The Pregnancy Calm Set

Pregnancy does strange things to your face. Skin that was fine for years turns dry, or breaks out, or flushes at nothing — and half the products on your shelf are suddenly the ones you're told to put away. Retinol, strong acids, high-dose vitamin A: all on the "not right now" list, right when your skin feels the most unpredictable.

So I built the calm version. A soft foam cleanse, a soothing heartleaf toner, the centella ampoule that quiets redness, and a comfort mask for the days your skin just needs a lie-down. Nothing clever, nothing harsh — on purpose. It's the routine I wish someone had handed me: safe to reach for on the worst skin day of your first trimester, and gentle enough to keep using long after the baby arrives. — Edwina

What's inside

Built around calm, not actives

Most "glow" routines pile on strong ingredients. Pregnant skin needs the opposite. Hormones already have your barrier working overtime — the kindest thing you can do is take pressure off it, not add more. Every step in this box is chosen to soothe and hydrate, never to exfoliate or force.

The Ma:nyo foam is low-pH and soft, so it cleans without that squeaky, stripped feeling. The Anua Heartleaf 77% toner is the internet's favourite for a reason — heartleaf visibly calms redness and flushing the moment you press it in. The Skin1004 Centella ampoule is the quiet hero: centella (cica) is the ingredient dermatologists reach for on reactive, sensitised skin to settle it down. The Anua PDRN Hydrating Capsule Mist is the refresh — a fine, no-actives hydrating spritz you can reach for over makeup or on a hot, flushed afternoon. And the Pyunkang Yul essence masks are there for the bad days — ten minutes lying down with one on is sometimes the whole treatment.

A note on the “mask of pregnancy”: melasma, that patchy darkening across the cheeks and forehead, is driven by hormones and sun — not by anything you did. For most people it fades slowly and gently on its own in the months after birth. Skincare can't rush it, but it can keep the barrier calm and steer clear of the harsh actives that make pigmentation angrier. That's exactly what this set does: gentle, protective, patient. Daily SPF is the one thing worth adding on top.

Give it a proper go. If your skin doesn't feel calmer and more comfortable within 60 days, email me and I'll refund it or swap it — no forms, no fuss.

Email hello@alinabeauty.com.au — I personally reply within 24 hours.
— Edwina, founder

Every order includes

• A little gift in every box — $60 of gifts across your first six subscription boxes, and then the Mystery Box
• Free shipping — ships from Sydney, 1–3 days
• My 60-day refund-or-swap promise
• Personal product matching by email — just ask Edwina
• 1% of your order donated to Cerebral Palsy Alliance Australia

Key details

Give it 90 days

Give your skin the 90 days it needs

Here's the honest truth we put in every guide we write: skincare is a slow story, and pregnant skin especially. Comfort and less redness show up in the first week or two, but a truly steady, calm complexion takes 8 to 12 weeks of using it consistently. That's not a sales line. It's just how skin works — and how hormones settle.

So we built the 90-Day Plan around it. One payment, our best price, delivered in a single parcel with free shipping, and enough of the ritual to actually see it through — right across a trimester, or through those first tender months at home.

Prefer to keep it flexible? The monthly option is there too, and every box still comes with a little gift. But if you're going to give something a real go, give it the 90 days.

Pause or cancel your next cycle anytime, and it's backed by our 60-day money-back guarantee, because we'd rather you tried it than wondered. Edwina x