Skinside Out is the first book of its kind to deeply explain the intricacies of our largest organ, skin, and how we can work with nature to have the best skin of our lives! This is the mantra of self-confessed skin nerd Robyn McAlpine. In over a decade of her extensive career, she has gathered her expertise to bring you an enthusiastic, modern, humorous and glowing perspective on matters of the skin. Her life's mission is to fix peoples skin. We all know what skin is, but do any of us realise just what skin does?
Skinside Out is a book about beauty and the science of how skin works. Skin doesn't lie; it reflects our overall health in unimaginable ways. Robyn explains how we live our lives are manifestations of how our skin misbehaves, or doesn't, and how the connection between our thoughts, stresses, diet, gut health and environment affects the health of our skin.
With the knowledge Robyn shares in this book, you will feel empowered to make healthy skin choices for life, with a new found love and appreciation for the humble skin cell and the skin you are in. You'll laugh, you'll learn, and your body will love you ... from the Skinside Out.
About the Author
Robyn McAlpine is a big skin nerd, skin lover and BS hater. She loves dispelling skin myths and breaking down the beauty industry hype with skin science and common sense, to prevail over fad beauty treatments and miracle skincare products. Her career began in beauty therapy well over a decade ago and her unbridled curiosity lead her to study corneotherapy, focusing on skin anatomy and physiology of skin cells and their function. This fuelled her passion for skin health and she adapts these methodologies into her practice at SkintifiX, her skin clinic based in Newcastle, NSW. When not saving skins or creating the best facials on the planet, Robyn loves to travel off the beaten track, hike through the bush, climb mountains and make friends in new places. She believes pineapple belongs on pizza and that you are at your most attractive when you are living a life that you love.