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Over the years, your skin will experience the highs and lows associated with changing hormones, stress, the environment, food and wine.

I have invested in expensive foundations and researched the latest technique for covering up blemishes. However, I have come to realise that all this is in vain if you don’t look after your skin from the inside and the outside.

It takes time to find out what affects your skin and which skincare routine works best for you. It is important to abide by the three steps of cleansing, toning and moisturising: each step performs a specific function and complements the others to create clearer skin.

Skinician is a skincare brand developed by Hilary McMurray and based in Carryduff, Co Down. It forms part of the beauty group that includes popular tanning brands He-Shi and Tantastic. Skinician focuses on skincare solutions, among them a Purifying and Mattifying range for oily skin and a Hydrating and Revitalising range for dry skin. This is skincare worth sticking to.

Ultrapure Laboratories in Foxford, Co Mayo, has been producing a range of pharmacy staples such as Silcocks Base and Epsom salts for 15 years. It also has a range of toners with ingredients such as rose water and witch hazel to target sensitive, oily, normal, combination, problem or mature skin.