repairing your skin barrier is the quiet work of late summer, and it is the reason so many women find their skin behaving oddly in August and September without being able to say why. Skin that coped perfectly well in spring becomes tight, flushed, unpredictably shiny in some places and flaky in others. At Beauty by Ruth, a beauty salon in Maghull, this is the most common concern women bring through the door once the holidays are over, and it...
How To Tell Corns And Calluses Apart
Corns and calluses are routinely confused with each other and with ordinary hard skin, and by August a great many women in Maghull have at least one of the three without being sure which. It matters, because the three respond to quite different treatment and one of them will not improve at all with the foot file sitting in your bathroom cupboard. At Beauty by Ruth, a beauty salon in Maghull, this is one of the most common reasons women...
Dehydrated Skin Or Dry Skin – Telling Them Apart
Dehydrated skin or dry skin is one of the most useful distinctions in skincare and one of the least understood, which is why so many women spend a fortune on rich creams that make no difference at all. The two feel similar, they look similar in the mirror, and they need entirely different things. At Beauty by Ruth, a beauty salon in Maghull, late summer brings a steady stream of women describing skin that has become tight, dull and uncomfortable,...
Caring For Sensitive Skin In Summer Across Merseyside
Sensitive skin in summer is a harder proposition than sensitive skin in winter, which surprises women who expect the cold months to be the difficult ones. Heat, humidity, daily sun cream, air conditioning and the general increase in everything touching your face combine to make July and August the season when reactive skin is least predictable. At Beauty by Ruth, a beauty salon in Maghull, the clients who struggle most through the summer are almost always those whose skin was...
Summer Skincare for Combination and Oily Skin in the Liverpool Heat
If your skin leans oily or combination, summer can feel like a daily battle against shine, congestion and that uncomfortable greasy feeling by mid-afternoon. Getting your summer skincare for oily skin right makes all the difference, and the answer is rarely the harsh, stripping approach most women instinctively reach for. As a beauty salon in Maghull, I help a great many women navigate oily and combination skin through the warmer months, and a balanced, seasonal routine almost always works better...
Why Rosacea Can Flare in Summer and How to Keep Your Skin Calm
For women who live with rosacea, summer can be a mixed blessing. The lighter, brighter months bring weddings, days out and warm evenings, but they also bring heat, stronger sun and a whole set of triggers that can leave the cheeks flushed, stinging and more reactive than usual. If your skin tends to redden the moment the temperature climbs, you are far from alone, and it is one of the concerns women raise most often through the summer at Ruth's...
