Skin Talk Skin has always been a subject very close to home for me. I never thought there would come a time when I discuss and share it with other people beyond my family and close friends but there’s something really wonderful about opening yourself up to vulnerability. My personal skin journey: Since the age of 11 my skin started to break out and ever since then I have lived in a pit of shame and embarrassment due to what sat on my face/body. At 11 you are completely clueless to what is happening to your body hormonally and physically and how to fix it. You also do not have the knowledge on how to use makeup and how to cover up spots so my idea to fix it at that time in life was to cut a fringe in to cover the forehead spots and smother myself in a £2 foundation from Julies. Over the years I have tried everything from creams, lotions, washes, birth control pills from doctors to paying for excessively expensive brand products like £70 moisturisers etc. I have tried home remedies,
Embrace the authenticity It’s takes courage to be nothing but true to yourself and as sad as that is, it’s the truth. I have always been one to follow and sink into others opinions and actions just because it was easy and it became comfortable and gave me a sense of acceptance. I built up a very bad habit of leading myself astray from who I was as a person and living such an opposite life in order to gain validation from others. I would strive for self-worth in areas I was bound to never find it. I had become so lost in other people that I became unrecognisable to the people who knew me the most and I saw no way of escaping the hole I had created for myself. What scared me the most whilst being stuck in the midst of it all was that when you do make a bold move to generate and voice your own opinion, you open yourself up to a whole load of vulnerability. I just hated the idea of being shot down or feeling embarrassed if I disagreed with anyone and then to be told I was ‘bo