One of our most popular brands is being reviewed today, and it’s Medik8! We love all their products, and this week, we have each selected our favourite to tell you about. But first, I want to tell you why I decided to stock Medik8 in the clinic… Firstly, Medik8 is known for its high-quality skincare […]
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Societe Product Review
This week’s Societe product review reflects this brand’s dedication to nature being harnessed with science in a cosmeceutical setting. They go the extra mile to ensure their ingredients are quality and cold-pressed to preserve their potency. They then work with these high levels of active ingredients to provide optimised for results, all while avoiding unnecessary […]
Best Acne Busters
Zits happen… are you ready to embrace the bumpy road to clear skin? Acne is like that annoying relative who shows up uninvited to every family gathering. Just when you think you’re rid of it, it pops up again, making its presence known on your face. But fear not, my fellow acne warriors! We’re here […]
The Benefits Of Professional Facials
Here at The Skin Care Clinic, Zoe, our Dermal Therapist, is renowned for giving not only great advice on all skin concerns and conditions, but also luxurious facials, with lots of massage techniques that will leave you feeling relaxed and your skin revitalised. Aside from the relaxing nature of facials, there are so many other benefits […]
Omnilux Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Omnilux Hyaluronic Acid Serum complements your skin’s needs while using their LED masks by providing the perfect balance of hydration. This serum combines hyaluronic acid with niacinamide and inflammation-reducing antioxidants. Giving you brighter, softer and glowing skin.
Body Care Product Review
Using a moisturiser on your body offers a multitude of benefits for your skin. Firstly, it provides essential hydration, replenishing moisture and maintaining the skin’s elasticity and smoothness. Secondly, it helps to strengthen the skin’s natural barrier, protecting it from environmental stressors and preventing moisture loss. Additionally, moisturisers nourish the skin with beneficial ingredients, promoting […]
The Top 7 Skincare Ingredients
As we age, our skin undergoes various changes, such as loss of elasticity, increased dryness, and fine lines and wrinkles. While ageing is a natural process that cannot be stopped, using anti-ageing skincare products can help slow down the signs of ageing and maintain a youthful appearance. However, not all skincare products are created equal. […]
Benefits of Face Oils
Winter weather can be harsh on the skin, and it’s not uncommon to experience dryness and irritation during the colder months. One of the trends you’ll hear a lot about over Winter is face oils… but what’s it all about? The low humidity levels in the air, coupled with indoor heating, can cause the skin […]
Best Skincare for Dry Skin Reviewed
Dry skin on your face is common for many people, especially during the winter months. Cold temperatures, low humidity, and indoor heating can all contribute to dryness and tightness in the skin, making it look dull and lifeless. When trying to find skincare for dry skin, there are several options available. One option is to […]
Skincare Kits We Love
Skincare kits are such a great way to get all your essentials without spending too much money. Perhaps you want to try out a new brand but aren’t entirely sure which products to get. Then a kit is a great introduction to the brand! Also great to have for when you travel, to leave at […]
5 Reasons Your Skincare Isn’t Working
Sometimes, it seems as though no matter what you do, your skin just looks a bit ‘blah’. You’re using good products, but you’re just not getting the results that you expected – especially when you have forked out hundreds of dollars on your skin care! Maybe your skin looks tired and dull, maybe the wrinkles […]
Skinbetter Science Techno Neck Perfecting Cream
Skinbetter Science Techno Neck Perfecting Cream improves the firmness of your neck area. Improving crepiness and texture while hydrating and creating supple skin. This serum is perfect for those with ageing and dry neck and décolleté issues.
Best Eye Cream Review
Using an eye cream is a great way of upping your skin care routine and getting even better results. But with so many to choose from, you can often give up, not really knowing which one is the right one for you. We all love a good eye cream here at The Skin Care Clinic […]
SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advanced
SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advanced is your daily corrective treatment with increased power, designed to improve the appearance of wrinkling and loss of elasticity in the skin. With a complex combination of antioxidants and peptides, it improves the appearance of advanced signs of ageing.
6 Benefits of Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic acid, abbreviated as HA, is a carbohydrate molecule that naturally occurs in the body. This acid primarily functions as a hydrator or lubricator for our joints, skin, and connective tissues. While hyaluronic acid is found in many areas of the body, nearly 50% of all HA occurs in the skin. However, the skin naturally […]
Vitamin C Skincare Review
Vitamin C! Quite possibly the greatest of all vitamins in skincare. Why? Well, it brightens, repairs, protects and even outs the skin tone and texture, as well as stimulating collagen, making it great for fine lines and wrinkles. So if you’re not using a vitamin C serum, why not??!! Read this week’s vitamin C skincare review […]
Medik8 Crystal Retinal Ceramide Eye (strength 3, 6 & 10)
Medik8 Crystal Retinal Ceramide Eye is your gentle-release vitamin A designed to smooth and lift the skin around your eyes. There are three levels available, starting with 3 if you haven’t used Medik8’s crystal retinal products before. Otherwise matching your Crystal Retinal facial vitamin A serum. Giving you a progressive method to improve signs of ageing around your eyes. Smoothing crow’s feet, lifting and de-puffing eye contours and brightening dark circles by morning. This is a nourishing and targeted treatment for your eye area.
Crow’s Feet
Crow’s feet and fine lines around the eye area are an inevitable sign of facial ageing that typically begin to form as tiny lines in a person’s mid-twenties. Over time, these fine lines begin to deepen into more pronounced wrinkles or folds that are visible even when a person is expressionless. Crow’s feet, technically called […]
PCA Skin Product Review
Formulating products that improve the health of your skin is a cornerstone of PCAskin. We’ve recently added their whole range to our website (we’ve had a few of our favourites available for years) so it’s high time we had a PCAskin product review. Their products are created to work together in customised regimens that deliver […]
CosMedix Elite Surface Revival
CosMedix Elite Surface Revival is a toner designed to boost your current skincare routine. Including ultra-hydrating and anitoxidant ingredients, while also exfoliating. It will visibly improve your skin tone and texture, leaving a slightly matte finish. This is designed to fight dehydrated skin types, alleviating congestion and improving photo-ageing.
Skinbetter Science Hydration Boosting Cream
Skinbetter Science Hydration Boosting Cream is a lightweight moisturiser for those after velvety long-lasting hydration without the weight. It’s designed as your everyday hydration with vitamin B3, hyaluronic and ceramides to give your skin it’s daily boost of goodness.
Skinbetter Science Trio Rebalancing Moisturiser
Skinbetter Science Trio Rebalancing Moisturiser addresses dry and dehydrated skin, be it from ageing or environmental reasons. This is designed as a rich and luxurious moisturiser without the weight.
Perioral Dermatitis
Perioral dermatitis is quite a common concern, especially in women, who seem to suffer it more than men. It presents as a red, rash-like irritation around the mouth and often around the nose and on the eyes, particularly the eyelids. If you have suffered this condition, then you might think that applying a topical steroid […]
Medik8 H.E.O. Mask
Medik8 H.E.O. Mask is your optimal ratio moisturisation two-step system. Designed as your dry skin saviour. Drenching your skin with its proven two-step process that combines humectants (H), emollients (E) and occlusives (O). Step 1 starts with a gel consisting of hyaluronic acid and natural moisturising factors to deeply hydrate. This is followed by step 2, including ceramides and squalane to nourish and lock in moisture. Enjoy a relaxing pre-sleep treat while visibly plumping your skin.
Vitamin A Product Review – Antiaging Skincare
Vitamin A (or retinol/retinal) is one of the greatest skin care vitamins for fighting signs of premature ageing, such as fine lines and wrinkles, loss of elasticity and skin tone and texture. It achieves this by speeding up cellular turnover, meaning that you are making newer cells faster, leaving you with clearer, brighter, healthier-looking skin. […]
Osmosis Pure Lip Balm
Osmosis pure lip balm is a 100% natural formula that hydrates and improves your lips skin barrier while protecting your lips. It’s rich in fatty acids, sunflower seed and coconut oil as well as lanolin and honey. Creating a luxurious drenching of moisture with added healing properties. The sweet mint gives a refreshing slight tingle.
Pamper Products Reviewed
Are you ready for Christmas yet? It’s either a calm ‘of course’ – or a chaotic ‘heavens no!!!’ While we can’t take the last-minute stress of Christmas from your shoulders, we can prompt-you to take a moment for yourself. Whichever head space you’re in, there’s one thing your body will thank you for… and that’s […]
Jane Iredale HydroPure Tinted Serum
Jane Iredale HydroPure Tinted Serum is a tinted hyaluronic acid serum to assist with plumping and smoothing your skin. All while giving you a sheer coverage for a dewy and fresh glow. If you don’t like the look of thick makeup, but you want the glow, this is your perfect solution.
Brightening Product Review
The way we’ve lived our life so far leaves a trail on our skin… a pigmentation artwork so to speak, each unique. UV exposure, hormonal changes, acne and scarring occur over time, and we’re left with the after-effects. What’s actually happening is changes to the melanin in our skin. Guess what though, scientists have found […]
PCA Skin Facial Wash
PCA Skin Facial Wash is a gentle exfoliating cleanser to remove makeup and impurities without drying out your skin. It leaves your skin feeling soothed and balanced, including a blend of lactic acid, aloe and willow bark.
PCA Skin Après Peel® Hydrating Balm
PCA Skin Après Peel® Hydrating Balm is a feather light moisturiser designed to replenish dry skin. All while improving collagen production to improve fine lines and wrinkles. The addition of antioxidants and and emollients creates a rich hydrator that leaves your skin smooth and supple.
PCA Skin C & E Advanced
PCA Skin C&E Advanced is your optimal vitamin C serum, designed to improve your skins reaction to UV damage, while fading past exposure discolouration. It includes antioxidants and a powerful brightening agent to boost your brightening results. This is your everyday vitamin C serum.
PCA Skin ExLinea® Peptide Smoothing Serum
PCA Skin ExLinea® Peptide Smoothing Serum reduces your deep expression lines with this targeted peptide spot treatment. Say goodbye to crow’s feet, laugh lines, forehead wrinkles and frown lines from repeated movements without the injectables.
PCA Skin Smoothing Toner
PCA Skin Smoothing Toner is designed for oily and combination skin types to reduce surface oil and calm blemish prone skin types. Containing astringent lactic acid and citric acid, your skin will feel clean without being over-stripped. This is an alcohol free formula.
PCA Skin Intensive Age Refining Treatment 0.5% Pure Retinol Night
PCA Skin Intensive Age Refining Treatment is your nightly retinol serum for ageing skin concerns. Visibly reducing wrinkles while strengthening your skin, this formula is boosted with vitamin B, retino-peptides, stem cell extracts and hydrators. Giving your skin the extra boost it needs to rejuvenate while you sleep.
PCA Skin Body Therapy
PCA Skin Body Therapy is your luxurious moisturiser for the dry skin on your body. Providing time-release technology to deliver maximum hydration over 10 hours. Keeping you feeling soft and supple during the day (or night).
PCA Skin Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Cream
PCA Skin Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Cream is your rich hydrator for your ageing eye concerns. Reducing the appearance of dark circles, upper eye sagging, puffiness and fine lines with a multitude of peptides and active ingredients.
PCA Skin Ideal Complex Revitalizing Eye Gel
PCA Skin Ideal Complex Revitalizing Eye Gel is a light-weight serum and hydrator for your ageing eye concerns. Reducing the appearance of dark circles, upper eye sagging, puffiness and fine lines with a multitude of peptides and active ingredients.
PCA Skin HydraMatte
PCA Skin HydraMatte is the perfect moisturiser for oily and blemish prone skin types. Reducing oil on the surface of your skin while improving the hydration in the deeper levels. Leaving you with a powdery matte finish that helps promote naturally clearer skin. It includes unique pre and probiotic support to improve your skin barrier functions and reduce oxidative stress.
PCA Skin Hydraluxe
PCA Skin Hydraluxe is exactly as it sounds… your luxurious moisturiser for ageing, dry and sensitive skin. It is designed to improve your hydration levels, reduce water loss and reduce the visible signs of ageing. Enjoy a plumper and smoother feeling to your skin.
PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm
PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm is your soothing and protecting moisturiser for when you’re in harsh climates. It includes antioxidants, botanicals and hydrolyzed silk to leave your skin feeling soft and rejuvenated. If you’re staying active outside but tired of feeling red and sore afterwards, then this is your new skin saviour.
PCA Skin ReBalance
PCA Skin ReBalance is your calming moisturiser for even the most sensitive skin. It’s a light and quick-absorbing forumula, boosted with antioxidants and designed to improve your skin barrier function.
PCA Skin Pigment Gel Pro
PCA Skin Pigment Gel Pro is your hyperpigmentation saviour. An advanced dermatologically tested serum that fades existing dark spots while protecting against more forming. Powered by proprietary SynerPro Complex, your stubborn UV and hormonal pigmentation issues are evened out and brighten your skin.
PCA Skin Intensive Clarity Treatment 0.5% Pure Retinol Night
PCA Skin Intensive Clarity Treatment is a retinol designed specifically for breakout and oily prone skin. Formulated with salicylic acid, retinol and niacinamide. Including a time-release delivery system allowing for a deeper penetration of active ingredients and giving optimal results. Actively address your acne prone skin with salicylic acid, while strengthening and supporting long term clear skin.
PCA Skin Intensive Brightening Treatment 0.5% Pure Retinol Night
PCA Skin Intensive Brightening Treatment assists the reduction of unwanted discolouration in your skin. It is your nightly retinol serum that addresses discolouration as you age, including yellowing of the skin. It contains powerful antioxidants including Resveratrol, that address ageing skin, and has a patented delivery system that allows for deeper penetration of active ingredients into your skin.
PCA Skin Retinol Treatment for Sensitive Skin
PCA Skin Retinol Treatment for Sensitive Skin is designed to allow those with easily irritated skin to improve skin rejuvenation. Gently improving your skin cell turnover while reducing redness and uneven skin tone. This is a great retinol (vitamin A) serum if you haven’t tried one before, or if you are worried how your skin will react. Vitamin A is well known for it’s skin enhancing abilities for ageing skin, but also for cause skin irritation. This formula is designed to address this issue, while still providing anti-ageing results.
PCA Skin Vitamin B3 Brightening Serum
PCA Skin Vitamin B3 Brightening Serum is your dark spot and uneven skin tone reducing treatment. Allowing for a healthier skin barrier function and a more even and bright appearance.
PCA Skin Dual Action Redness Relief
PCA Skin Dual Action Redness Relief is your calming and strengthening serum for sensitive and red skin. It improves your skin barrier function, allowing for better water retention as well as protection against environmental damage. It also contains important antioxidants and ceramides to boost and renew your skin while reducing inflammation. This serum is exactly […]
PCA Skin Hydrating Serum
PCA Skin Hydrating Serum nourishes dry skin while feeling weightless on your skin. This formula includes sodium hyaluronate and vitamin B, allowing your skin to attract and hold more moisture. When you feel like your skin needs more moisture, be it from the changing weather or ageing, this serum boosts your existing routine to leave your skin feeling soft and hydrated without heavy creams.
PCA Skin Creamy Cleanser
PCA Skin Creamy Cleanser is designed for ageing, sensitive and dry skin. Cleansing your skin without stripping the moisture from it, with the addition of aloe vera to sooth your skin.
Hyaluronic Acid (HA) – Do We Need It?
Keeping your skin hydrated is an all-time mission, and it is just impossible to miss this renowned hydrating ingredient: Hyaluronic acid (HA). Although called “acid”, hyaluronic acid is not an actual “acid” like BHA or AHA. Opposite to these typical exfoliating acids, hyaluronic acid is only an acid when in its true form, meaning it […]
Vitamin C Product Reviews
We’re so grateful for vitamin C, because the discovery of this little yet powerful gem makes a HUGE difference to your skin. It improves the way your skin deals with UV, and improves past mis-demeanours. What’s not to love! The only downfall? We have HEAPS of vitamin C options… with this in mind, we’ve created […]
Skincare Basics – Getting Started
Healthy skin does not happen overnight. A consistent skin care routine is essential to optimise your skin health, fortify its defences and maximise your results. To enhance your knowledge, we have compiled these skincare basics. Including the typical steps in your daily skincare routine, as well as recommendations that are specific to your skin type […]
Medik8 Press & Clear
Medik8 Press & Clear is a gentle exfoliating toner designed for breakout prone skin. This is a gentle-release toner containing 2% encapsulated salicylic acid designed to both exfoliate while supporting and strengthening a healthy skin barrier. It is a lightweight formula that is non-sticky, non-stinging and designed to be used everyday. Providing you breakout prevention, reduced oiliness, pore size and post-blemish marks with. This toner is even able to be used by mature acne suffering skin types.
Three Warriors Body Tan Aqua Mist
Three Warriors Body Tan Aqua Mist – Tasmanian Organic, luxe tanning for Warriors, worldwide. This is an ultra-fine body tan water that is designed to both hydrate and glow your skin! This tan is designed as a buildable coverage so you can control your desired shade. Simply spray over your skin and in as little as 3 hours your skin will be glowing, no need to rinse
Sun Protection Product Review
Yay for more sunshine! Guess what, if you’re not into your SPF, now’s the time to refresh and apply it anyway. While we recommend using sun protection ALL year round, we often hear that people only use it when they absolutely HAVE to. Memories of thick, greasy white paste, that causes everything to stick to […]
PCA Skin Collagen Hydrator
PCA Skin Collagen Hydrator is a thick moisturiser containing shea butter, olive fruit oil, and sweet almond fruit extract. It’s rich in antioxidants and provides intense hydration for dry skin
One Thing I Can’t Be Without!
Don’t you just hate it when your ‘essential’ product is out and you don’t have any more yet?! Noooooo!!! Well, that is exactly what this review is all about. What are those products that “make us want to cry” when we have to go a few days – or more – without… what do you […]
Cosmetic Therapies (Injectables) vs Skincare
Are you in two minds about cosmetic therapies (injectables) vs skincare? Many are – including me. I’ve actually have some wrinkle/muscle relaxing treatments. Since moving away though, I only get it when I come back home and see our amazing Dr Christine in our clinic. I can say though, as much as I love the […]
Stress, Cortisol and Your Skin Problems
Over the last few years, most people in the world have experienced much higher levels of stress than usual. Covid, lockdowns, covid again, war, cost of living, fires and now floods. It’s been a lot. When your body is under stress, its natural response is to produce extra cortisol. What is cortisol exactly? Cortisol is […]
FYNE Eyelash Enhancing Mascara
FYNE Eyelash Enhancing Mascara is designed to work alongside the FYNE Eyelash Enhancing Serum. Having created an advanced forumla that is ‘all natural’ waterproof mascara that lengthens, darkens, thickens and increases your eyelash curl.
Aspect Dr Resveratrol Moisturising Cream 15g Kit Size (Spin Wheel Prize)
Emollient moisturiser. Super-hydrating and infused with Resveratrol- containing pure grape skin extracts and peptides, Resveratrol Moisturising Cream hydrates and nourishes, while providing the skin with anti-oxidant protection. A perfect moisturiser for use all year round.
Toner and Mist Product Review
Have you ever wondered if you should be adding in a toner and mist into your skincare routine? What’s the added benefit and which one should you be looking at? Gone are the days when you are supposed to cleanse, tone and moisturise as a general rule. With your old trusty toner being a strong […]
Best Toners For Your Skin
Cleanse, tone and moisturise. These are the three steps I was taught when I was younger, and at that time, it consisted of a Nutrimetics cleanser, cheap supermarket toners and a Ponds or Nivea moisturiser – or if I was ‘in the money’ I’d lash out and purchase an Olay moisturiser. If I was feeling […]
Menopause Skin Changes
We have previously shared articles about menopause and the effects that it has on your skin, but given that I am in the thick of peri menopause and all of the glorious symptoms, I though it might be time for another menopause skin article, because boy, does it knock you around!!! If the feelings of […]
Pigmentation Product Review
Pigmentation on your face can mean a few different things. Mostly we’re talking about freckles or melasma. So, let’s work out what’s causing it before we go into our latest pigmentation product review this week… because understanding an issue can often highlight the best steps towards preventing and solving it. Freckles are more likely in […]
Eye Cream Product Review
Ready to reconsider your eye care routine? Choosing the perfect products can feel overwhelming, we completely understand this. In our clinic we have over 15 different eye products! Eeeeek! Some are for use in the mornings to refresh tired, puffy and dark eyes, while others rejuvenate your fine lines and wrinkles. We have a few […]
Winter Skin Product Review
Experiencing dehydrated skin is uncomfortable at best, and painful at worst – and often often gets more noticeable during the colder seasons. While adding something extra to heal your cracked and dry skin can bring great relief, it’s a much better idea to plan ahead and add the extra moisture in BEFORE you have the […]
Societe Micro Foaming Polish
Societe Micro Foaming Polish is an exfoliating cleanser that removes dead skin cells and promotes brighter looking skin. It is a physical exfoliant that uses Diatomaceous Earth and Quartz, to gently slough away dead skin cells, dirt, oil and other debris. Designed for the face and body, this is a product that both men and women will enjoy alike.
Vitamin B – Niacinamide Product Review
You will have often heard us recommend Vitamin B – or Niacinamide. You will find it in many of your cosmeceutical skincare products and it should be in your daily skincare routine. With so many products available, which do we use ourselves? Check out our Niacinamide product review to see which products we use and […]
Makeup Products Reviewed
While we specialise and love our skincare products, we stock a range of makeup to compliment differing skin types. This is because using makeup that contains pore blocking ingredients can counteract all the good work you put into having healthy skin. Check out the makeup products reviewed to see what we use and enjoy ourselves. […]
Medik8 Skincare Range
This extensive range of professional Medik8 skincare has been created by Elliot Isaacs, an Englishman who studied physiology alongside pharmacology and biochemistry. After his studies, Elliot backpacked around the world where he became increasingly interested in different species of flora and the healing properties they possess. When he returned home, he combined his new love […]
At Home Treatment Product Review
We love to have a treatment here in the clinic (who wouldn’t?!), but we realise not everyone is able to have a monthly personalised session with a skin therapist. You would think working in our clinic we’d all be pampered like princesses. Realistically we’re all so busy that often it can be months in-between sessions. […]
Anti-Ageing Skincare Ingredients
Have you ever looked at the back of the bottle of one of your skin care products and wondered what all those words mean? We talk a lot about avoiding nasty chemicals in skin care. We can assure you that we don’t stock products that contain any in our clinic, but sometimes, even the good […]
CosMedix Elite I-Complex Advanced Eye Gel
CosMedix I-Complex Advanced Eye Gel is designed as your retinol-look-alike cooling eye serum. Bringing extra hydration in with Hyaluronic Acid, while gently resurfacing your skin with Bakuchiol. The addition of the metal rollerballs on the applicator allows for a massaging effect as your apply your serum.