One minute you’re craving chocolate, crying at a dog video and wondering why everyone around you is annoying… the next you wake up with a hormonal breakout on your chin and skin that suddenly looks tired, oily and personally offended.
Unfortunately, your period has entered the chat
Your skin changing throughout your cycle is completely normal. Just like your energy, mood, cravings and patience levels fluctuate, your skin does too.
In the days leading up to and during your period, hormones shift which can lead to excess oil production, congestion, sensitivity, dehydration and those lovely hormonal jawline breakouts that always seem to appear at the worst possible time.
And honestly? This is not the week for aggressive skincare routines or panic-buying 7 new actives because you saw someone with glass skin on TikTok.
Your “my hormones are testing me” skincare routine
Keep things simple
Your skin is already stressed enough. This is the week for keeping things simple, supportive and calming. Focus on calming, balancing and hydrating rather than trying to attack every breakout into submission.
Cleanse gently
If your skin feels oilier than usual, start with a gentle cleanse using Purified Cleanser to help remove excess oil, makeup, SPF and buildup without stripping your skin barrier into another dimension.
Breakouts? Don’t pick. Seriously.
If hormonal breakouts start appearing, especially around the chin and jawline, Refined Clarifying Mask works well dabbed directly onto blemishes as a spot treatment to help calm the appearance of angry, inflamed skin.
Your skin barrier still needs love
At the same time, hormonal skin can still feel dehydrated and tight, which honestly feels a little unfair. That’s where Essence Hyaluronic Acid & Ceramide Serum comes in to help support hydration and your skin barrier while your hormones are busy causing chaos.
If your skin is looking red, irritated or generally overwhelmed, The Limelight Probiotic Lotion is one of my favourites during hormonal flare-ups because it feels lightweight while still helping support stressed skin.
And yes, your skin still needs hydration even when you’re breaking out. Stripping your skin dry and hoping for the best rarely ends well. Luna Vitality Moisture Cream helps keep skin hydrated and supported without your skin feeling tight and miserable afterward.
A few extra period skin survival tips:
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Don’t pick at hormonal breakouts no matter how spiritually connected you feel to squeezing them
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Avoid over-exfoliating trying to “scrub away” hormonal skin
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Change pillowcases regularly during breakout-prone weeks
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Drink water even if your body currently only wants carbs and emotional support snacks
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Give yourself some grace because hormones are chaotic enough already
Most importantly, remember that your skin changing throughout your cycle is normal.
You do not need to “fix” your face because your hormones decided to throw a small party on your chin this week.
Sometimes your skin just needs support, consistency and a little less panic.
And maybe a snack.
