5 Signs You Are Addicted To Topical Steroids
We’ve probably all heard doctors stress the need for applying steroid creams carefully, sparingly and only for a short time, but of course in practice most people with severe eczema...
Welcome to Be More You. Our Balmonds Blog.
Time to grab a cuppa and take a moment for yourself to discover and get inspired.
The Brutal Truth: Kirstie's Story
Kirstie McCall’s baby daughter suffered from eczema so badly that she began to despair of it ever clearing up. Like many parents before her, Kirstie spent months battling the terrible...
The Brutal Truth: Ben's Story
Purepotions is launching a series of interviews with real people to give a voice to those with troubled skin! We’re going to be exploring how they manage their skin condition,...
Growing Up With Itchy Skin In The Summer
This week, we’re talking to Lula Balmond-Nightingale, who not only works here in the Purepotions office but is actually the reason it all began! When Lula was a little baby suffering...
Could Sea Swimming Help Your Eczema?
Thalassotherapy, the use of seawater as a treatment for all sorts of ills, might be a bit of an outdated term but there’s still truth in the idea that the...
Teenage Skin Issues
Teenage years are mortifying enough without outbreaks of acne and eczema to contend with, but unfortunately that is exactly what can happen when hormones are running riot! Add the tremendous...
Ditch The SLS!
If you suffer from eczema, scalp psoriasis or seborrheic dermatitis, you’ll know that most high street shampoos are full of ingredients that can irritate the scalp, leaving it flaky, sore,...
The Ultimate Eczema-Friendly Festival Skincare Survival Guide
We do love a weekend in the blazing sun hanging out with good friends and good music, but what havoc does all that partying that wreak on our skin?! If...
Top Tips For Itchy Little People In A Heatwave
The summer heat brings a perfect storm of eczema triggers: temperature and humidity rises to uncomfortable levels; air conditioning causes skin to dry out; itchy, hot clothes irritate the body;...
Itch - scratch - itch - scratch
If you’ve got sensitive or allergy-prone skin, you’ll know as well as we do how endless and distressing the itch-scratch cycle can be! Allergens make your skin flare-up and trigger...
BALMY DAYS
Summertime and the living is easy… for some! But for those living with eczema, dermatitis and other dry or sensitive skin conditions, the heat brings with it a whole host...
Purepotions (now Balmonds) partnering in Holland & Barrett's Clean Beauty Campaign
From now on Holland & Barrett will not be stocking any skincare products that contain parabens, SLS or microplastics. Read more →