01/09/2026
9 months in and 9 months out 🥹
This popped up on my memories from 5 years ago…..
I was cooking Frankie holding my 3 month scan.
I was in a business networking group at the time to grow my skincare business and I got a message from one of the members, a really funny guy.
“Kiss goodbye to your sleep for the next ten years.”
I remember thinking, oh Chris, nothing like exaggerating.
Five years on and I realise he wasn’t joking 🤣🙈
If you’re a mum, I bet you can’t remember the last time you slept all night. Even as they get older, the problems just change.
You face the day on broken sleep and caffeine, mostly winging it and hoping for the best.
Your skin actually does have its own body clock though.
During the day it’s in defence mode, protecting against everything coming at it.
At night it switches over to repair.
Which is all very clever. Until you add motherhood 😂
Because what happens when your body’s getting the “it’s night time” signals, but a four year old’s standing beside your bed telling you they’re scared on their own?
Short answer, your skin doesn’t just clock off because you’re awake.
But broken sleep can affect how well it functions. Your skin barrier, hydration and some of those overnight repair processes can all take a hit when good quality sleep is in short supply.
And that’s why I think skincare advice for mums needs to be realistic.
You might not be able to magically get eight hours sleep tonight. You might not have the energy for a seven step nighttime routine either.
But you can wash your face.
You can slap some moisturiser on.
You can put your SPF on tomorrow morning.
And on the days you manage nothing at all because someone’s been awake since 3am?
You start again tomorrow.
Five years into motherhood, I’m much more interested in the little things we can actually manage than another bloody perfect routine we’re supposed to be doing. 💜
