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58 BEAUTY BUZZ A TEEN’S FIRST sMkin care routine By Emily Devon. any consumers are now In relation to the 2021 back-to-school “Typically, start when your teen aware of how important season, Retail Pharmacy Assistants wants to start looking after their skin, a skin care routine is, magazine looks into the best tips to give begins wearing products on their face and most have happily young people when it comes to their or develops a bumpy complexion, jumped on the bandwagon. It’s natural first skin care routine. blackheads or blemishes.” that young people, too, will become interested in starting their own skin care routine. Plenty of questions arise when it comes to young people and skin care: should they even have their own routine? What age is too young to start? What kind of factors do they have to consider when buying skin care- related products? “Starting a skin care regime can really happen as early as 10 years old,” said Retail Manager Emma Smallbone of Zammit Street Pharmacy in Queensland’s Deception Bay, who has a background in cosmetic. “As we know, everyone ages and goes through changes at all different times, so it’s good to be observant of your teen’s skin. Tips on what to avoid We have a wealth of information and consumer products at our fingertips, so it’s easy to get caught up in the latest trends or what the most popular influencers of our time are promoting. Ms Smallbone says that young people can overdo skin care by using too many of the ‘wrong’ types of products, “thus RETAIL PHARMACY ASSISTANTS • FEB 2021