Growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Maddy Balderson was an avid sun baker as she loved the bronzy, sun-kissed look.
Despite her family having a history of skin cancer and her parents always warning her to “wear hats and sunscreen”, she said she ignored them.It turned out to be skin cancer and she was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma .
“I had actually about two or three of them on my face, but the one on my jaw was an infiltrating BCC, which meant I had to have surgery to remove it which left quite a big scar,” she says.Co-founders Maddy and Rhi are the masterminds behind the sunless tanning brand. Picture: Supplied.and I’ve got quite dry skin so I was really scaly and having awful looks, and I really just absolutely hated the smell of them,” she explains.
“We thought it was just going to be one product but it’s sort of blown out now along with eight years to a nicedoesn’t have synthetic fragrances. Rather, they use a natural essential oil blend of mandarin, lemon, myrtle and ylang ylang which smells fresh, vibrant and citrusy. Unlike the usual coconut and chocolate scented tanners.The Illume Tanning Water is the key to looking like a 'glowing goddess'. Picture: Instagram/@hilaryduff.
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