Skincare: The award-winning ultimate no-nonsense guide and Sunday Times No. 1 best-seller

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However, the information in here is good. I'm fairly new to skincare products and this has given me a good firm understanding of what my skin needs and how to give it that. Use a good quality vitamin C daily. It’s great for day wear because the antioxidants help ward off the damage caused by pollution. It’s also great for use in the evening because of its repair function – just don’t mix with retinol, they don’t work well together. Use an oil-based vitamin C product if you want an instant glow and all stable vitamin C products help boost your collagen production. It’s important to use it topically since supplements come with no guarantee that they’ll make it to your skin.’ 9. Avoid Stress I’m not saying don’t have a little bit of what you fancy, but you could start by taking a probiotic. It’s something most skin experts agree on, from dermatologists to GPs to health specialists. Not eating well shows on your skin. Sugar, in particular, has a big effect. Sugar causes glycation, a process that destroys collagen.’ 8. Use A Good Vitamin C

One of the reasons she became popular, she thinks, is because “I don’t mind calling out things. I don’t like confrontation and yet people assume that I do – it highlights how little other [people in the industry] call things out, almost like it’s my job.” The author covers skin types, skin problems, skincare routines, where we should be spending the bulk of our skincare budget, skincare myths, and so much more. Eventually realising that I was a square peg in a round corporate hole, I started my own consultation business in 2009. My (at the time undiagnosed) ADHD would frequently land me in hot water as an employee, but as an independent consultant I was paid to tell brands what they needed to hear, not what they wanted to hear. As my husband once said, ‘Who would have thought that being gobby and opinionated would become a career?’Using acid toners is like taking your face to the gym,” she says. Acids are recommended to remove dead skin cells and force your skin into action. There’s even a whole guide dedicated to helping you decide which is best for you to use.

When I talk about ‘bookends’ in this chapter (and in skincare in general), I mean cleansing and moisturising. Start with a good cleanse to prep your skin, and finish with an appropriate moisturiser to seal it all in and protect your skin.The format of this book was terrible. There were important parts of other sections hidden in the little boxes where there's rants and myth busting. I expected all the cleansing information to be in a cleansing section, but you really have to read the entire thing because everything is a bit all over the shop.