Laponie was born out of our founder Kristina's sensitive and problem skin needs. Now our mission is to help you take care of your skin the right way. Here's Elsa's story of how we helped her multi-problem, unbalanced skin. Elsa's skin condition had impaired after stopping hormonal contraception. She treated her skin with our guidance for 3 months and as a result, we found a routine that worked for her skin and helped her skin condition to improve even more than it was before she stopped using hormonal contraception. Read more about Elsa's skin story!
Where we started: Problem skin with POD, hormonal acne and rosacea
"I stopped using hormonal contraception in the summer and my skin got really bad as a result. My skin had always been very dry and sensitive and I rarely had any impurities, but now it was oily, red and with lots of different types of impurities. I tried many products for blemishes and acne, but nothing seemed to help and most of the products just dried and irritated my skin.”
We created a simple Laponie routine for Elsa that started to calm her skin in just 4 days
"I started by treating my skin with a very simple morning/evening skincare routine for 3 weeks: washing my face with Mild Milk Cleanser, then spraying 2-3 coats of Balancing Essence Mist and finally applying a double layer of Softening Face Oil in the evening. This routine calmed my skin down considerably in just a few days! After only 4 days of use, I woke up in the morning for the first time in months without new pimples that had appeared during the night.
The weather was cooling, which led to my skin feeling more dry. That’s why the 2-in-1 Hydrating Face Mask & Cream was added to my skincare routine, which I applied a thin layer under my face oil in the evenings. I’ve used this routine for 4 weeks. During that time, my skin seemed to calm down and almost completely balance out: no more oily skin and only a few pimples now and then."
After 7 weeks Elsa's skin was getting better, but it was still trying to find a balance. That's why we decided to add a brightening and moisturising Renewing Serum and a gently exfoliating and renewing Gentle Exfoliating Essence to her routine. This turns out to be a good solution: Elsa found a simple skincare routine that suited her.
"My skincare routine remained the same, but after the milk and the mist, I used Renewing Serum in the morning and Gentle Exfoliating Essence in the evening. Finally, I applied the face cream/face oil. At first I was a little nervous about using the Exfoliating Essence, as I haven't used anything exfoliating on my skin in years, as all exfoliating products have always made my skin really irritated. However, this one didn't cause any reaction, which was amazing!"
Where we ended: more soothed, balanced and hydrated skin
“I've been treating my skin for a few months now and it's doing really well. There are hardly any impurities anymore, the skin tone is more even and overall looks good and glowing! The red marks left by the pimples have also faded considerably already. My skin also feels very moisturised - in previous years, for example, my forehead has been flaky dry all winter and now I don't have this problem. On the cold winter days, I've added a thin layer of Hydrating Face Mask & Cream in the mornings to that routine, and in the evenings I've replaced it with Rich Face Cream, which was my go-to product last winter. I may make those an ongoing routine for colder weather, but otherwise I'm definitely going to continue with this current routine.
I never thought my skin would improve in such a short period of time. My skin is completely different to what it was 3 months ago and even better than it was before I stopped using hormonal contraception."
