Menopause & Skin: Support Your Glow Naturally

September 12, 2025

Menopause & Your Skin: What’s Really Going On (and How to Support It Naturally)

Menopause isn’t just about hot flushes — there are many physiological changes happening in the magical journey of Menopause and yes, your skin changes too. Here’s why it feels drier, thinner, and less firm… and how to support it naturally.

Have you noticed your skin feels completely different during the different seasons? Well perimenopause and menopause are like the changing of seasons for your body, mind & Being.

 You can feel as though one day your skin is dry and tight, another it’s flushed or sensitive — and the products you used to love just don’t seem to work anymore.

You’re not imagining it. Science confirms:

• Collagen: Nearly a third of skin collagen is lost in the first 5 years after menopause, leading to slackness and fine lines.

• Moisture: Oestrogen normally helps the skin hold water. With less of it, dryness and irritation become common.

• Oil balance: Fewer active oil glands mean less natural sebum — skin feels more easily irritated, thinner and more fragile. 

• Flushing: Around 75% of women experience it, triggered by hormonal shifts and sensitivity to what you are putting in and on your body.

More than a surface holding us together, our skin is literally telling a story. We ask you to be curious and ask "why is my skin telling me this story or that story?" Explore your recent lifestyle, stress levels, diet, feel into your emotions, is your gut feeling congested or inflamed, how have I been sleeping, have I had any quiet time or time to sit or walk in the sun?

These are all valid questions that can lead you to valuable answers and understanding of what is truly happening with your health & wellbeing. Then making choices to remedy and support healthier skin and a healthier life!

What this means for you

Perimenopause to menopause: one obvious phase is that your skin is evolving. Learn to embrace & love what’s happening beneath the surface and how to nourish it with adjusting to the new found freedom of a wise and wonder-full body. This also will have a flow on effect to creating healthy skin!

Your skin is changing — with hormones, lifestyle, and seasons. That’s why the same products year-round often fall short. Your routine needs to evolve, just as you do. Taking steps such as choosing toxin & synthetic fragrance free, bioactive skincare can be a powerful interventions to supporting both your health and glowing skin as your body shifts and changes with the phases of peri / menopause. 

The skin is far more than a protective barrier. We talk about our skin as the interface between our internal world and the external world we live in - sensory, expressive, communicating constantly, intelligent. The skin is an active part of the hormonal system - any changes with our hormones will be shared by the condition of our skin relatively quickly. The skin is a messenger sharing the state of our gut & digestion, the immune system, the changing seasons and how we are adapting to the changes.

During peri & menopause, the natural process in hormonal fluctuations and drop reduces collagen and elastin, potentially leading to loss of firmness and plumpness, decreased oil production causing dryness, a weakened skin barrier, and reduced blood flow to the skin, which slows cell turnover and makes the skin thinner. 

Estrogen - a key hormone that also helps the skin produce natural oils and retain moisture, lowers with menopause. With lower estrogen, your skin's ability to hold onto moisture decreases, leading to dryness, tightness, and a weakened skin barrier. 

The decline in oestrogen can also slow down the rate at which skin cells renew themselves, resulting in older skin cells remaining on the surface for longer. This further contributes to a thinner, duller complexion, irritation, scaly dry patches and increased sensitivity. 

Where Mayella comes to play - inside & out is the magic!

At Mayella, we create effective natural, organic skincare, herbal teas and nutritional blends designed to actively support skin through these very changes. Our skincare range of products work with your skin, feeding it the nutrients it needs to stay resilient, hydrated, and radiant. Our focus is on nourishing the skin barrier and providing the natural oils that are so important to preventing moisture loss and protecting the skins "ecosystem" or microbiome.

We believe in skincare that works with your skin, not against it. Our natural, organic bioactive formulas are designed to nourish deeply — delivering antioxidants, vitamins, and plant-based nutrients that your skin can actually absorb.

🌿 With Mayella natural vegan skincare, you can:

• Layer serums and lotions when your skin needs more support.

• Keep it light when things feel balanced.

• Trust that every ingredient is helping to strengthen your barrier, support collagen, and restore glow naturally — no toxic, sensitivity or allergen building chemicals.

This isn’t just about creams and serums. It’s a lifestyle, a philosophy. It’s about listening to your body, supporting your skin through every season of life, and choosing nourishment over quick fixes.

The Gut - Skin connection

As well as nourishing the skin topically, we deeply believe in nourishing from the inside > out. Think of it as feeding your skin from the inside out! Nutrient dense whole foods that are formulated by us to deliver ingredients to soothe inflammation, reduce aches and pains, deeply nourish, support energy levels that help you rise and shine. 

When we have a healthy gut & active digestion, our brain, skin and body is healthy and happy. We are more resilient with our energy levels and immunity.  

Did you know.... our skin is the place of many important reactions and pathways

Besides being our largest organ, the skin is a hormone creating organ. Synthesising Vitamin D, melatonin, peptides and hormones. The hormones produced are in response to our internal and external environment influencing immunity, mood and functions. 

It is also the site for transformation of many hormones, such as thyroxine - secreted by the thryroid gland (Thyroid dysfunction has multiple classical manifestations at skin level.) and testosterone - often associated with changing oestrogen levels leading to hair thinning or growth in unwanted areas such as facial hair. The primary factor behind hair loss during menopause is typically hormonal changes. However, various additional factors can also play a role in causing hair thinning in menopausal women, including stress, underlying health conditions, the use of certain medications, and specific nutritional deficiencies.

Some hormones are produced locally and secreted. Specialised cells in the skin produce and respond to multiple neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and hormones thereby making skin a central player in endocrine homeostasis. They exert system-wide effects and are controlled by the same mechanisms as in the case of other organs, hypothalamus and pituitary gland (HPA) axis.

The skin will reflect what is happening with our hormones and has its own stress pathway. Knowing this helps to understand why stress can show in our skin condition in ways such as redness, slower healing, breakouts or irritation.

 

✨ For your inspiration, a few of our menopause & perimenopause allies:

• For collagen & firmness → Vitamin A+ Antioxidant Night Serum
  Boosts skin renewal, supports collagen, and restores skin barrier and glow without harsh chemicals.

• For dryness & barrier repair → Vitamin B Active or Vital Lotion = Nourish Elixir
  A hydrating elixir that reduces redness, penetrates deeply, leaving skin soft, hydrated and supple through hormonal and seasonal shifts.

• Our exfoliating Angels → AHA Exfoliating Serum & AHA Exfoliating Whip offer two different options to stimulate skin cell turnover and renewal, embracing Australian Natives such as Caviar Lime - a powerful ally for cell vitality, hydration and smooth, soft skin!

• For flushing & balance from within → Mayella Herbal Teas (Beauty & Brains, Skin Tonic, or Rest Easy)
  Botanicals that support your nervous system, circulation, cellular hydration and create an overall sense of calm. 

• Increase Plant-Based Foods → Mayella Nutritional Blends = Acai Berry Beautiful Blend, Nourish Blend. 
  Simply adding more whole plant foods to your diet will naturally increase your intake of phytoestrogens. Berries for example are a great source of phytoestrogens ( a plant source of estrogens). Acai Berry Beautiful is a concentrated blend of berries & Kakadu Plum offering a delicious source of nutrients supportive of healthy immune system, glowing skin, collagen production.
  Nourish Blend > with beneficial plant sterol Maca & Liquorice, both adaptogens that help your body to adapt to stress and balance the hormonal changes that are cascading & creating fluctuations in your energy, clarity, anxiety, health. Plus the anti-inflammatory, deep mineral and and alkalising benefits of the organic Wheatgrass, Alfalfa, Barley & Oat Grass offer a multitude of whole-food nourishing support to circulation and mineral replenishment. 
• One major group of phytoestrogens is the lignans, which are components of plant cell walls and found in many fibre-rich foods such as berries, seeds (particularly flaxseeds), grains, nuts and fruits. Another group being Isoflavones, are present in berries, wine, grains and nuts, but are most abundant in soybeans and other legumes.
• Sunshine & Hemp > a delicious vegan protein blend rich in amino acids ( as are all of our nutritional blends, S&H is the ultimate!) essential for collagen synthesis and healthy joints, muscle mass + brain focus and energy. While a beautifully complex blend of nutrients, like all of our clean, natural and organic blends, Sunshine & Hemp is easily bioavailable and digested - meaning no added stress of absorbing essential nutrients when a body can already be tired, sluggish, overloaded, stressed and therefore digestion slow or compromised.

Fun facts:  Let your food become a source of healing, beauty, and deep nourishment!

• Ovaries >  While ovaries are the primary producers in females, both males and females produce oestrogen/estrogen. The ingredients in our Sunshine & Hemp blend are a colourful market haul of orange & red beta carotene rich cell foods that nourish & nurture the ovaries and support hormonal changes. Offering foundational nourishment during the peri-menopausal transition into menopause.
• Detox > Mayella Green whole foods contain complex phytonutrients such as indole-3-carbinol and sulforaphane, which support the body's natural detoxification processes, including those related to hormone metabolism. Magnesium, boron, and molybdenum serve as important cofactors in biological processes that support endocrine balance and circulatory function. This equals improved cholesterol levels, healthier blood vessels, potential for alleviation of hot flushes and mood changes. 
• Beetroot, pomegranate, raspberries, (all ingredients in Mayella Acai Berry Beautiful ) hibiscus (> found in Mayella Beauty & Brains Herbal tea ) are traditionally associated with adrenal resilience and circulation (improved heart health & blood vessels). In menopause, when oestrogen dips, the body leans on adrenal reserves. Red pigments like betalains and lycopene provide antioxidants that may support cellular stress responses and overall vitality. 

We all know it but the research supports it...exercise is a crucial part of the changes experienced with menopause and as we enter the transition phase of peri-menopause.

Exercise is an integral part of the strategy. The benefits are many, most important being maintenance of muscle mass and thereby the bone mass and strength. The exercise program recommended for postmenopausal women should include the endurance exercise (aerobic), strength exercise and balance exercise. Ideally aiming for two hours and 30 minutes of moderate aerobic activity each week. Every woman should be aware of her target heart rate range and it is wise to track the intensity of exercise employing the talk test. Hello, talking whilst exercising with friends is part of the fun!

Deep breathing, yoga, pilates and stretching exercises can help to manage the stress of life and menopause-related symptoms and help to maintain a connection with you! There are many levels available with breath work yoga & reformer pilates to step in and enjoy the joys of reacquainting the friendship with your beautiful body.

Lifestyle Change

This isn’t just about products — it’s about a lifestyle and a philosophy. Listening to your body, supporting your skin through every stage of life, and choosing nourishment over quick fixes.

🌿 Your skin is evolving. Mayella is here to evolve with you.

Let us help you to discover and experience your skin’s natural support system. Life is a journey - the power of our love for Self and our choices are an integral part of the journey... may it be a rewarding, fun, growth -full and colourful one!

Much love, health & happiness

Amanda & Team Mayella xx 

Research links: 

Do Synthetic Fragrances in Personal Care and Household Products Impact Indoor Air Quality and Pose Health Risks?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10051690/

The pros & cons of phytoestrogens https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3074428/#R187

Exercise beyond menopause: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3296386/

Endocrine systems of the skin: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6906956/

The menopausal transition; is the hair follicle going through menopause? : https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10669803/

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