The beauty entrepreneur on why she wears three wedding rings, her fear of running out of HRT, and what put her off being a midwife
Born in Liverpool, Caroline Hirons, 57, moved to London at 17. In 1997, she joined the Aveda counter in Harvey Nichols and went on to train as an aesthetician. She started a blog in 2010 and, 10 years later, published her first book, which won the nonfiction lifestyle prize at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2022, she launched the Skin Rocks app and skincare line. Her new book is Skin Rules: Expert Advice That You Can Trust. She is separated with four children, and lives in London.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I can be a tad impatient, and my team would say that’s an understatement.
