The Nue Co. wants to know what skincare advice you would give your younger self? £200 voucher to be won

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Don't be tempted to squeeze spots! A spot or blemish hardly shows up when other people look at you - get a great big scab and burst oozy red spot really does when you pick at it so much - so just stop!

I would also tell myself that I am beautiful and not to feel like I am not. I wish so many teenagers and young people today could also see how beautiful they are naturally without feeling the need or pressure to have surgery, lip fillers, lash extensions etc I don't mean any of that in a judgemental way but there really is such natural beauty that gets lost when it is covered up or modified.

Oily skin at 15 - nightmare.
Oily skin at 40 - brilliant. Still absolutely no sign of wrinkles.

Definitely wish I'd started using moisturiser earlier than my early 30s though. Or had any kind of routine at all.

Eye cream every day!! And spf every day! I cringe at the damage I've done already for not wearing suntan lotion as a teen

Stop squeezing your spots ! (Tell my current self that too...)

Sunscreen
Don’t squeeze spots that are NOT ready to squeeze
Invest in a simple skincare regime and DO IT

I suffered from spots- not quite acne more hormonal chin spots. I finally bought the Clinique 3 step system with the spot treatment little tube thing in my twenties at GREAT expense and it was a bloody revelation!! My skin was so much better so fast. And I don’t think it was because of the products per se, it was more the time and care I was investing in myself.

That it really is about the basics - always wear suncream, drink plenty of water, and eat healthily. Then your skincare basics of cleansing and moisturising go a lot further.

Moisturise religiously (neck as well as face). Don’t start smoking. Get into the habit of drinking enough water!

I was pretty good at using moisturisers with SPF but I’d tell my younger self to use them religiously every day and to use them on my neck and chest too.

Start using anti-aging products in your twenties - it works!!!

Use sunscreen

Use moisturiser at least occasionally and sunscreen if you’re in the sun. It doesn’t need to be expensive. Don’t fall for marketing nonsense like this.
I’m astonished that basic skincare is now marketed as being non-toxic and safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding. We haven’t seen lead based cosmetics for some centuries, I believe.

Look after your neck. Moisturise beyond your jawline.

Use SPF, and moisturise neck as well as face, and stop using harsh exfoliants. And enjoy the fact you have lovely, blemish-free skin, because it’ll all change in the menopause!!

To not use sunbeds. I was addicted in my 20's and used them every other day. Also to remove my make-up at night. After a big night out I'd collapse into bed and wake up the following afternoon with lipstick on my arm and eyeliner on my cheeks - I'm sure it wasn't doing my skin any good! :)

You should have the botox inbetween your eyebrows!

Started earlier, in 30's, with with retinol, vitamin c and Hyaluronic acid. More sunscreen on arms and chest.

Read on what to eat to keep young skin.

Keep that well paid job to pay for the anti-ageing treatments - they are expensive,.

Don’t waste your money on fancy moisturiser and serums, have the facial go chill you out instead!

Drink more water, eat more veg, and take my make up off properly with a good cleanse every night. I would also have started using a SPF moisturiser much younger.

Wear spf and a brimmed hat and avoid getting sunburnt so much!

That drinking plenty of water and eating well will have much more effect than anything topically applied. Also suncream, every day.

Don't use face wipes!

Use sunscreen! And finding the right supplements which work better than expensive skincare products.

I would tell my younger self to protect your face from the sun. The glow is temporary and can be replicated with make up however the wrinkles and sun spots are permanent!

As so many others have said, I'd be telling my younger self to use sun cream.

I'd tell myself not to smoke and to start using anti wrinkle cream at a much younger age!

SPF - every day without fail!!!!