Bare Method

Imagine how long this has been sitting in the skin… 👀

Older congestion can become dry, compacted and deeply lodged within the pore, which means the answer isn’t simply applying more pressure.

Good preparation is everything. You need to soften the congestion, understand the direction of the pore and use controlled pressure in the right place to encourage it out without causing unnecessary trauma to the surrounding skin.

And when it finally releases… SO satisfying 🤌🏼

This is the kind of congestion I love teaching because professional extractions aren’t about squeezing harder, they’re about understanding exactly what you’re working with.

If you want to learn my full extraction method, DM me EXTRACTIONS 🤍

A flight from Edinburgh. One Poreless Facial with Holly. And these results... 🤯

We didn’t throw more products at her already-overwhelmed skin. We stripped everything back, adjusted her skincare and focused on exactly what her skin needed.

She stayed consistent and now her skin is smoother, calmer, glowing and she finally feels confident without makeup 🥹

THIS is why clients fly from all over to see us. It’s never just a facial it’s the right treatment, the right homecare and a plan that actually makes sense for your skin 🤭🤍

“BUT SUNBEDS HELP MY SKIN…” 🫠

Do they though? Or does your skin just look better for a few days because you’ve got a tan?

This is one of the biggest acne myths I hear in clinic.

Sunbeds can temporarily make spots look less angry because the tan masks redness and UV can temporarily suppress some inflammation.

But that does not mean they’re treating your acne.

If you’re acne-prone, you’re adding:
🔥 Heat
💦 More sweating
😵‍💫 Irritation
🧱 Barrier damage
☀️ A huge dose of UV exposure

…to skin that is already prone to inflammation and congestion.

And no, sunbeds aren’t “drying out your spots” in a helpful way either.

Your skin might feel a little less oily temporarily, but drying and irritating acne-prone skin is NOT the goal. Once that barrier becomes dehydrated and irritated, your skin can feel oilier, congestion can become more noticeable and suddenly you’re breaking out again.

And then I hear…

“I need to go back on the sunbeds because my skin was so much better when I was using them.”

NOOOO 😭

You’re not treating the acne. You’re temporarily disguising it while exposing your skin to something that increases pigmentation, premature ageing and long-term UV damage.

Especially if we’re already trying to fade post-acne marks… sunbeds are quite literally working against us 😂

So unfortunately I’m calling BS on this one. 🤍

That dermaplaning glow… ✨ but the bit I care about most is what happened to the skin to get there.

Dermaplaning isn’t simply removing peach fuzz with a blade.

Your pressure, blade angle, skin tension, product choice and the amount of glide you have can completely change how the treatment feels and how the skin responds afterwards.

This is one of the reasons I moved away from traditional dry dermaplaning and developed my Oil Dermaplaning technique.

For me, the oil isn’t there just to make the blade “slide better.” It gives me more control over the glide, allows me to adapt my pressure throughout the treatment and helps me work in a way that feels much more respectful of the skin barrier.

And that’s the biggest thing I want skin specialists to understand…

A beautiful dermaplaning result shouldn’t just be about how smooth the skin looks immediately afterwards.

I’m looking at:
✨ How calm the skin is
✨ How controlled the treatment felt
✨ Whether I’ve avoided unnecessary friction
✨ How the skin barrier has been respected
✨ And how the skin looks and feels in the days that follow

The blade is only one small part of dermaplaning.

The technique behind it is everything. 🤌🏼