#self-love

I have been an eczema sufferer literally forever, and moving to uni has caused me literally insane stress, upset and every miserable thing you can think of, and brought my eczema back to me- AWFULLY. I have tried every single method in the world to get rid of it (including many perscribed steroids from GPs) from November 2025 to when it reappeared really aggressively, and trust me, none of it has worked. It got to June 2026 and I was so miserable with myself after having an awful depressive episode and I realised I sort of HAVE to fix my skin, it's causing me pain everyday and I'm ashamed to have it on my face, and I knew it needed to go because I was so desperate and so upset because of the constant skin-flaking on my bed, clothes, anywhere and it just looked an utter mess. I was scrolling through tiktok and loads of people recommended Lush's Dream Cream for your body, and Celestial for your face (please note i am in no way like sponsored by or work for lush lol), so I went and bought them both, and took before pictures of my face. A month of usage and oh my god its incredible. My skin is absolutely pristine on both my body and face, I feel confident and pretty and I can wear my makeup without irritating my skin it's incredible, well worth the money I paid. Please please please if you are losing hope for your eczema give these creams a go, honestly I feel so so happy and my self esteem has shot through the roof I cannot recommend it enough.

I just joined the finch app if anyone wants to friend me on it! Hopefully it can motivate me to continue looking after myself :D

My intro post!

I created this blog on a bit of a whim to be honest, mainly just to hold myself accountable and track my journey, making sure I show up for myself everyday. My aim is to glow-up in terms of both my mental health and physical health, and I also hope to receive some of these benefits through a glow-up in my appearance too. I am a long-time suffer of horrid eczema, extreme general and social anxiety, and pure miserableness which has led me to hit rock bottom, and honestly scream a wake-up call to me that if I don't improve myself now, I doubt I will have a chance to ever again due to my mental health being extremely poor.

I don't quite fancy sharing my name at the moment as I am hoping to keep this account anonymous (for now!), so here's some other stuff you can know about me: I am 19-year-old studying sociology at University and I use she/her pronouns. I am a goth who owns way too many clothes (with not enough chances to wear them) and a lover of Adventure Time, pigeons and Wallace and Gromit. I am currently unemployed but DESPERATE for a job, honestly kind of (secretly) wanting to be an influencer (so brands hmu).

I would love to follow other creators who also have this same mindset as me, so please drop me a follow and we can motivate eachother together! Please feel free to talk to me if needed, my DM's are open, always <3

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