The Menopausal Sensitive Skin Blog

The Best Menopausal Skincare Routines for Oily and Acne Prone Skin

We've curated our best skincare for oily and acne prone skin that is made for women in perimenopause and post-menopause.  As we age, our skin gets loose, saggy and loses collagen, so we target both skin firmness, hydration and increasing your skin's natural collagen production.  And although oil production usually goes down as we age, the climate we live in and how we treat our skin can still cause oily and acne to flare up at times. We get it.  Our founder suffered from cystic acne.  It's no fun. Acne at any age just plain sucks.  And it can be especially frustrating when you are older as you may have thought you'd be done with it by now. In your menopausal years, your skin changes and hormones are all over the place.  So it makes sense that we may have occasional shifts in the balance of our skin too.  If you experienced hormonal acne in your twenties, you may still get it on occasion in your forties and fifties.  How your Skin needs a more refined approach in your perimenopausal and menopausal stages: Even though your skin may still be oily and experience acne at this stage, you need to use different products that are made to not strip away too much moisture or damage your fragile skin barrier when you are in perimenopause and menopause.  Your skin doesn't replace it's cells as quickly as we age, therefore, it doesn't heal as quickly.  We have made our oily and acne prone skincare to ensure you aren't stripping your skin and  are strengthening your skin barrier while balancing sebum production. It's an art, trust us. We have crafted our skincare to help combat these aging processes naturally to work in harmony with your body's natural ability to heal and restore itself.   Shop the Oily Collection here: https://bellavidasb.com/collections/oily-menopausal-skin and the Acne Prone Mature Skin Collection here: https://bellavidasb.com/collections/acne-prone-menopausal-skin

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The Best Menopause Skincare Routines For Dry and Sensitive Skin

We've curated our best skincare for dry or sensitive skin that is made for women in perimenopause and post-menopause.  As we age, our skin gets loose, saggy and loses collagen and moisture, so we target both skin firmness, hydration and increasing your skin's natural collagen production. Dry Skin Needs More than Lotion: Lotions are often mixed with water and contain preservatives that can dry your skin out, leading to needing more lotion. In your menopausal years, your skin begins to lose elasticity, moisture and slows it's collagen production.  We have crafted our skincare to help combat these aging processes naturally to work in harmony with your body's natural ability to heal and restore itself.   Shop the Dry Mature Skin Collection here: https://bellavidasb.com/collections/dry-menopausal-skin

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The Menopausal and Sensitive Skin You Are In Blog

If you're like me, going through perimenopause with changing skin, your skin can get angry at you if you aren't taking care of it the right way.  If you have sensitive skin on top of that, it can be extra finicky and difficult to figure out what is causing it to react. I created this blog for perimenopausal and menopausal women to get real info from someone who is going through what they are and has fair, sensitive skin, suffered from cystic acne and is now an expert skincare formulator to make recommendations that can help to transform, repair and balance your skin. I also have started this series on my reddit group here: https://www.reddit.com/r/skincareexpertrecs/ if you want to join in and get your questions answered and recommendations for which of our products will help you the most. My recent post on Sensitive Skin in a series is here:  Read post here

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