Is your year 5/6 child newly obsessed with all things ‘skincare’ ??

[Jessforless]

My year 6 child is absolutely obsessed, it’s come about in the last month. It’s all she talks about and spends hours on the Sephora website.

Apparently this is a ‘thing’ at the moment in this age group.

Is this the same in your house and where did this come from? Everything she wants is ££££!

My daughter 12 is obsessed. Its ridiculous
She's beautiful skin.
Drunk elephant
Byoma
Bubble
Glow recipe
Inky list....

Its awful. I get the aking care of skin but it's all she wanted for Christmas.

I do not allow her retinol as an ingredient. She doesn't have drunk elephant. She always wants it though!

Get her off the internet.

No, but she doesn’t have access to any social media etc.

Yes my 11yr old DD knows about it, she doesn’t have TikTok but her friends do and they have all the £££ stuff. DD not that interested in the expensive skincare as realises she doesn’t need it, but is curious and I think wants to feel like she is not “behind” her friends. She is into body sprays, lip balm, make up and hand cream etc. She has a cleanser that’s designed for children and a basic gentle moisturiser from boots. Was going on about Byoma but won’t pay for it herself and knows I won’t buy it as I think she’s too young. She has not hit puberty so her skin is perfect. I just keep reiterating that her skin is perfect , there’s plenty of time for skincare when she is older and needs it, and using strong products now will likely create a skin problem. On repeat.

Well I have boys so no, I do have a nearly 14 year old niece though who does have a skin care regime going on apparently. It's probably better than the caked in make up and not letting their skin breath like oldr teens/20 somethings as long as there no retinol

This.
I'm just thankful she's a swimmer, so at least gets a thorough antibacterial rinse several times a week followed by a long chat stood under clean running water (little actual washing takes place in the showers, unfortunately, but it's better than nothing).
She dribbles a lot in her sleep, so I have tried very hard to encourage a daily face wash, but to no avail. Ditto the use of moisturiser, which can be a huge issue if neglected as she gets eczema flare ups. I wouldn't expect or be comfortable with more than regular showers plus daily face washing, moisturising and deodorant TBH.
She is utterly baffled by the group of girls in her class who spend all their money in Superdrug, and all their time talking about Superdrug products. I am enjoying the lack of interest in this bit for as long as it lasts!

Yes dd2 year 6 is in love with it all. I've put a £10 limit per product in place very firmly. Grooming and self care I'm fine with but the price point of a professional adult for moisturiser not so much. I've also said no more cosmetics this month full stop. This seems to have calmed it right down she's not even asked to go to town even when do just told her she could go and choose new pjs etc. she wasn't interested.
The cosmetics need seems to come with some good awareness of healthy food and sleep and exercise. Dd2 has started the gym with dp and I have to say she is really good with her presentation it's just straight hair and mascara for school. I struggled to get dd1 to care at all so this has been quite positive for us.
She's got the Stanley cup too 🧀

I've also said a flat no to retinol and all the other anti aging stuff.

Jesus, I as an adult woman don't have a skin care regime, what on earth do pre-teenagers need it for?

No but we don't allow unsupervised internet. No phone, no tablet. Just one computer in the kitchen. List of agreed websites.

I’ve been waiting for my DD11 to start telling me about it because I know some of her friends are on TikTok. She’s telling me that her friend is getting some drunk elephant stuff from her mum and it’s £55. It’s like a status symbol, it’s ridiculous.
I’m hoping it helps our situation as DD has been getting spots for the last couple of years and I’m trying to get her to look after her skin but she needs constant reminders to wash her face/moisturise/not touch her spots/ wear spf. It’s an uphill battle.
But young girls buying drunk elephant etc is absolutely ridiculous - it’s SO inappropriate. Why can’t people say no to their kids?

It comes from tiktok. Absolutely mind boggling!!

For the boys, it's fragrances - DS 15 asked for a perfume that is about four times more expensive than anything I've ever bought for myself I had no idea where it came from - tiktok apparently.

It's a marketer's paradise that app, honestly.

Absolutely not. My DD is a bit younger at 9. She's too busy kicking a football about and getting getting scraped knees to worry about SPF and a skincare fridge. 🤯

I bought some stuff for her for Christmas but it was the lower cost end of the spectrum, Bioma stuff.

She asked for money from both sets of parents and aunts and uncles and spent all of it on the drunk elephant and little fridge. It was crazy, her sibling had a massive shopping spree with the same amount of money. But she wouldn’t change her mind.

Nope because there is no way I'm letting her anywhere near tiktok. It's an absolute scourge and this is what you end up with.

My mum had skin cancer, which is why we wear SPF every day. UV rays can still cause damage even in cloudy winter weather.

No.

And if she did she'd be getting handed a tub of Nivea.

Why does she need to moisturise and wear spf in the winter?

You should really be wearing SPF on your face everyday, even as a child. The winter sun can do just as much damage as the summer sun.

Sorry for my ignorance, but what's the mini fridge for? I have never heard of make up in a fridge? I'm 50!

I had enough trouble getting mine to shower and put deodorant on at that age! Don't think they use it daily even now in their 20's

No kids but I was wondering the other day when I did use moisturiser. Guessing it was 13 years old. DM always ensured on face and body we wore spf.

Yes, influenced by fiends. They are 9/10 years old and put all sorts of crap on their skin, it’s terrible.

I won’t let her use any there is absolutely no need.

Christ, at 43, I only use pure soap, water and castor oil on my skin (and have amazing skin). I won’t have any of that chemical shit in the house anyway.

Y5 here, and yep.
I let her spend some pocket money at Sephora as it's her money and that's what she wants.
I draw the line at Drunk Elephant though. Bubble is a decent replacement.
I have put my foot down sometimes. She wanted to spend £20 on a toner. I told her if she could explain to me what a toner was for/the benefits, she could have it. But she couldn't.
It's tik tok/you tube.
My 10 yo has a better skin care regime than I do. Not sure if that says more about her or me.

Quite a few year 6s at the school I work at are wanting Drunk Elephant etc