Share your tips on introducing a skincare regime to your DC - £200 voucher to be won

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When and how did you introduce your DC to a skincare routine? Did you try to find a product that they loved or did you just try to keep it as simple as possible? We want to know your top tips for finding your DC a skincare regime that they’ll actually follow.

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“There is no better time to Be Good to Yourself with the latest brand collaboration between UK-based skincare face mask specialist’s 7th Heaven and Mattel’s Barbie™ - promoting wellness and self-empowerment with a pink makeover of the much-loved rainbow brand! The collection consists of three heavenly face masks to foster self-care. The masks are certified vegan and cruelty-free and have been designed to be kind to skin age 8+.”

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My child is a tween and has broken out in spots! My top tip to my child is to keep their fingers away from their face! Dirty bacteria laden fingers and spots are a no-no combination. They also use a gentle ph balanced face wash in the evening. Nothing in the morning except for a splash of water as I don't want their skin to dry out. I apply antiseptic on the spots, and also a skin healing gel to prevent scarring.

Keep to simple morning and evening routine is what I instilled in them and when older try to do additional wash to get rid of grime from travelling along busy roads and public transport though being tired this has been difficult to instil so gets missed til bedtimes.

When she was about 10, We researched on line for the best skin care for ‘pre-publics’ and then bought her bought her a nice set little set with a face wash, treatment cream for when problems occurs and gentle moisturising cream with factor 50 in for every day protection. She’s seen me use a skin care routine so was happy to feel grown up enough to start a routine herself. The younger girls use a gentle un-perfumed face and body wash for now.

I'm disappointed that Mumsnet is ok with promoting 'pink'/Barbie-endorsing mask-based skincare for 8 year olds!

My daughters are encouraged to use a cleansing face wash and sunscreen at all times. I haven’t introduced anything else because I don’t feel they need it yet at 7 and 10. I do encourage them to drink lots of water to encourage hydration for their bodies as this is a key thing for skincare as well.

My little girl always wants to copy Mum so we do our skin care routine together. We wash our faces together with warm soapy water, pat dry and apply moisturiser before bed or sun cream in the day. We are both very pale so I've tried to ensure all my children understand the importance of wearing suncream everyday as we burn very easily.

Cut dairy

we use some wipes but mostly to remove face painting

Trying to do this now, DD was 12 now 13. A light moisuriser and a skin wash (gentle). Not sure how well it is going! DD now 11 is more likely to pick it up I think.

Taught basic facial hygiene. Important to keep clean and fresh. Now my daughter is a teenager we have introduced simple moisturiser with spf

Since they were little - Wash your face with soap in the shower so you can rinse it off well. Wear sunscreen. Don’t smoke. The more make up/day cream/night cream/other stuff you put on your face, the more likely you are to upset the balance, but taking it off every night will make a world of difference. If you get bad acne despite regular washing you need to see a doctor, not someone who sells stuff. Don’t believe pseudo-scientific advertising. Evidence that you can significantly stop aging with face care other than sunscreen is marginal. Use make up to alter your look if you like, don’t buy in to the idea it is anything other than superficial.

I introduced skin care routines for both my elder daughters when they began to get spots in secondary school - Y7/8. My youngest child is still in primary so no skin care regime but she wants to use make up so we do need to wipe that off (it's a rare treat and I'm talking some sparkly highlighter on her cheeks and a bit of lipblam not a face full of makeup!)

The elder girls routine is facewash, some spot cream with the occasional mask of blackhead spot patch. Nothing too over the top and generally very mild products. They also both have tons of face cloths and silicone facial scrubbers / brushes. My tip is to let them experiment. My 14 year old is already pretty over a full face of make up, having tried it and seeing how bad her skin is. So now it's just mascara and lipbalm. Win!

The two youngest only use sunscreen and a moisturiser after their baths, but the oldest is 15 and uses a lot more. He uses facial scrubs, body scrubs, body cream, face moisturiser, spot targeting serums and a hell of a lot hair gel.
It was pretty easy to get him into self care, he is a massive football fan and wanted to do his hair like his favourite player, and then that player started doing adverts for nivea, so he wanted to start using that as well, and then it just snowballed into what it is today.
He pretty much hated all face creams until he was 10, but now he has a routine that he sticks to daily.
Our middle child is 6, and although he doesn't need any of that stuff yet, he wants to start shaving, our biggest problem right now is trying to keep him away from the razors!

I think it comes under general hygiene. I washed my DC's since birth then they gradually took over themselves as they grew up. SPF put on daily, moisturiser on any dry skin. Definitely no face masks needed when young enough to like Barbie!

Mine are quite young but I think it's good to drill it in to them young when it comes to SPF. My eldest also has eczema so knows the importance of moisturising and hydration. I think looking after your skin is just as important as looking after your body and mind.

I think as a parent you just need to instil good hygiene routines for girls and boys from a very early age. With the exception of the importance of sun protection, I really didn’t have any discussions with my children until they stated getting some spots in Year 7/8. They use moisturising soap, oil & blackhead control face wash/ scrub, over-the-counter tea tree/ spot treatments and my eldest DD uses unperfumed micellar water to remove make up. Very rarely they will use a face mask for fun.

I've always encouraged cleanliness - bath time has always been a big thing in our house since the children were little - and fortunately now they're teenage they still shower (or bath) daily, use deodorant, look after their hair, etc! I encourage a good facial wash if needed, a gentle moisturiser and good SPF. My daughter likes her make up - so there's heavy encouragement to remove all traces before bed!! If there's any breakouts I try to help them deal with them individually, as they have different skin types (sensitive, combo, oily) and discourage them from squeezing and messing (though that's always a challenge!)! They're far from perfect (as am I) but I think I'm having some success in guiding them, albeit swaying with eyes half shut, in the general direction of some success😊.

Keep it simple, too many products can irritate hormonal skin

Mother of three boys here. I'm hoping their Dad'll deal with their skin care education. As far as I can see it involves shaving every 3-4 days and remembering sun cream in the summer months (he doesn't go in for all the lotions and potions deemed essential these days, and looks ok on it!). At the moment for them it's a facewash in the morning and night and a shower every other day, though I think puberty may see a need to increase that.

My daughters (10 and 13) love using face masks. They have 'spa evenings' and paint each others nails and use the face masks as a treat during school holidays.

The 13 year old also washes her face with a cleanser twice daily as she's starting to be prone to spots, and she uses a mild moisturiser with an spf as she is very pale. I also encourage her to eat healthily and drink plenty of water to keep her skin in good condition. We do keep it as simple as possible, and I'm hoping that she'll keep it up now it's a routine.

I let them watch me from an early age and expressed how wonderful it felt to have clean skin after a day of make-up and how good it felt to moisturise. Letting them smell and feel the products.

I’ve just left a face cleanser next to the sink for my son (age 10) to use. I don’t think he uses it everyday but at least he uses it sometimes! As his skin gets more hormonal and greasy, I’ll encourage him to use it everyday.

My mother would only ever use soap and I from a young age prefered to look after my skin in a different proper way and have always been particular which products that I buy. I started my child with simple face wash thats kind to the skin and as had a bit of eczema then it didnt affect to flare it up. I used to always buy a clay facemask but nowadays there are so many different ones and buy the 7th heaven ones which could be a cucumber, an oloe vera, one a sheet mask, a peel off one or a clay mask and my husband and I each sunday lie on the bed and have a relaxing bit of time with the music on and put a face pack on each of us choosing from the selection that we both buy different ones.

My sons who is 13 uses a simple face wash daily then a Mens bulldog moisturiser for sensitive skin. I did try to find younger teen based products but they don't seem to exist. He seems willing at the moment as he's much more focused on how he looks. I introduced it by getting it for him one Xmas or birthday and it's just become part of his morning routine along with teeth brush and deodorant etc.

Eczema and dry skin means we keep it simple. Wash and moisturise twice daily using just water with the occasional product eg bar of soap, salt when bathing. I've started using the Yuka app which rates beauty product ingredients as poor, good or excexcellent which helps me choose products that are less irritant.

Showing how to wash and dry, how much soap to use, tell them what is in the product and how it affects the skin.