Do people still read blogs? 🤔
If you still do then hello - let me introduce myself 😊
I'm Ishea, I run things around here 😆 I am an aesthetician/facialist/skin therapist and consultant.
I have been 'doing skin stuff' for 8 years now and over these years I have learned A LOT from various avenues; education and study, treating multiple skin conditions in my treatment room and mostly through my own skin journey which is where it all began.
My skin was bad, and I just wanted it to look fine like everyone else. So I began trying stuff; I had 2 rounds of roaccutane (the strongest medication available for acne) ,tretinoin (also strong) and multiple AHA/BHA formulas. In my experiments I saw my skin get better, then worse again 😪
At this point I was fed up and made a decision to just stop trying stuff and just accept my skin and somehow find a way to love it. So I stopped washing my face 2x a day and reduced it down to 2x per week (yup). I simplified my skincare routine to just cleansing and moisturising using traditional and simple products. This was hard for me to do because in my mind I thought the stronger the better, so stripping things back felt like I wasn’t doing enough.
Much to my surprise, my skin started getting better after just 2 weeks... So I began reintroducing the 'strong stuff' again and my skin got worse again.
Wait... 🤔 was this suggesting that the simpler I kept my products to better my skin would be? So that's what I did. I weened myself off the strong actives and my skin improved - as you can see in the pics.
During this time I was studying cosmetic formulation - learning about the ingredients in skincare and what they do. I knew I wanted to have my own skincare line and help people understand and love their own skin too.
Long story short, Ivy' Skin was born and here we are 😃
I have used my expertise and experiences to create a skincare line that uses traditional skincare ingredients that just work to improve the health of your skin so that you can enjoy your own skin.
So take a look around, pick up a few items and try them for yourself! I promise you will see an improvement like I did.