When you have been holding yourself back from burnout (just!) there is a load of cortisol in your system. And (if you're anything like us) you might able to handle that really quite well for a loooong time. Cortisol does loads of crazy things to your skin - it's not fun.
But when you also have a bit of hormonal chaos going on, it gets way harder to hold it all together 🫠
Here's the super not fun bingo card of what you might see...
💧Dryness and dehydration - cortisol breaks down your barrier while oestrogen decline stops your skin producing moisture from the inside. Skin that feels permanently thirsty no matter what you put on it? This is why.
🧟♀️Dullness and loss of glow - stress reduces blood flow to your skin. Oestrogen decline slows cell turnover. The dull cells stay longer & your beautiful glow goes.
🕸️Fine lines appearing faster than they should - cortisol breaks down collagen. BUT you're also losing around 1% collagen a year too. Both together is just a faster decline (firming drops are your answer here!)
⚡️Sensitivity out of nowhere - products you've used for years suddenly sting. Your skin's tolerance threshold has shifted because your barrier is just totally different. This one is very annoying 🫤
🍓Rosacea flares - stress is one of the most common rosacea triggers. The inflammatory cascade dilates blood vessels and increases facial flushing. (So many people tell us they love wonder balm to help with rosacea).
🔴Breakouts and hormonal acne - feel like a teenager again? Cortisol stimulates sebum production. More oil, more congestion, more breakouts - particularly along the jawline and chin where hormonal acne clusters. Luckily Wonder Balm won best cleanser for teen skin, so you know where to go when your skin turns back time 😂
🐍Eczema and dermatitis flares - stress suppresses the immune system in some pathways and overactivates it in others, worsening inflammatory skin conditions (unpredictability - yey!)
❤️🩹Everything takes longer to heal - blemishes, marks, redness. Cortisol redirects resources away from repair. Oestrogen decline slows regeneration. Your skin just isn't bouncing back the way it used to.
🐼Tired eyes that sleep doesn't fix - cortisol disrupts sleep and causes fluid retention. Perimenopause makes the sleep harder. One feeds the other.
🐆Pigmentation that appeared out of nowhere - stress-driven inflammation triggers pigmentation. So does oestrogen fluctuation. Even though you're wearing SPF, the dark spots still appear (we know, it's not fair!)
🦋Skin that feels thinner and more fragile - cortisol thins skin. Oestrogen decline does too. It's double whammy 🫠
But don't panic! We're here for you 👯♀️
This bundle is our complete day and night system that has been specifically formulated to fill the exact deficit that's created by stress and hormone chaos.
And because your life is stressful and hectic enough already - the full routine takes less than two minutes 🙌
The goal here is your best skin - on a really really good day ♡
