BEAUTY KNOWHOW Are you feeling sensitive - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Beauty BEAUTY KNOWHOW Are you feeling sensitive By You Magazine - April 18, 2021 And I mean your skin. If the answer is yes, it’s time to rethink your beauty routine. Sensitive, or at least sensitised, skin has been on the rise of late and is often put down to people overusing active ingredients in their beauty routine – excessive exfoliation, too much retinol, that sort of thing. This is giving rise to more fragrance-free lines, adding greater customer choice to the existing pharmacy brand offerings like La Roche-Posay. ‘My new Superkind line was inspired by conversations I was having with friends complaining of reactive skin,’ explains Tata Harper, founder of her eponymous natural but luxury skincare brand. She’s seen an even bigger increase in this skin issue over the past year as some people have gone overboard with their use of home routines. Superkind, which Tata has spent the past two years formulating especially for reactive skin, is free of fragrance, an ingredient that can be irritating for many (this means no essential oils, a common way to add scent and normally a standard move for Tata). She also left out over 75 of the most common skin reactive triggers including soy and wheat as well as anything dermatologists monitor for patch testing. In addition to removing possible irritants, the line focuses on strengthening the skin barrier and is a concise but very pleasing offering of just three products: a cleanser, mask and moisturiser (from £57 each, tataharperskincare.com). Housed in glass containers, they are a treat to use and bring all of Tata’s usual luxury experience. For its new Everyday range, Australian brand Frank Body has launched fragrance-free products alongside scented versions – the pH-balanced A Clean Body Wash (£9.95) and aluminium-free A Clean Deodorant (£11.95, frankbody.com). ‘I have sensitive skin and fragrance is often one of the first irritants,’ says co-founder Bree Johnson. But this decision wasn’t all about her. ‘The number of customers seeking unscented products is growing, and that the consumer is loyal and vocal. Customers are becoming increasingly aware of how different ingredients affect their skin and, as a result, product education has been a big part of this launch.’ You can read more on its website. There are also great new fragrance-free options for hair including the latest Grow Gorgeous Sensitive range (from £14, growgorgeous.co.uk). I particularly like the Micellar Shampoo (£14), which cleans without stripping, doesn’t sting and helps rid the scalp of itchy flakes. The Ceramide Rich Hair and Scalp Mask (£25) is also a great find and calms the scalp beyond one wash. I noticed irritation was still reduced even when using a different shampoo at the next wash so this is good to have to hand for any flare-ups. Beauty assistant: Alice Robertson RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR You could get paid to test Liberty’ s Beauty Advent Calendar People are obsessed with this Revlon hair drying tool A new drop of Boots Star Gifts has landed for Christmas 2022 Popular in Beauty 8 of the best sets of press-on nails to see you July 6, 2020 The nail polish worn by Meghan Markle on her wedding day July 27, 2020 Holly Willoughby’ s go-to eye serum is a £6 bargain August 18, 2020 John Lewis has confirmed the line-up for the next Virtual Beauty September 10, 2020 Lush just added to its bestselling Sleepy range with a dreamy September 30, 2020 These are the UK s favourite fragrances starting from just £8 June 22, 2022 These are the bestselling fragrances at Boots right now November 18, 2020 Olay’ s bestselling Regenerist face cream is better than half price on March 8, 2022 This is the £4 90 concealer Holly Willoughby uses to transform her January 20, 2021 Edwina Ings-Chambers Big love for these little labels February 14, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved