Slow Skin is a holistic facial practice rooted in the belief that true skin health comes from slowing down and reconnecting. Treatments are tailored, intuitive, and focused on both skin and nervous system balance — blending botanical products, therapeutic touch, and restorative rituals to support your skin’s natural rhythm.
Based in Forest Gate, East London, Slow Skin offers a calm, home-based studio space for facials that feel nurturing, not clinical. It’s skincare, slowed right down — with presence, intention, and care.
Slow Skin Facial
Rituals
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Seasonal skincare + restorative touch
For when you want your skin to feel fresh, glowing and well cared for — with plenty of time to switch off too.
The original Slow Skin facial, and still at the heart of what I do. A completely bespoke treatment, shaped around your skin, how you’re feeling and the season.
Every Nurture includes a double cleanse, gentle exfoliation, seasonal mask and finishing products chosen for your skin. This is combined with lymphatic drainage and slow, intuitive massage through the face, neck, shoulders and scalp, with tools such as Kansa, gua sha and seasonal elements brought in depending on what feels most useful on the day.
LED light therapy can also be incorporated where appropriate, with longer treatments allowing more time for scalp, hand and arm or magnesium foot massage while you rest under the light.
Choose Slow Nurture if you want to give your skin some attention, need some time to slow down and be looked after, or simply aren’t sure which treatment to choose. As the original bespoke Slow Skin facial, it’s a really good place to start.
You might leave feeling: relaxed, grounded and cared for, with a quieter mind, a greater sense of connection to your body — and skin that feels hydrated, restored and glowing.
60 / 75 / 90 mins
£80 / £90 / £105 -
For when you’re holding tension through your jaw, face, neck or shoulders and want some help letting it go.
A deeper, massage-focused treatment working through areas of tightness and holding across the face and upper body. Lymphatic drainage, targeted facial massage and deeper work through the neck, shoulders and scalp prepare the face before moving into intraoral (buccal) massage, working both inside and outside the mouth to access areas of the jaw and face that can be difficult to reach externally.
The focus here is less on skincare and more on giving us time to work with the muscles and areas where you tend to hold tension. Kansa or gua sha may also be incorporated where they support the treatment.
Choose Slow Release if you clench or grind your teeth, wake with a tight jaw, notice tension through your face, neck or shoulders, or simply feel like you’re holding onto a lot and need some help letting it go.
You might leave feeling: softer and more open through the face and jaw, with less tension through your neck and shoulders, a quieter mind and a greater sense of ease in your body.
60 / 75 / 90 mins
£100 / £110 / £120 -
Lift + definition
For when you want your face to look and feel more lifted, toned and defined — whether you have an event coming up or simply want to give your face some focused attention.
A hands-on, technique-led treatment focused almost entirely on facial massage. Advanced sculpting, lifting and remodelling techniques work with the muscles, fascia and natural contours of the face, with particular attention given to areas such as the jawline, lower face, cheeks and brow.
Lymphatic drainage, facial cupping, gua sha and Kansa are layered into the treatment where useful, helping to create movement and definition while supporting a fresh, healthy glow. The 90-minute treatment also allows space for LED light therapy, with restorative scalp, hand or magnesium foot massage while you rest under the light.
Choose Slow Sculpt if you want to focus on lift and definition, are noticing changes through the jawline or lower face, want to look particularly good for an event or party, or simply like the idea of a natural, hands-on approach to supporting your face as it changes over time.
You might leave feeling: lifted, toned and refreshed, with more definition through the face and a healthy glow — while still looking completely like you.
60 / 75 / 90 mins
£100 / £110 / £120 -
The complete Slow Skin experience
For when you want to give yourself the time for all of it — skin, sculpting, release, rest and time afterwards to simply be.
The most complete Slow Skin treatment, bringing together the full toolkit and shaping it around what your skin, face and body need on the day.
Seasonal skincare and masks are combined with lymphatic drainage, advanced facial sculpting and remodelling, deeper neck and shoulder release and intraoral (buccal) massage. Facial cupping, gua sha, Kansa and facial mushrooms can all be incorporated, alongside LED light therapy, with scalp, hand and arm or magnesium foot massage while you rest under the light.
But the Ritual doesn’t finish when the hands-on treatment does. Afterwards, there is dedicated time to stay — to rest, look out into the trees, have a cup of tea and a Slow Skin trail mix, and let everything settle before heading back into your day.
Choose Slow Ritual if you want the fullest Slow Skin experience, don’t want to choose between Nurture, Release and Sculpt, or simply want to give yourself more time and space than you normally would.
You might leave feeling: deeply relaxed and cared for, lighter and softer in your body, quieter in your mind, with skin that feels restored and glowing — and without the feeling of having to rush straight back into your day.
105 mins · £160
I’m Helena — a holistic facialist, VTCT-certified in Facial Skincare — offering intuitive facials from my peaceful home studio in Forest Gate, tucked beneath a canopy of trees. It’s a calm, light-filled space that feels quiet and held — a place to pause, slow down and ground.
I combine natural, mostly organic skincare with techniques like sculpting facial massage, lymphatic drainage, LED light therapy, and breath-led rituals to support both skin health and emotional balance. My approach is slow, responsive, and rooted in presence — creating space for you to soften, reconnect, and glow in your own rhythm.