Hi
How to even start… my name is Tess, I am an esthetician working in the Minnesota. I wanted to start this blog to share my insight on skincare, the science behind skin and every in between. As a young adult, I would get wrapped up in the false and hopeful claims that skincare and beauty companies would sell to me. Often leading me astray and with worse skin than before. That’s why I want to be a tool for those out there that want to learn more about their skin, and what the steps and tools they need to feel their best.
Why skincare?
Before deciding where to go after I graduated high school, I knew I always had a passion for skincare and wellness. From the time I was in middle school, I had acne. I dealt with painful cystic acne and I would try everything there was under the sun to get rid of it, often finding that at the time, there was not really many people on the internet that had the best wisdom to give to me. I struggled with cystic acne for about five years, up until the point I was about to graduate. I decided that I would apply for a beauty school, to try to not only fix my own skin by learning about the skin and ingredients, but to help others like myself that have struggled with skin issues and concerns and want to feel better.
I think a lot of people assume that those of us with acne just want to look good, or make it go away so we can feel good about ourselves. But for me at least, and from a lot of people I have met who also struggled with acne- we just want the pain to go away. Both the physical, mental, and emotional pain of the acne. It hurts and it does not go away with a blink of an eye.
There were many times that I wanted to throw away all my skincare products and just stop all together doing any type of skincare. I wanted to turn to those really drying and alcohol-based products that would ultimately stop the zits, but they would probably dry my skin out so much that it would just go in a cycle of my skin being super dry, then getting pimples from the flaky skin and it just continues…
I say all of this to emphasize, that you never know how long someone has walked around with something that they wish they did not have to carry. My acne journey has taught me to not judge others on their appearance. I saw this quote one day scrolling through Pinterest, “You are so used to your features, you don't know how beautiful you look to a stranger.” I think that really defines how I did not even think to how I may have judged myself so hard for all those years.
Do not let your insecurities define you as a person, but let them shape you, let them change the way you think, and the way you act with those around you. Don’t carry them around like baggage or think of them as a personality trait.
