Marianna's Beauty Room

How it’s going ✨

Three weeks into life with Ares 🤍

Lots of cuddles, broken sleep, endless feeds and days that somehow go by in a blur.

I’m soaking up these quiet moments because I already know how quickly they disappear. 🥹

Finding our new rhythm as a family of five, one day at a time.

Tired? Absolutely.
Grateful? More than I can put into words. 🤍

My little newborn bubble ✨

☀️ LET’S TALK HOMOSALATE

You may have seen homosalate mentioned recently in conversations around sunscreen ingredients.

Homosalate is a chemical UV filter used in some sunscreens to absorb UVB rays and help protect our skin from sun damage.

Research has shown that homosalate can be absorbed through the skin and detected in the body, and scientists continue to study its potential effects, including possible interactions with our hormone system.

Does this mean we should stop wearing sunscreen? Absolutely not. 🤍

UV exposure remains one of the biggest contributors to premature skin ageing and skin cancer.

If you would prefer to avoid homosalate, look at the active ingredients in your SPF and consider a zinc oxide-based mineral sunscreen.

✨ Know your ingredients.
☀️ Protect your skin.
🤍 And most importantly—wear your SPF every day.

Healthy skin isn't about fear. It's about making informed choices.

— Marianna’s Beauty Room x

Hydrated skin doesn’t always mean a healthy skin barrier ✨

Understanding what your skin actually needs is the key to treating it correctly — sometimes it needs hydration, sometimes it needs barrier repair… and often, a little of both.

Healthy skin starts with understanding your skin. 🤍

— Marianna x

✨ BEAUTY FROM WITHIN ✨

Good skin isn’t just about what we put on it… it’s also about how we support it from within 🤍

PAR OLIVE Marine Collagen has become one of my favourite little additions to a good skin routine.

Formulated with premium marine collagen peptides, it’s designed to support:
✨ Skin hydration & elasticity
✨ Collagen production
✨ Stronger hair & nails
✨ Firmer, healthier-looking skin
✨ That beautiful glow from within

Because as much as I LOVE a good facial and great skincare, looking after your skin is always a combination of what we do on the outside AND the inside.

Simple, easy to add to your daily routine, and a beautiful complement to your professional skin treatments.

Healthy skin is always the goal 🤎

Available at Marianna’s Beauty Room ✨

✨ LET’S TALK SKIN BARRIER ✨

We hear so much about the skin barrier, but what actually is it… and why is it so important?

Think of your skin barrier as your skin’s protective shield. It helps keep moisture IN and irritants, bacteria and environmental stressors OUT.

When that barrier becomes compromised, you might start noticing:
🤎 Dry, tight or flaky skin
🤎 Redness or irritation
🤎 Increased sensitivity
🤎 Rough or uneven texture
🤎 Dehydration and dullness
🤎 Products that suddenly sting or feel uncomfortable

And one of the biggest mistakes I see? Trying to fix unhappy skin by doing more.

More exfoliation, more actives, more treatments… when sometimes your skin is actually asking you to do less.

When the barrier is struggling, I like to focus on hydration, nourishment and barrier-supporting ingredients, while temporarily pulling back on strong acids, scrubs and other potentially irritating actives.

Once we get that barrier happy and healthy again, everything else tends to work so much better ✨

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your skin is stop fighting it and start listening to it.

Healthy skin is always the goal 🤎

And just like that, we are a family of 5 🩵

Baby Ares decided that two days of maternity leave were more than enough 😂 and made his grand entrance on Tuesday, two weeks earlier than expected.

We are both doing very well, soaking up all the newborn cuddles and slowly finding our feet as a family of five.

His big brothers are completely obsessed with him already, and our hearts are very full 🥹🩵

Thank you so much for all the beautiful messages, love and well wishes. We’re enjoying our little newborn bubble and taking in every second with our newest little man.

See you all in November ✨️

✨ A little skin fact worth knowing…

From around our mid-20s, our natural collagen production slowly starts to decline — and unfortunately, it doesn’t come back on its own.

Collagen is what helps keep our skin looking firm, plump, smooth and youthful, which is why I’m such a big believer in treatments that encourage the skin to work for itself.

Think microneedling, peels, LED and good quality skincare — all working towards healthier, stronger skin from within. ✨
You can’t stop ageing (and we don’t need to 🤎), but you absolutely can look after your skin along the way.

Consistency + the right treatments = beautiful skin at every age.

Marianna x

✨ A little goodbye… for now 🤍

I just wanted to take a moment to say the biggest THANK YOU to every single one of my beautiful clients.

Thank you for your loyalty, your support, the laughs, the chats, and for continuing to trust me with your skin and your precious self-care time. I’m so incredibly grateful for the beautiful little community that has grown around Marianna’s Beauty Room. 🤍

Now it’s time for me to close the beauty room doors for a little while and focus on a very special new chapter — welcoming our newest little love and soaking up those precious newborn moments with my family. 🥹🤍

It feels strange saying goodbye, even if it’s only for a couple of months! I’ll miss seeing all your beautiful faces, but I know these weeks will fly by.

Thank you for all the love, kind words and well wishes you’ve given me leading up to my leave. They’ve meant more than you know.

I can’t wait to be back in the beauty room, ready to look after you all again.

With so much love and gratitude,
Marianna xx

Sometimes self-care is simply making space for yourself. ✨

Between work, family, appointments and everything else life throws at us, it’s so easy to put ourselves at the bottom of the list.

But your time matters too. 🤎

Whether it’s finally giving your skin the attention it deserves, refreshing your brows, or simply taking an hour to switch off and be looked after… consider this your little reminder to put yourself on the calendar too.

A little maintenance. A little self-love. A little time that’s just for you. ✨

Sunscreen… the one skincare step I will never stop talking about ☀️🤎

You can invest in beautiful skincare, facials, peels and all the latest treatments — but if you’re not protecting your skin from UV damage every day, you’re undoing so much of that hard work.

SPF isn’t just about preventing sunburn. It’s about protecting your skin from premature ageing, pigmentation, uneven skin tone and, most importantly, reducing the risk of skin cancer.

Rain, shine, summer or winter — SPF. Every. Single. Day. 🙌🏼

Your future skin will thank you 🤎

Marianna x