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Our Definitive Teen Skincare Guide
Teen skincare can be a minefield. We bring you the best brands that deliver a gentle regimen for youthful complexions.
Simplicity is the key when it comes to introducing a teen skincare routine. Feeding and nourishing the skin’s microbiome to help strengthen its own natural ability to heal, repair and balance oils (and hormones!) will mean happy, clear skin that doesn’t need a 10-step, invasive routine to stay healthy. Avoid harsh, stripping cleansers or treatments and, if you need some blemish-fighting oomph, look for plant-powered products that won’t irritate the skin further.
Make sure any skincare products you try are lightweight and non-pore clogging and do remember, teen skin doesn’t always equal oily/blemish-prone. Dryness or conditions like eczema can also be an issue. If you or your teen are unsure about what their skin needs, always talk to a trained professional and, if in doubt, start with one product at a time and see how the skin reacts before adding in more.
Here are seven skincare brands with teen-targeted products to discover:
Stepping in when the baby formulas don’t cut it anymore, Spots & Stripes earth-friendly formulas come in brilliant starter sets, covering skin, hair and body. Great for getting them into a healthy, independent self-care routine as they head into the teen years. Shop the collection.
Award-winning, 100% organic skincare brand, Coraline Skincare uses waterless formulas in its streamline edit of hand-blended skincare. The highly concentrated oils and moisturising soaps contain only skin-nourishing ingredients so you can rest easy your teen’s skin is being cared for, naturally. Shop the collection.
Cetaphil are ‘sensitive skin scientists’, studying over 32,000 patients to formulate their proven blend of essential elements to strengthen the skin’s barrier, making it more resilient, brighter and clearer over time. The ‘Gentle Clear’ range contains probiotics to feed the skin’s healthy bacteria, plus salicylic acid to minimise pores. Shop the collection.
If breakouts are an issue, Nip + Fab’s Teen Skin range contains salicylic acid, plus wasabi extract to prevent future breakouts and niacinamide to regulate skin’s oil production. The targeted rollerball applicator is great for an ‘on-the-spot’ treatment. Shop the collection.
Developed by dermatologists, Cerave’s Blemish Control Cleanser is a great everyday preventative wash to unclog pores, remove blemishes and excess oil whilst protecting the skin’s natural barrier. With three essential ceramides, salicylic acid and niacinamide, skin is left clean, but not dry, with shine minimised. Shop the collection.
Powered by active natural ingredients including willow bark, green tea, probiotics and tea tree, Green People’s organic teen skincare range is formulated for combination skin to balance out and calm skin prone to breakouts. Shop the collection.
Purifide’s clever Power Patches certainly pack a zit-clearing punch. Applied like a sticker overnight, the patches are impregnated with salicylic acid and Canadian willow herb to shrink, soothe and protect blemishes. Used overnight, red, sore spots have the ‘heat’ taken out of them with a faster healing time and less post-blemish scarring, too. Shop the collection.
By Lydia Mansi
August 2023
Make sure any skincare products you try are lightweight and non-pore clogging and do remember, teen skin doesn’t always equal oily/blemish-prone. Dryness or conditions like eczema can also be an issue. If you or your teen are unsure about what their skin needs, always talk to a trained professional and, if in doubt, start with one product at a time and see how the skin reacts before adding in more.
Here are seven skincare brands with teen-targeted products to discover:
Spots and Stripes
Stepping in when the baby formulas don’t cut it anymore, Spots & Stripes earth-friendly formulas come in brilliant starter sets, covering skin, hair and body. Great for getting them into a healthy, independent self-care routine as they head into the teen years. Shop the collection.
Coraline Skincare
Award-winning, 100% organic skincare brand, Coraline Skincare uses waterless formulas in its streamline edit of hand-blended skincare. The highly concentrated oils and moisturising soaps contain only skin-nourishing ingredients so you can rest easy your teen’s skin is being cared for, naturally. Shop the collection.
Cetaphil
Cetaphil are ‘sensitive skin scientists’, studying over 32,000 patients to formulate their proven blend of essential elements to strengthen the skin’s barrier, making it more resilient, brighter and clearer over time. The ‘Gentle Clear’ range contains probiotics to feed the skin’s healthy bacteria, plus salicylic acid to minimise pores. Shop the collection.
Nip + Fab Teen Skincare
If breakouts are an issue, Nip + Fab’s Teen Skin range contains salicylic acid, plus wasabi extract to prevent future breakouts and niacinamide to regulate skin’s oil production. The targeted rollerball applicator is great for an ‘on-the-spot’ treatment. Shop the collection.
Cerave
Developed by dermatologists, Cerave’s Blemish Control Cleanser is a great everyday preventative wash to unclog pores, remove blemishes and excess oil whilst protecting the skin’s natural barrier. With three essential ceramides, salicylic acid and niacinamide, skin is left clean, but not dry, with shine minimised. Shop the collection.
Green People
Powered by active natural ingredients including willow bark, green tea, probiotics and tea tree, Green People’s organic teen skincare range is formulated for combination skin to balance out and calm skin prone to breakouts. Shop the collection.
Purifide
Purifide’s clever Power Patches certainly pack a zit-clearing punch. Applied like a sticker overnight, the patches are impregnated with salicylic acid and Canadian willow herb to shrink, soothe and protect blemishes. Used overnight, red, sore spots have the ‘heat’ taken out of them with a faster healing time and less post-blemish scarring, too. Shop the collection.
By Lydia Mansi
August 2023
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Lydia Mansi
Lifestyle Editor
Lydia is an all-round lifestyle guru, tireless champion of women in business and our resident expert on beauty.
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