BEAUTY KNOWHOW: Skincare products for cancer patients - 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 When a gentle touch is called for By You Magazine - October 20, 2019 It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month, so we asked experts and women who have undergone treatment for their skin saviours. These products are good to use while undergoing medication, when skin can be extra sensitive. Sprays that soothe ‘I work with the charity Look Good Feel Better whenever I can and the feedback is that multitasking products are best. This is because the more you layer, the more you need to handle your skin, furthering irritation,’ says facialist and eponymous brand founder Frances Prescott. ‘Facial mists cool and hydrate the skin with no touching required. Look for formulas without fragrance, alcohol, synthetic or active ingredients.’ She recommends Amly Radiance Boost Silver Rich Face Mist (from £18, amlybotanicals.co.uk) and her own Frances Prescott Tri Spritz (£45, francesprescott.com), which has omegas ‘from tigernut milk to hydrate and soothe’. She says, ‘Keep your mist in the fridge as the cool temperature will help with the itchy, hot symptoms that many patients experience [due to many cancer treatment drugs].’ Go super natural For dry or distressed skin, try coconut oil or, as facialist Yvonne Martin suggests, ‘pure aloe vera from the actual plant – just take out the jelly substance in the leaves – or buy a gel’. Simple remedies Experts agree that less is more. ‘Retinols, alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) and peptides all have to go – if you don’t understand the ingredient’s name, it will likely be too harsh for your skin,’ advises beauty expert Alison Young. Beware of fragrance, too. ‘You want as few ingredients as possible. I’ve found organic plant-based oils work best – for example, pure rosehip or jojoba oil from brands such as Neal’s Yard Remedies or Jane Scrivner. Use these as a cleanser and moisturiser to take your skin through this period of increased sensitivity.’ Jennifer Young Defiant Beauty Itchy Skin Oil (£17.49, shop.cancerresearchuk.org) also comes highly recommended. The kinder cleanse Space NK training manager Niamh Butler advises sticking to ‘a gentle oil or balm cleanser’ and recommends Malin + Goetz Facial Cleansing Oil (£32) and Drunk Elephant Slaai Makeup- Melting Butter Cleanser (£29). We’ve also heard that Ren Rosa Centifolia No 1 Purity Cleansing Balm (£23, all spacenk.com) has served people well. Fuss-free haircare Philip Kingsley No Scent No Colour Gentle Shampoo (£19.50) and Conditioner (£19.50, philipkingsley.co.uk). Specially formulated for use during cancer treatment and free of sulfates, parabens, fragrances and colour. Our tester said it was ‘amazing, gentle’ and left her hair ‘shiny for the first time in months’. Column by Edwina Ings-Chambers. 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 People are seriously impressed with Primark’ s £8 skinny curling tongs December 16, 2019 Boots is giving away free lipsticks to celebrate the launch of January 23, 2020 This long-lasting eyebrow product is getting rave reviews and is just June 21, 2021 These Liz Earle gift sets are on sale just in time March 5, 2020 WIN A Kiehl’ s skincare heroes bundle worth £104 July 24, 2020 Cult skincare brand Sunday Riley is branching out into hair products April 24, 2020 Superdrug is holding a huge BOGOF sale on all cosmetics for May 28, 2020 Your salon could charge you extra for overgrown roots and bad June 25, 2020 Facial steamers Why searches for this beauty gadget were up 400 July 10, 2020 Lush subscription boxes have arrived and they contain exclusive new products August 3, 2020 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