Skincare for Children: The Plot Twist Nobody Asked For

There I was on a typical Tuesday evening in November minding my own business. Christmas decorations and lights, filling the room like Santa had exploded and left his glittery insides everywhere (don’t panic kids, this didn’t actually happen and Santa will be on his way to you come December 24^th, if you have been good that is).

The evening was joyful and triumphant, as much as it can be for a Monday, but it was doing its best. We all were. Well, everyone other than a huge actress, who has decided now is the time to launch her new skincare line. Yay, you might think. She is a huge star has a massive fanbase, amazing skin herself. Tell us your secrets, hun.

No, no, no. This actress decided to launch a skincare brand for your children. Not your tweens, your babies. A skincare line from the age of three. THREE?? A three year old shouldn’t even know what skincare is at that age. They should be busy eating sand and watching their iPad like a normal three year old.

All jokes aside, what is she really trying to do here? At first I checked my calendar, as it must be April Fools Day. That’s the only way to decipher this nonsense.

Let’s look at it from would possibly could have been her point of view. Maybe she thought it would be sweet if little angels can do their skincare with their mamas. They always want to be all up on our business so why not launch something they can exactly use.

Look, hun. If I have to pretend to drink invisible tea and eat a plastic fucking banana and slice of cake, these kids can play pretend when it comes to skincare.

It’s not just about finding a non-chemical face mask, and I am sure it came from good intentions, but why didn’t anyone stop this. Surely, not every single person she discussed this with didn’t have any concerns? Not one?

She’s marketing it as self-care rather than skincare, but why does a child need an adult product for self-care. A lot of adults have a glass of wine and snuggle up watching a true crime documentary of an evening. Should babies do this too, so they can be like mama?

It’s just one more product being shoved down our throats telling us as women and young girls that we aren’t good enough.

We teach our babies to be confident in who they are, be kind to others it’s what’s inside that counts. We all work so hard every day doing this to then be met with a shit show of a product.

Our babies skin is fine. Have they completed tests and research to show that this wouldn’t affect their skin in the future? No? Of course they haven’t because who’s going to let their child be tested on and I am pretty sure she hasn’t waited for anyone to reach adult age to see how their skin is doing after using her products from such a young age.

There’s so many loud, unwanted voices everywhere, telling us girls and women to do this and think like that, wear this and don’t say that. We are already under so much pressure to conform. Least as an adult, we are more aware of what they are trying to do and we even slip up pretty often.

A child is seeing and hearing everything for the first time, let’s not give them another insecurity to focus on. Let’s shout louder than anyone who says we are nothing but incredible.

Sometimes there’s a gap in the market for a reason. The market doesn’t want or need it.

K. Love you, bye.

Nikki

I chat lots about body confidence issues in both of my books, both available on Amazon.