Cotswolds Personal Touch

Have you got an impaired skin barrier? If you answer yes to any of the below your skin may need a little help:

▪️Skin feels tight after cleansing
▪️You have dry flaky patches
▪️You can never apply enough product it just disappears
▪️You have large breakouts but your skin is not oily
▪️Your skin looks dull and dehydrated skin

Now is the time to speak to a skin specialist and get help and advise on more supportive skincare routine.

Wondering if microneedling is right for you? It’s a minimally invasive treatment that stimulates your body’s natural collagen production.

▪️Youthful skin: Boosts collagen and elastin to reduce fine lines.

▫️Scar reduction: Improves scars by promoting new tissue growth.

▪️Reduces premature ageing: Helps maintain skin firmness and smoothness.

▫️Pore appearance: Shrinks pore size appearance by stimulating collagen production around them.

▪️Enhanced texture & tone: Encourages even skin tone and smoother texture.

▫️Better product absorption: Increases skin’s ability to absorb skincare products.

I offer complimentary consultations to provide personalised advice and chat through how microneedling can help your skin concerns. Why not book yours 📞 now?

Who wants to know how to treat pigmentation??? ⬇️

These pesky brown spots which usually start to appear from your mid 30s onwards are the result of sun damage in your late teens, early 20s.

You may not notice them as much in the winter months but as soon as the sun starts shining and over stimulating your melanocytes they will appear and usually reappear year after year.

So we need to try and suppress them using active ingredients to inhibit tyrosinaise (the cell process which over stimulates your melanocyte cells which produce pigment melanin).
Look for products with the below ingredients
Antioxidants Vitamin C and E
Kojic Acid, Liquorice Extract, Niacinamide, Azelaic Acid, Alpha Arbutin and Retinol.

You will need to take a multi level approach and if your skin barrier is healthy you can use a mixture of products such as glycolic acid, retinol and Vitamin C to treat at multiple levels. (This would not be suitable for all skin types though)

Of course the number one thing you must do is wear an SPF 30+ everyday and keep your skin out of the sun.

Fancy a stronger faster treatment? IPL treats pigmentation brilliantly! It picks up the melanin in the lesion, lifting it out of the skin over a few weeks and it eventually flakes off. Using SPF and lightening skin ingredients is a must to achieve the best results and minimise the chances of it returning.

If this is something which bothers you..... me, my machines and products can help g) DM to discuss further and create a treatment plan for you to achieve your skin goals!

Well what a week 🥰 this was such an amazing day I couldn’t just keep it on my stories, it needed a space on the grid for all to see 🤗

This week has been one of the best days in my 13 year career so far. After fours years of planning, research and training I finally took delivery of two very special Lynton Lasers Ltd machines.

Thank you for all the love on my stories, I honestly cannot wait to share this next chapter with you all 🫶🏼

This is for all you skincare junkies.

You need to be giving your products time to work, no product is going to make a massive difference to your skin with a weeks use, and certainly not when you are switching between products daily.

Skin cell turnover takes 21days, longer for older skins, so you need to be using products consistently for this time to allow them to work.

Personally I think that if you purchase a product you should use the who product, which usually lasts for 2-3 months, before deciding if it is working for you.

So my advise is to get a routine, stick with it (unless it is causing adverse reactions) and allow it to work before switching in other products. 🤗

Hands up whose skin is in need of a little Glow Up! 🙋🏼‍♀️

This is your reminder to take some time for yourself, do something that you enjoy, experience something new.

I had the pleasure of experiencing a day at last Friday and how I wish I was back there today.

The most outstanding facilities beautifully presented, I didn’t want to leave! 🤍

Congratulations on creating yet another outstanding space at

Love reading through my latest Google Reviews ❤️

Thank you Elizabeth for your amazing review, so pleased to have you at Personal Touch

Summertime and the livin’ is easy ☀️🌴

One of the biggest complaints I always hear about through the summer is pigmentation and it’s one of the main reasons I bang on about SPF so much!

If you are using any of the below ingredients you MUST be applying an SPF in the morning and reapplying it throughout the day and if you are outside enjoying some warming rays, stick a hat on!

Retinol/Vitamin A
Tretinoin
Glycolic Acid AHA
Salicylic Acid BHA
Polyhydroxy Acid PHA

You will still get a nice even glow it’s not going to block all the rays but it will minimise those rays from over stimulating your melanocytes and causing pigmentation spots.

It’s also worth considering dropping the frequency that you are using these ingredients during the summer, twice a week application will be fine if you are finding your skin to be more sun sensitive.

I’ve got a heart-to-heart question for you – how is your skin feeling today?

Drop an emoji heart to tell me in the comments how you feel about your skin today.

❤️ It’s glowing and radiant�💛 Pretty good thanks�💚 Okay but has its moments�💜 I’m struggling with it at times�💙 I need some professional TLC

In need of a little pick me up? Book a Skin Analysis & Consultation, a few tips and tricks can make all difference when improving your skin health and we’ll work to get your skin glowing and radiant ❤️

Something new is coming to the cotswolds this Summer. Any guesses? Comment below ⬇️

Struggling to find an SPF which is easy to reapply throughout the day?

If you missed my story the other morning introducing this wonder product I can’t live without, here is a recap

▫️High Factor 50SPF Cover
▫️Tone Adapting colour to suit most skin tones
▫️Camouflages redness
▫️Blurs Pores
▫️100% Mineral
▫️Water Resistant
▫️Sponge applicator enables easy reapplication throughout

Available exclusively to my clients in the clinic 🤗

I am so grateful for the kind words and support from my amazing clients 😍💕

Thank you Elizabeth for sharing your wonderful review – you make my work so incredibly rewarding.

Seeing frown lines, wrinkles, sagging jawline, Crow’s feet, loss of skin tone and red thread veins when you look in the mirror? Concerned about premature ageing? Wondering how to get things back on track?

Sun damage is the major cause of premature ageing. If you’re kicking yourself for not taking precautions earlier, don’t worry – it’s never too late to start.

When it comes to reversing the signs of ageing, you’re in the right place. From skin tightening radio frequency to micro-needling and IPL there is a suitable treatment for every concern.

New and very exciting treatments are coming to the Cotswolds! 🤫

Prevention is cheaper than curing! Not sure what I’m talking about….. all skincare is an investment unless your routine is full of products under £10 in which case you are doing well. I’m not saying your routine should be filled with an expensive 10 step routine but investing money in a couple of higher priced items is really beneficial to prevent skin aging. It’s also a good idea to be visiting a skin specialist a few times a year for a professional treatment.

If you start this early in your 30’s you will definitely be saving in the long run, meaning you won’t need those higher priced age reversing treatments until much later in life.

If the issue’s are already there and your skin has lost elasticity, those laughter lines have become more permanent and the sun worshipping you did in your 20’s is finally appearing on your face with pigmentation there are treatments like microneedling, IPL, radio frequency and HIFU which work wonders to turn back time and bring back a youthful, healthy glow.

Understanding your skin can be difficult especially when it is playing up with breakouts, something you didn’t expect to experience in your adult life.

Before you start searching Google or TikTok for the latest fad, consider getting in touch with a skin specialist who can provide an in depth consultation and skin analysis. You’ll be surprised at what triggers may come up which you never thought of but have been seen many times by a skin specialist. Above all they will also be able to recommend specific products and ingredients to get working on the external issues.

Picture this……. You’ve been using the same skincare products for years, your skin has always been good, healthy and glowing but the years are going on and you are starting to see changes in your overall skin condition

Fine lines
Skin laxity
Dull complexion
Enlarged pores
Pigmentation
Red veins

Now if you’d asked yourself these questions before seeing these changes, they may not have appeared, as you’d have changed your skincare products to work preventatively against them.

So if you are reaching 30 now is the time to start changing those products and ingredients.

If you are over 40 and are already experiencing these conditions don’t panic, now is the time to invest in professional treatments such as Microneedling, Radio frequency, IPL and HIFU.

Get in touch if you don’t know where to start and we can devise a treatment plan bespoke to your concerns.

Like a broken record that just keeps nagging you to apply your sun protection 😂 but it really is so important!

Skincare products are an investment, a bit like an exercise routine, you go to the gym every day only to eat a McDonald’s every night, it’s undoing all your hard work!

The same can be said with skincare, you apply all those amazing products to treat and manage your skin but you don’t apply SPF daily to protect it from skin damaging UV Rays 🤷🏼‍♀️

WEAR YOUR SPF please 😊

It’s so difficult to know which products to buy for which skin type when there is so much contradicting information in the market. The best place to start is a visit with your skin therapist, it will make your life much simpler.

Wow that was a hot weekend 🥵 this is your weekly reminder to always apply your SPF