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Introducing Skin Rocks Premium

Introducing Skin Rocks Premium

Throughout my experience working in the skincare industry, my mission has always been to help make skincare make sense...

06/03/2024

Introducing: The Gentle Acid

Introducing: The Gentle Acid

This gentle acid toner works hard to deliver the power of exfoliation, without the irritation...

14/02/2024

Sachi Skin Triphala Pigmentation Corrector

Sachi Skin Triphala Pigmentation Corrector

Sachi Skin Triphala Pigmentation Corrector - 30ml, £74 This is a CH Team favourite, and it's clear to see why. Two of our lovely team tried it out, and you...

30/08/2023

My Favourite Products - Bonus Category

My Favourite Products - Bonus Category

Happy Saturday! For the final products in my favourites, you have a Brucie Bonus! From skincare, makeup, lip and tools to haircare, here are my favourites. Check out my final...

29/07/2023

My Favourite SPFs

My Favourite SPFs

Here is the final category of My Favourite Skincare Products, and we are finishing skincare with SPF. Find out what my favourite SPFs of the past year or more here.

28/07/2023

My Favourite Moisturisers

My Favourite Moisturisers

Welcome to Day 4 of My Favourite Products! Here are my favourite moisturisers from the last year (and some even longer!). Find out what they are here.

27/07/2023

My Favourite Treatments

My Favourite Treatments

Welcome to Day 3 of My Favourite Products, today I'm sharing my favourite treatments which includes my top eye cream, Retinoids, serums. Find out what they are here.

26/07/2023

My Favourite Cleansers

My Favourite Cleansers

To celebrate my birthday week, I am revealing 54 of my current favourite products that I've been loving over the past year (and before!). You can tune into the Skin...

24/07/2023

Skin Rocks The Cream Cleanser

Skin Rocks The Cream Cleanser

Skin Rocks - The Cream Cleanser, £32 The latest addition to Skin Rocks Skincare. Introducing: The Cleanser, also available in Fragrance-Free. A conditioning cream cleanser to gently cleanse the skin...

14/06/2023

Allies of Skin 20% Vitamin C Brighten + Firm Serum

Allies of Skin 20% Vitamin C Brighten + Firm Serum

Allies of Skin - 20% Vitamin C Brighten + Firm Serum, 30ml - £93 What you need to know Suitable for all skins and conditions, including menopause, pregnancy and breastfeeding....

31/05/2023

The Light Up Kit Has Landed

The Light Up Kit Has Landed

The Light Up Kit is a full routine, worth £394 and is yours for £160. A saving of over 59%. This Kit has been curated to brighten, refine and give...

31/05/2023

Introducing Dermatica's Latest Launch | AD

Introducing Dermatica's Latest Launch | AD

When they launched, Dermatica were the first online dermatology service of its kind in the UK, whereby you upload photographs of your skin, fill out your profile and the Dermatology...

23/03/2023

The Skin Rocks Moisturiser and Support Oil Have Landed

The Skin Rocks Moisturiser and Support Oil Have Landed

We have two (technically three) new additions to Skin Rocks Skincare. Introducing: The Moisturiser and Support Oil. The Moisturiser In an industry first, The Moisturiser is available in both fragranced...

06/03/2023

Limited Edition The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing Butter - Camellia

Limited Edition The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing Butter - Camellia

The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing Butter - Camellia Limited Edition, 90ml - £12.00 If you've been a reader for a while, you'll know I adore The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing...

09/02/2023

EMPTIES - MY FIRST IN OVER A YEAR..

EMPTIES - MY FIRST IN OVER A YEAR..

My first Empties in over a year is finally up on YouTube. Full list of products below - next up, Skincare! BODYGarnier Body Repair Restoring Moisturiser https://bit.ly/3ZOH4r1La Mer The Body...

22/01/2023

RETINOID DATABASE

RETINOID DATABASE

Picture for representational purposes from my archive, may contain products that have yet been added. Hi Everyone, As promised, the link to the Google Doc showing the retinoids on a...

04/01/2023

Skin Rocks Retinoids 1 and 2 Have Landed

Skin Rocks Retinoids 1 and 2 Have Landed

Caroline Hirons review of Skin Rocks Retinoids 1 and 2, including which one you need, who it's for, who needs it and who doesn't.

08/11/2022

COSMOSS by Kate Moss

COSMOSS by Kate Moss

‘Cosmoss’, the lifestyle brand by Kate Moss, launched to predictable fawning from the fashion world earlier this month. What the brand says: (strap yourselves in) This is literally ‘The Story’...

23/09/2022

CeraVe Hydrating Foaming Oil Cleanser

CeraVe Hydrating Foaming Oil Cleanser

Brilliant for use as a first, second or morning cleanse.

25/08/2022

Biossance Squalane + Zinc Sheer Mineral Sunscreen

Biossance Squalane + Zinc Sheer Mineral Sunscreen

Biossance Squalane + Zinc Sheer Mineral Sunscreen, 50ml, £23.00 SPF 30 Broad Spectrum Physical SPF Non-organic vs organic? Non-organic. Zinc Oxide. Main SPF active ingredients? Zinc oxide. Full inci: Zinc...

21/05/2022

MY SPF PICKS FROM IBIZA

MY SPF PICKS FROM IBIZA

View this post on Instagram A post shared by CAROLINE HIRONS (@carolinehirons) Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Targeted Sun Defense Stick SPF 50 Perfect for quick touch-ups. Keep in your...

20/05/2022

Sali Hughes x Revolution Skincare

Sali Hughes x Revolution Skincare

“I’ve worked with great formulators and proven active and supporting ingredients to create a 100% cruelty-free and vegan-friendly core range of two cleansers, one exfoliant, one serum and two moisturisers,...

18/05/2022

CURRENT BEAUTY MYTHS

CURRENT BEAUTY MYTHS

A couple of weeks ago I asked for the most-repeated myths around skincare and beauty that you wanted debunked/clarified. Well. There was A LOT. So, in no particular order... You...

11/05/2022

Trinny London Skincare

Trinny London Skincare

My previous overview of the Cleansers can be found here. Following on from my Insta Live, I just wanted to leave the overview here for your perusal as promised. In...

09/05/2022

Beauty Pie Youth Bomb 360 Radiance Concentrate Serum | AD

Beauty Pie Youth Bomb 360 Radiance Concentrate Serum | AD

Beauty Pie is essentially a beauty club, where you pay a yearly fee to get access to lab-direct prices. The Beauty Pie range has grown exponentially since launch and they...

28/04/2022

Glossier Futuredew Oil Serum

Glossier Futuredew Oil Serum

Glossier Futuredew Oil Serum, 30ml – £23.00 What you need to knowAlthough this is in the skincare category, I use it as part of my makeup routine. I bloody love...

16/03/2022

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 1/3/6/10/20

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 1/3/6/10/20

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 1, 30ml – £39.00Medik8 Crystal Retinal 3, 30ml – £45.00Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6, 30ml – £59.00Medik8 Crystal Retinal 10, 30ml – £79.00Medik8 Crystal Retinal 20, 30ml –...

04/03/2022

Curél Deep Moisture Spray

Curél Deep Moisture Spray

You need this if... Your skin is dehydrated, dry or acnaeic and you need to hydrate without weight. You don't need this if... Your skin is completely balanced. You don't...

03/02/2022

SPF, GWYNETH PALTROW, VOGUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSCIOUSLY USING YOUR PLATFORM

SPF, GWYNETH PALTROW, VOGUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSCIOUSLY USING YOUR PLATFORM

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for a week (lucky you), you cannot have missed the ever present-consciously-around Gwyneth Paltrow showcasing her 'morning routine' for US Vogue. If you...

07/04/2021

TOP 20 SKINCARE QUESTIONS OF 2020: WHAT DOES HYALURONIC ACID DO?

TOP 20 SKINCARE QUESTIONS OF 2020: WHAT DOES HYALURONIC ACID DO?

Hyaluronic acid aka 'HA' is, depending on who you speak to, either the second coming of Jesus or the absolute devil. I think the answer is comfortably in the middle....

04/01/2021

BONDI SANDS SPF 50+ LOTIONS | AD

BONDI SANDS SPF 50+ LOTIONS | AD

OK SPF TIME FOLKS. With the hope that we haven't seen the best of our summer in the UK, and as we are allowed more and more to get out...

23/07/2020

INSTA LIVE NO.16: VITAMIN C PART ONE & TWO

INSTA LIVE NO.16: VITAMIN C PART ONE & TWO

VIT C PART 1: OSKIA Super C Capsules: https://bit.ly/2ZVDMGA SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF Serum: https://bit.ly/3dWXXai Sunday Riley C.E.O. Glow Face Oil: https://bit.ly/3e43c8h KORA Organics Noni Bright Vitamin C Serum: https://bit.ly/2Tn3dfr Renee...

28/05/2020

ESTEE LAUDER ADVANCED NIGHT REPAIR INTENSE RESET CONCENTRATE | AD

ESTEE LAUDER ADVANCED NIGHT REPAIR INTENSE RESET CONCENTRATE | AD

ANR – Advanced Night Repair IRC – Advanced Night Repair Intense Repair Concentrate Who is it for? Suggested skin type and age? Anyone whose skin is acting up, or stressed,...

08/09/2019

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY - SKINCARE IN M.E./DEPRESSION/ILLNESS

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY - SKINCARE IN M.E./DEPRESSION/ILLNESS

The joy of doing in-person events is that I get to talk to a lot of you in a much more intimate fashion than via the internet. On the recent...

01/04/2019

CHEAT SHEET - VITAMIN A - STAGES OF CONVERSION

CHEAT SHEET - VITAMIN A - STAGES OF CONVERSION

Following on from yesterday’s review (see the updated one here) and the inci listing that wasn’t very clear, I thought a quick post on the conversion of vitamin A, and...

03/03/2019

RETINOL Q&A | FEBRUARY 2019

RETINOL Q&A | FEBRUARY 2019

Hi Everyone! A quick retinol Q&A to get us going in the vitamin A series. This is designed to help people new to vitamin A/considering starting to use retinol products....

10/02/2019

WELEDA SKIN FOOD

WELEDA SKIN FOOD

Describe the brand in three words.Natural. Plants. Heritage. Who is it for?Dry, rough, dehydrated skins. People suffering from rosacea, cracked skin and dermatitis. Weather-chapped. Pissed off faces. What’s in it?Water...

02/12/2017

'Where to go for treatments?' page - Updated

'Where to go for treatments?' page - Updated

Hi Everyone, I'm asked almost daily about facialists and treatments - pretty much worldwide, so I've added names to the list and am obviously more than happy for your personal...

12/07/2017

CHEAT SHEET - TYPES OF ACIDS

CHEAT SHEET - TYPES OF ACIDS

Hi Everyone! I thought it would be helpful to list a little extra info on some of the most common (and not so common) acids as a guide while you...

21/03/2017

The Five Email Folder Rule

The Five Email Folder Rule

Forgive me – this is has nothing to do with beauty and everything to do with feeling overwhelmed and not being able to function, which is essentially where I have...

16/02/2017

Cheat Sheet - How to use a vitamin A product

Cheat Sheet - How to use a vitamin A product

My most frequently-asked-questions have all been about retinol in recent weeks. I thought I would answer the most popular questions, both on social media and in the comments section on...

20/05/2015

The Top 10: Acid Toners

The Top 10: Acid Toners

I imagine most of you lovely readers will fully expect what products are in my Top choices so before I carry on - I couldn't stop at 5, hence there...

10/04/2015

Cheat Sheet - Double Cleansing

Cheat Sheet - Double Cleansing

Over the last few months I have been asked a lot about double cleansing. I think it peaked this month because I am quoted in the March edition of American...

01/03/2015

Cheat Sheet - Where should I spend most of my money in my routine?

Cheat Sheet - Where should I spend most of my money in my routine?

The answer is always, always serums. The rise of serums has definitely, in my opinion, bumped moisturisers off of the top spot – although they were never my No.1 –...

01/02/2015

Sunday Riley Good Genes

Sunday Riley Good Genes

*This review refers to the Good Genes Lactic Acid, not the Glycolic. What is it? 'A brightening, multitasking, radiance treatment and mask.' 'Naturally brightens and improves radiance, texture and circulation.'...

28/01/2015

Cheat Sheet - Perioral Dermatitis or 'those red annoying spots that won't go away'

Cheat Sheet - Perioral Dermatitis or 'those red annoying spots that won't go away'

So. A really quick and simple one: You've had spots/redness/flakiness/looks like eczema/you thought it was acne but it isn't - for ages in one place around your mouth or nose...

18/11/2014

Pregnancy, Breasts, Dummies and everything in-between.

Pregnancy, Breasts, Dummies and everything in-between.

I know. I have four children. They are without doubt, the best thing about my life. Without doubt. Would die for all of them. Any time, any day. I went...

23/06/2014

Cheat Sheet - Routines

Cheat Sheet - Routines

It’s easy to see how your skincare routine can be a little overwhelming – we are sold so many products these days – there is something for everyone – but...

04/06/2013