This article looks at why you should get a hair mineral analysis for acne healing and how hair mineral analysis results can help determine imbalances that may be causing your skin problems. If you’ve been keeping an eye on my Instagram Story the past few days you may have noticed that I recently sent off a chunk of my hair for a Hair Mineral Analysis, a lab test that reveals your body’s mineral composition from a small sample of your hair. Reliable Hair Mineral Analysis labs will test a ...
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Travelling abroad? Holiday essentials for acne prone skin
This post looks at the holiday essentials I like to pack in my suitcase when travelling abroad. As someone with chronic digestive issues, coeliac disease and PCOS, it’s really important to me that I’m always well prepared when it comes to eating away from home. Tonight I’m catching a flight with my mum and my sister to Sri Lanka and I’m sooooo excited! We’ve had this girly adventure holiday booked since Christmas and we’ve all been counting down the months, weeks and days – it’s going to be ...
7 tips for when acne comes back and your skin relapses
This blog post offers advice and tips for when your skin relapses and your acne comes back, despite doing everything in your power to heal your body and clear your skin from the inside out. The fear of our acne coming back is something most of us will endure. We’ve spent months, sometimes even years, healing our bodies and seeing slow, but steady improvement in our skin. We get to a stage where we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel… We start wearing less make-up and feeling more ...
Q&A: Balancing blood sugar, hormonal acne, ‘bumps’ and gut health
So on Friday morning I asked my social media followers to ‘Ask Me Anything’ and I would compiled all the answers into one blog post for you to enjoy. Turns out, there were quite a few questions and I had to split the questions into two separate blog posts! In this post we’re covering the root causes of acne; digestion, blood sugar and hormonal imbalances whereas the other post is more focussed the skin care questions. This blog post will cover the following topics: hormonal acne ...
My hair mineral analysis results are in…and I’m gutted!
In this post I’m sharing my hair mineral analysis results and also my predictions based on my ongoing symptoms and supplements I’ve been taking over the past 2 years. So I’m writing this first section of this blog post before my hair mineral analysis results have come through. I wanted to write down all my various predictions as I thought it would be interesting to see if what I think is the problem, is actually the problem – or whether it’s an entirely different issue altogether! Hair ...
Clear skin superfoods: Peppermint & Spearmint for acne
This week I’m looking at all the amazing benefits of Peppermint and Spearmint for acne! Fresh mint leaves are extremely versatile and add flavour and nutrition to many different recipes. Peppermint is mainly known for promoting digestion – it soothes stomachs and can help with indigestion or inflammation but did you know that peppermint and spearmint also have some pretty amazing acne fighting benefits too? The benefits of peppermint and spearmint for acneI initially thought Peppermint was good ...
Dairy, Iodine, Fluoride & Acne: An Interview with Melissa Gallico
In this blog post, I’ve teamed up with Melissa Gallico – superwoman and fellow acne warrior – to talk all about her journey to clear skin and her revolutionary new book ‘The Hidden Cause of Acne‘. If you’ve not caught up on the theory as to why fluoride toxicity could be the reason you’re unable to clear your acne, then I recommend catching up on my previous blog posts here: Is Fluoroderma causing your cystic breakouts? How to detox from fluoride exposure You may have realised that this ...
Acne Fighting Superfoods to Supercharge your Smoothies
Superfoods sometimes get a bit of a bad rep for being a total waste of money. I however, I disagree and am totally pro-superfoods! I believe that selected superfoods can make an excellent addition to your acne healing regime and can help to heal scars, reduce redness and even help your body to manage stress hormones better. These acne fighting superfoods are mild in taste which makes them easy to blend with most smoothies and juice, mixed into snacks or even sprinkled over granola and ...
Are your hormones causing acne?
This article looks at the connection between your menstrual cycle and breakouts and helps you understand if your hormones are causing acne. Are your hormones causing acne?Knowing whether your acne is down to a hormonal issue can be tough, and knowing which hormones are the cause of your imbalance is even tougher, but hopefully the three factors I’ve listed below will help you determine whether your acne is hormonal or not. TimingSome women can diagnose themselves with having hormonal acne ...
How to naturally increase progesterone for acne free skin
This article looks at how you can naturally increase progesterone levels for balanced hormones, easier periods and acne free skin! In my previous post I talked about how low levels of progesterone are pretty much to blame for most of your hormonal symptoms – from acne and period pain to sore boobs and anxiety! It’s also a major player when it comes to your fertility and maintaining a healthy pregnancy. Read more about why low progesterone has such a huge impact on our hormones and skin ...