A woman has told how her long struggle with red and sensitive skin has been turned around thanks to a £5 product. Paulina Siembor had reactive rosacea-prone skin which would see her whole face turn pink.

She told how her highly sensitive skin reacted rapidly to numerous things. And any new skincare routine could be a nightmare as it often triggered the glowing reaction.

Now she says a new product has completely changed her appearance. For anyone with rosacea-prone, reactive and highly sensitive skin, finding products that genuinely calm without triggering flare-ups can feel impossible.

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But Pauline put the SOS Serum Skincare to the test to see if it could really make a difference. Over a two-week period, the 41-year-old introduced SOS Serum and SOS Night Cream into her evening routine to see whether the calming, reparative claims would hold up on highly sensitive skin.

She says: "It’s been just over two weeks since I’ve been using the SOS Serum and Night Cream. My redness and reactiveness really calmed down, almost gone, and my skin loved the serum; the night cream also really helped with redness and plumping effect on my skin.”

The range was founded by Bruce Green, a chartered scientist and chartered chemist, who developed the products to offer clinically informed solutions for skin conditions that are often underserved by mainstream skincare, such as diabetic skin, rosacea, and eczema.

The product creators say it is designed specifically for compromised and inflamed skin. SOS Serum, which is available from £5, is an oil-free, cooling formula that delivers rapid relief from itching, irritation and flare-ups often associated with eczema, dermatitis and rosacea-prone skin.

They said it includes "soothing" Wasabi and Burdock Extracts alongside refined Peppermint Extract, which is said to provide immediate comfort while hydrating and protecting the skin barrier, making it particularly suited to those experiencing redness, heat and sensitivity.

The SOS Night Cream costs from £5.50 and works overnight to support skin recovery when regeneration is at its peak. The creators added: "The patented formulation features three bio-active ingredients that activate during sleep to support cellular renewal, moisture retention and barrier repair.

"Red Algae Sea Moss from the Icelandic coast helps visibly plump the skin while you sleep, while Cranberry Extract offers a gentle, retinol-like effect without the irritation often associated with vitamin A derivatives, a key benefit for reactive skin types."

Bruce Green says: "From children through to pensioners, almost everyone will experience skin itching, sensitivity or irritation at some point in their lives. The instinct is always to scratch, but that only worsens the problem.

"Drawing on my decades of experience formulating for many famous global cosmetic brands, I developed the SOS Serum Skincare range to break that cycle and truly support compromised skin. At the heart of the range is its namesake hero product, SOS Serum – a multi-tasking saviour designed to instantly calm, hydrate and repair even the most reactive skin.

"It’s more than a serum; it’s a skin solution. The brand has evolved into a complete range designed to calm, strengthen and restore the skin barrier, making it suitable for conditions such as rosacea, eczema, diabetic skin and chronic sensitivity.

"Today SOS formulations are the by word and benchmark for safe skincare. They provide comfort and protection, smooths and preserves the skin's natural barrier function. They lock in moisture whilst providing instant cooling and soothing. Medically inspired skincare - Naturally.”