My Sue Atkinson Journey!
“Gosh, when I was in my twenties I didn’t think about skincare from one year to the next…
I wore makeup every single day - I wouldn't leave the house without it (little did I know that had I looked after my skin, makeup wouldn’t have been necessary… anyway, more about that later). I drank and smoke and didn’t take my makeup off before bed. We just DIDN’T in the nineties. :-D
My skin is ‘combination’ - fairly standard generally, with breakouts on my chin and under my lips due to my menstrual cycle. I’d sometimes get dry skin in my T-zone during the winter.
Then I turned 35 and my WHOLE WORLD CHANGED. Okay, not my whole world (drama queen, me?) - but I started to look ill - all the time. If my dad saw me without makeup, he’d ask if I was okay. I’d reply with “DAD, IT’S JUST MY FACE!” like a mardy teenager. Over a few years I started to notice that even though I wasn’t wearing quite as much makeup anymore, my skin was getting worse. My skin always looked like it needed ‘help’. It had a greyish pallor. I have very thin skin under my eyes which make me look like I constantly need a good night’s sleep, so I just thought I was unlucky enough to have pale, English skin and the only cure was to slap loads of makeup on - which I was starting to hate (and was making it worse, because of my poor choice of makeup).
I had constant spots on the lower part of my face and when additional breakouts did occur due to my period, they popped up anywhere and everywhere - spots on your eyebrows anyone?!
I had to do something about it.
After a brief search online and a recommendation, I pitched up at Sue’s door, crying “help me!”. I’ve now been a customer of Sue Atkinson Aesthetics & Wellness Clinic since 2018 and It. Has. Changed. My. Life. (no drama this time - honestly it’s changed my life).
Now it has been ‘a journey’ - when you start anything like this, the results don’t happen overnight (well, not visible ones, but I always felt great immediately after a treatment)…
So we started with looking at what goes in to my body (that old chestnut) - the most basic step was switching up most of my coffee intake for water - and guess what, that helped with my weight too. I had consultations about the different parts of my health and beauty, attended regular appointments and stuck at it.
Within 2 months people were telling me ‘I looked well’. Within 4 months my spots HAD DISAPPEARED. Within 6 months I was happy to go outside IN PUBLIC without makeup. For reals.
I’m now 42 and people tell me I don’t look it - even when I don’t force them to say that. :-D
“Within 2 months people were telling me ‘I looked well’. Within 4 months my spots HAD DISAPPEARED. Within 6 months I was happy to go outside IN PUBLIC without makeup. For reals.”
My routine looks like this:
Daily use of Environ skin cleansing and moisturising products:
Environ Skin EssentiA Vita-Antioxidant AVST Moisturiser (currently on stage 4)
Environ Suncare: RAD SHIELD Mineral Sunscreen (yes, every time I step out of the house - and this has reduced pigmentation marks where nothing else worked)
Monthly Environ facials - these keep the spots at bay and reveal fresh new skin. I buy a package of 6 of these to save money.
Every 3 weeks I have Bio Sculpture gels on my fingernails and toes (so my hands and feet always look amazing and I’ve got to say, it makes me feel great every time I look at them), and an eyebrow shape and tint.
Every so often I have a MediHeel treatment to sooth my feet skin.
I don’t need to wear makeup every day (thanks Sue), but for when I do, I switched up my face makeup for Jane Iredale mineral makeup products (foundation, powder, etc) - I still wear other makeup products (eyeshadow, mascara etc.) that aren’t Jane Iredale but anything that touches my skin has to be Jane Iredale from Sue! I do, of course take my makeup off before bed now, but actually, it isn’t the end of world if you don’t do this every single time with mineral makeup.
I see Sue regularly - she picks up on things that I don’t notice and has made me aware of a few health things - everyone needs a Sue.
My hair is naturally very fine and dark blonde, so my eyebrows were almost non existent. I had microblading with Sue and they are amazing!
Earlier this year I got married. I wanted to look my absolute best (of course!) and I was dreading seeing wedding photos that I didn’t like because I didn’t like what my face looked like. So, 6 months before my wedding, I ramped up my appointments with Sue. I had extra facials / peels and skin tightening treatments.
I had 2 makeup tutorials with Ellie and we went through exactly what makeup I would do on the day.
In the week before the wedding, I had my nails done, a body scrub and tan, my eyebrows sorted and (subtle) lash extensions applied.
I looked and felt amazing - all because of my journey with Sue Atkinson.
As I get older, I’ll keep up with the magic routine (which is, of course, nothing like magic but pure science), and I’ll also look at some of the other treatments that Sue offers. Sue has proven that her techniques and treatments WORK so I’ll definitely be trying anything else she has to offer.
Next up for me is IPL so that I can stop shaving all the bloody time - armpits first then on to the rest. Yippeee!”
- Laura, Sue Atkinson Aesthetics & Wellness ClinicCustomer.
