Why do we need collagen and what does it do? Collagen is the most abundant protein in your body. Its the major component of connective tissues that make up several body parts including tendons, ligaments, skin and muscles Collagen has many important functions including providing your skin with structure and strengthening your bones. We start to lose collagen rapidly around our mid 30’s which is generally when we notice signs of ageing in our face and neck. Usually around the delicate eye area and then the rest follow, started with fine lines and then progressing to deeper wrinkles. So what can we do about it? Collagen supplements are a great…
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Botox VS Microneedling
What’s right for you? How Botox works Smoothes appearance of fine lines and wrinkles Injected into muscle – Partially paralysing it Restricts muscle mobility, preventing normal facial expressions which in turn reduces wrinkling when frowning or squinting, helping to prevent wrinkles deepening over time Commonly used on frown lines and crows feet Does NOT treat the surface of the skin No longer associated with facial freezing if used subtly Effects of botox slowly diminish Can be repeated indefinitely to maintain results Sessions scheduled for 3-6 month intervals depending on each patients needs How Microneedling works Rejuvenates the appearance of the skin by stimulating the production of healthy new cells literally…
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Why would you want Permanent Make-up?
Permanent make-up – So whats it going to do for me? So right now everybody seems to be doing it. A few years ago only the very rich and very brave seemed to be getting their make-up done using the longer lasting tattoo method. Now it seems every woman (and some men) that you ever come into contact with have had some form of SPMU (Semi-permanent make-up) but why? whats so good about it and why would you want to let someone do it? Time! For a start, women are busier now than they have ever been before, we are juggling careers, babies, the house and our friends and relationships…
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Looking after your face
You wouldn’t just paint over cracks, lumps and bumps in your house and think that they are going to disappear would you? In fact, that will probably do nothing other than make them look a whole lot worse! So why do we do it to our faces? Our face is what people see every day, what we see when we look in the mirror and if it isnt looked after – it shows! If we don’t like our skin, we generally do not feel confident, it has a MASSIVE effect on how we feel inside and our wellbeing. I know, I know, its not all about how you look but…
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My lip tattoo!
As all my regular clients will know, I’ve been talking about doing my lips for ages! What put me off you might ask, well I’ll tell you. Firstly I was worried about pain – after all, lips are just nerve endings right? Secondly, there never seemed to be ‘the right time’ to have really scabby lips and lastly, I was sort of worried about doing my own in case I bottled it half way through! One day I woke up and decided today I was going to grow a pair and just get on with it! So I popped on some numbing cream (left on for 30 minutes is best)…
