Good question! Before your session with your assigned Skin Mentor, we’ll ask you to submit a few photos. Don’t worry – phone selfies are fine, we just advise standing in natural light and taking a picture from three different angles: one of the right side of the face, one of the left and one from the front.

These images will enable your Skin Mentor to begin to analyse your skin and flag any key areas to discuss.

Our Skin Mentors take a holistic approach and are trained to ask specific questions around how the skin feels as well as recognise small details from photos in order to make a comprehensive skin assessment of the skin. Just like a nutritionist doesn’t need to see your insides to figure out dietary recommendations, there are other ways to garner a firm understanding the skin – and that’s exactly what we do!

Our Skin Mentors are graduates of our unique and intensive training programme, so they are super well equipped to assess your skin and design your ideal skincare regime.

Skincare is not one size fits all and your regime should not be static, but should change just like the seasons! That’s why our Skin Mentors not only help to build your foundation routine, but will also be there to guide you along your entire skincare journey.

We don’t love the term ‘expert’. It’s thrown around ALOT in the beauty industry and is particularly ambiguous (like a lot of beauty marketing jargon!).

That said, our Skin Mentors are pretty impressive. Before joining Lion/ne, they take an 8 week intensive training course designed by us and certified by BABTAC. It covers everything, from skin science, the impact of lifestyle and diet, how to complete a holistic skin assessment and so much more. Naturally, they’re required to pass all module quizzes and conduct additional skin session training.

To learn more about our Skin Mentor training or to enquire about becoming a certified Lion/ne Skin Mentor yourself, click here.