As one of the UK's most trusted beauty journalists and a beauty influencer followed by thousands, it's safe to say Sali Hughes knows a thing or two about skincare. After all, she has tested, reviewed and recommended hundreds of products and written books about her findings, with her trademark no-nonsense attitude and refreshing honesty. It's no surprise, then, that her results-driven skincare range in partnership with Revolution Beauty has been a hit with beauty lovers – not only for its sophisticated formulas, but for its (practically unheard of) under-£15 price bracket, too. Here, Sali has given GLAMOUR the low-down on what we can expect from her affordable skincare venture – and now, she's introduced two new glow-giving products to the range: the Ringlight Creamy Illuminating Eye Balm and the Better in 5 Express Exfoliating Face Mask. Over to Sali…
Beauty is my passion, and I’ve been writing adoringly and fanatically about skincare for 23 years, but in the last five, I’ve become concerned. As fast as women have become skincare obsessed, they’ve got more and more confused. Dozens of times a week, they message me to ask what ingredients can be used safely with others. “Can this be layered?”, “Will X stop the Y from working?”, “Do I have to use this with this to get a result?” and so on.
Meanwhile, those less cautious get in touch to say their skin is suffering - going red, flaring up, becoming too dry and sore or too oily. My friends straddle both camps, too. It’s madness to me that so many already overstretched women are being expected to combine skincare ingredients like some biochemist!
Even for someone as committed to skincare as me, anything that takes more than 4-5 steps is an absolute no for my lifestyle. But the biggest myth of modern skincare is that it needs to be complicated and hard for it to work. Honestly and truly, the opposite is true. Skincare works best when it is simple, easy, kind to skin and containing compatible ingredients that are proven to do the job.
I’ve been asked on a number of occasions if I’d like to launch my own skincare brand, but my list of non-negotiable proved hard to satisfy. I wanted my products to be affordable and friendly. Right now, people too often have to choose between single ingredient skincare at a good price, or beautiful and intelligently combined formula at a high one. I wanted them to get great, sophisticated formula at a fair price. It was also vital that my products were vegan and cruelty free, without silicone (to ensure a smooth ride under makeup), fast and easy to use, manufactured in Britain and containing only the proven ingredients I use on my own face daily. I wanted things to be simple, to never add in heaps of pointless steps to make an extra buck. Unbelievably, almost two years ago, Revolution said yes, and it’s been non-stop ever since.
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