Bushfire smoke, pollution and the skin barrier
Smoke days are not a skincare trend. They are an air-quality event. Here is what to do with a face when the hills are the colour of a bruise.
Mara Keating · 11 min read
The continent first
Climate & Skin
Essays on looking after skin in a country that invented the slip-slop-slap campaign for a reason. We write about ozone, office air, surf, bushfire haze and the difference between Broome in March and Ballarat in July.
After-surf care that actually works
Salt, wind and a UV index that does not care about the water temperature. A post-surf routine that is three steps, not a beach-tent spa.
Mara Keating · 11 min read
Winter offices and air-conditioning damage
Recycled air is the fifth Australian climate. It cracks hands in Brisbane and tightens faces in July boardrooms. Here is how to work in it without a saga.
Mara Keating · 10 min read
Dry inland air versus coastal humidity
The same face can fail in Broken Hill and steam in Ballina. Here is how to change texture, not identity, when you move between dry inland air and the coast.
Mara Keating · 11 min read
UV, the ozone hole, and the daily moisturiser habit
Australian men still treat sunscreen as a beach product. The UV index does not. Pair a daily SPF with a moisturiser that can survive wind, not a ten-step.
Mara Keating · 12 min read
Why Australian skin needs a different rulebook
Importing a northern-hemisphere routine into an Australian year is how men end up shiny in March and cracked in July. Start with the continent, not the aisle.
Mara Keating · 11 min read