Why I Do What I Do and My Back Story

I have had a very personal journey with acne, texture, pigmentation, and scarring and I speak very openly about it. In school, I was badly bullied for my severe acne, and I used to go home every night to research about skin and its anatomy, conditions, and products.

At first, I was using high end products, stripping my skin, trying things that were ‘promised’ to work. I was obsessed with documenting it because it made me feel so low! I was also going for expensive facials all the way in Leeds, spending more and more money. I had no idea what I was doing.

Taking it into my own hands and doing the research I continuously do to work with all skin types, tones, and clients has given me so much fulfilment. I became really interested in the science behind how things worked.

Even now, I struggle with occasional hormonal/diet-related acne. But I know that’s normal and it will go. I keep it at bay now! And I am still on my scar-clearing journey! Sometimes I’d want to wear makeup to the salon, but I remember me a few years ago, covering and hiding my skin away from both myself and bullies at school. It is normal and natural, but we just have to figure ways to get CONTROL over our skin! This is why what I do is so important to me.

My facials, knowledge, and experience has given me the tools I need to take control of my skin, and to embrace it! And I will continue to update my knowledge on facials, skincare products, AND the science behind everything I do for as long as I’m doing it.

I then found a place closer to me for facials. I was advised a series of microneedling treatments. Microneedling shouldn’t be performed on acne, so this made my skin worse!

I decided to put matters into my own hands and make some lifestyle changes. Strip back my products, eat less dairy & more greens, drink more water & less caffeine, and stress less as best as I could.

I was fascinated by the power your skin can have on your mood. The direct link between feeling good & glowing from the outside, or feeling stressed & having a dull complexion was becoming easier to understand.

For a few years I have perfected my skin care, and friends and family, too. Learning about a variety of skin goals, concerns, tones, and maturity, not just my own.

I turned that fascination, passion, and drive i had for skin into a reality by starting ‘Skinbylouu’ last year, making it as affordable & accessible to everyone as possible.

I still have a bit of scarring I am working on with chemical peels & microneedling. And as I am 22, my hormones give me breakouts in the chin & neck area sometimes. This is TOTALLY normal! Here I use a bit of High Frequency and LED light therapy just to keep that at bay. My skin is never going to be ‘perfect’, but these facials give me the power and confidence within myself I never knew I could have!

My skin 5 years ago

My skin now