Webchat with skincare expert Liz Earle: Wednesday 7 September, 1.30 - 2.30pm

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We’re delighted that Liz Earle is coming to MNHQ on Wednesday (7 September) where she’ll be on hand to answer your questions about health and beauty between 1.30 and 2.30pm.

Liz is also co-founder of the award-winning Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare range. Liz Earle products are regularly revered by Mumsnetters, and her Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser is cited across the boards as a 'must-have' beauty product.

Liz is a broadcaster and best-selling author of over 30 books covering a wide variety of beauty, health and lifestyle issues. Her latest book Skin is published this week and features a six-week programme to help transform dull lifeless skin to skin that radiates youth and good health.

We hope you can join Liz for the chat on this thread on Wednesday but, if you can't make it, feel free to post your advance questions here.

All Mumsnetters who post a question to Liz on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a signed copy of Skin. To be in with a chance of winning, you must post your question to Liz on this thread, before the end of the online chat on Wednesday.

Welcome to MN, Liz. I am desperate to try the Cleanse and Polish but I live in Canada and shipping and duty fees from the US are ridiculously expensive. Are there any plans to bring the line to Canada? Please please say yes.

Liz, do you have any plans to expand your make-up range?
I would love to see eye shadows available.

I just want to say how refreshing I find your make up counters in department stores. Natural looking ladies in comfortable clothes. Also, they have always been lovely and helpful. (Boots and John Lewis in the Trafford Centre)

If I have to ask a question I suppose I'll make it the obvious one! If you could only have one item in your make up bag - what would it be?

Hi Liz
Mine is a health question. I'm lacking in energy/vitality. I have extremely low ferritin stores, the dr can't come up with any answers as to why.
What would be your top tip for energy boosting? I have iron tablets prescribed but 1) I forget to take them and 2) they just cause other issues

Hi Liz

What is your advice for skin that is prone to hormonal related redness and dryness?

I developed rosacea whilst pregnant and it's not gone away since - in fact it's much worse. The meds the doctor prescribed made not a jot of difference and I wondered if there was anything you recommended to help soothe angry red skin?

Hi Liz
Do you have any advice for getting rid of small broken capillaries around the nose?

Hi Liz, are you going to reintroduce Spot On at all? This was the best spot and bite antidote I've ever used

Liz Earle hasn't owned Liz Earle since 2010. Avon bought it and now Boots have bought it.

What product do you recommend using over your moisturisers to protect skin from
UV Ray's

Uv rays (sorry autocorrect)

Hi Liz,

I've heard people say that the formula changed once you sold the company. To he best of your knowledge did it?

I buy Liz Earle for my DSD and it's great for her skin. Thanks!

Hi Liz, just wanted to say that your teenage skin care stuff has saved me from very nasty scarring as it got my awful teenage acne completely under control. Absolutely beautiful stuff! Spot on was a life saver.

In fact, if I didn't have spot on I might not have gone on my first date with my now dp because I had an enormous, very painful and very embarrassing spot crop up that morning. I put some spot on on it and it was gone enough by the evening that my mum convinced me to go. Now we have a beautiful son who will be three next month!

The only problem is, I have problem skin with hormonal breakouts since coming off birth control and spot on was the absolute best thing ever. Please please please please please please please please please pleeeeaaassseeee bring it back!

Ive always been confused about the skin around my eyes. I know there are eye creams but do you put them just under your eye or on the lid as well? And are you supposed to put it on in the morning under make up?

If you had to choose only one of your products, which is the one you couldnt live without

Most of the questions here are irrelevant!

She doesn't own the company anymore, she's still the 'face' though I believe. The formula has changed and after years and years of brand loyalty it makes my face red, sore and itchy.
Alongside which the brand is no longer cruelty free.

Everything is very very carefully worded by them so as her name (and sometimes photos) are used without saying she is involved. Apparently she just consults for them now (and gets products for free). She's very careful how she answers questions about it.

I used to be a big fan of the Liz Earle products but not since. It's not the same stuff anymore.

(Website still clearly states they're cruelty free too).

Hi Liz

Why did you stop making my favourite eye cream? I've used your eyecream with spf in it for years and suddenly it's been discontinued and replaced for one thats twice the price and no spf.

I love your products, but I'm rather upset over the loss of my eye cream.

They aren't her products anymore!

Hi Liz,
I love the products you have created, and my question is do you have any plans to create a new line of products separate from the Liz Earle brand?

Hi Liz
I'm 43 and my skin is becoming a bit dull, less glowy. One day it's dry, another day it's oily.
Besides a good skincare routine, what else would you recommend, especially in terms of diet/lifestyle?

Hi Liz
Are you an advocate of supplements and vitamins? I'm mid-thirties and wondered if there are any in particular that you recommend?
Thanks

Hello Liz! I absolutely adore all the botanical essences - such gorgeous perfumes.

My question is: which products are you most proud of creating? Thank you.