Bunny: "I think I probably started getting acne when I cut my bangs in grade nine. I definitely had forehead and cheek acne. I was also a picker, so I still have a ton of scarring and discoloration from that. I always resorted to really harsh treatments for my acne. Toothpaste is the number one thing that our dad told us to use, and we used it for a really long time. The treatments that I did on my acne made the situation worse rather than better. I didn't understand at that time that acne needs to heal.
It wasn't until I turned 20 years old, when I started venturing into clean beauty and actually understanding what my skin needs and what were the things that work for me personally. Then, I started seeing an improvement on my skin, and now I tend to break out generally around my period or when I make the mistake of going to sleep with my makeup on."
Taran: "I relate to so much of it because we both did the toothpaste thing. Very similar to Bunny, I think it was something that I feel like we all kind of went through as teenagers. I definitely just tried too many harsh products. A big thing that I did is probably overexfoliating and using things that were just way too strong. I was a pretty confident kid, even though I was super nerdy, I always had glasses, and acne is probably the one thing that hurt my confidence.
With my acne journey, I kind of always thought, 'Oh, when my acne is gone, then I'll feel more like myself again.' So that's also why one of the things we say at Blume is we use the wording 'naturally brave.' What we mean by that is feeling brave as you are in your real skin despite the days that you have spots and blemishes.
