The SkinBase™ Beauty Blog
Would you like to have healthy glowing skin? The perfect physique? A healthier diet?… of course you would. Lucky for you we scour the web so you don’t have to and post some of the best ways to get that perfect lifestyle right here in the SkinBase™ blog.
Our Favourite Christmas Films
We’re really getting into the Christmas spirit now and so we’re circling the Radio Times with our favourite film choices for a nostalgic Christmas. We thought we’d share our favourites here, but we would also love to hear yours! Why do you love it? Why does it remind...
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Help your skin survive the Christmas parties
With the festive season almost in full swing, the office Christmas party on the horizon and Christmas market trips turning into an ‘accidental’ all day session, you may feel like you have a nuclear hangover most of the time during December. But there is no...
Looking after your skin during the winter months
With the last of the autumn leaves falling, nights drawing in, and Christmas decorations already appearing in shop windows, it’s definitely starting to feel a lot like winter. With plummeting temperatures, our skin is often the first winter victim....
The best skincare treatments for your neck
The neck and décolletage are particularly fragile and frequently neglected areas of the skin, and it shows. So many of us experience ageing around this area before our facial skin starts to age. Here are our top tips for making sure your neck is well cared for. Avoid...
Habits to adopt in your 20s to make sure you age well
It’s a fact: we all dread ageing. Whether it’s wrinkles and sagging, putting on weight or getting aches and pains, nearly all of us regard getting older with a sense of anxiety. However, as most people who are older than you will confirm, it’s...
What can we do to help stressed out skin?
There’s no doubt that nowadays more and more of us are suffering from seriously stressed out skin. Here at SkinBase, we have treatments available that can treat the symptoms of your skin concerns. However, it’s just as important to address the...
The scariest beauty treatments in the world – and what to choose instead!
Throughout history, people have invented some fairly horrifying beauty solutions, it's Halloween tomorrow, what better time to share them with you? The ‘eaten alive’ pedicure You’re probably familiar with this one, in fact, you may have even had one at some point!...
Defeat your beauty demons with IPL
Halloween might be right around the corner but that doesn’t mean you have to let your beauty nightmares win! Whatever it is that’s filling you with dread, let our state-of-the-art Intense Pulsed Light treatments save the day. IPL is an advanced treatment that uses...
Halloween Skincare Guide
It’s almost Halloween and you know what that means; it’s time to talk about face paints, skincare and how to make sure your amazing costume doesn’t come with the price tag of bad skin… Pick your face paint carefully It isn’t enough to go to your nearest...
Get ahead of the ultra-high-leg swimwear trend with IPL
We’ve seen lots of ultra-high-leg swimwear around this summer and it’s certainly got us tempted to expand our wardrobe with one! If like us, you want to try this trend too, you might want to invest in a course of IPL hair removal to get silky smooth skin,...
Liquorice – the latest wonder ingredient for the skin?
We love discovering new skincare ingredients and liquorice root looks like it might be the latest wonder ingredient to add to our routines! Found in face oils, serums, masks and moisturisers too, read on to learn about the properties of this amazing plant extract…...
Linoleic Acid – Are you getting enough?
Essential fatty acids are getting a lot of press at the moment, but how much do you actually know about what they do? And where can you get them? Today we’re focusing on a particularly important fatty acid, an omega-6 called linoleic acid,...
Is pollution the cause of your skin woes?
Eczema? Premature ageing? Sensitive skin? Spots and blemishes? Dryness? Could it be the air around you that’s making your skin misbehave? We live in an increasingly polluted environment, and your skin is your body’s first line of defence...