If you're menopausal and your skin could do with a little TLC - check out the menopause skincare range available to buy at M&S that has 20% off for Menopause Awareness Month
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If you were asked at what stage your skin has changed the most in your life, you may well think back to your teenage years but actually, the peri-menopause and menopause is when it undergoes the biggest shift.
With oestrogen and progesterone significantly dipping and skin losing up to 30% of collagen in the first five years after menopause begins, people have said it feels like they have aged overnight. Related Story
Despite this, when looking around for skincare that specifically targets menopausal skin it has previously been slim pickings but thankfully not anymore. Marks & Spencer and pro-ageing skincare brand Prai have co-created a range for this stage of life called MenoGlow.
For an instant lift – without needles or a surgeon – I’m a total devotee of these online workouts
I’ll admit that I came fairly late to this particular beauty party, but I’m so glad that I arrived. A friend told me about the online facial exercise classes that Face Gym started during lockdown, telling me that it had become a highlight for her over the past year: me time combined with results. Now I’m a devotee, too. Face Gym, in case you don’t know it, is a chain of salons in London and Manchester (and the US) that offers fast but effective facials concentrating on stimulating the 40-plus muscles in the face to help tone and lift.