get to know Tiffany
Hi there! My name is Tiffany McCarthy. I own Fern & Dagger in Littleton, New Hampshire. I focus mostly on acne, but really any kind of impaired/troubled skin.
Top three Roccoco products you can't live without?
As a member of the 'oily as hell' club, I cannot live without Eruption Emulsion. I've never used a moisturizer geared towards acne-prone/oily skin that actually
provides the hydration/moisture it says it will, while also working to combat acne, pore size and oil production.
Legitimately the best cleanser I've ever used - all my clients are obsessed, as am I. I've never used a cleanser that was so decadent as Ruby. The immediate hydration and glow my skin has after using it is unmatched.
God, how can I put my love for one product into words? Up in Littleton, it is *basically* a winter tundra up here. It gets cold and dark for 6 months, and everyone's barriers get thrown into the trash. Combine that with the amount of people that do daily winter activities, it's truly a recipe for disaster. This bad guy has saved my skin just over the last month, I'm very excited to have it in my toolbox for this winter.
What led you to be a skin therapist?
I struggled with acne when I was younger, and although I never got prescribed accutane, I still experienced trying multiple topical facial washes and creams that really did nothing for my skin.
A few years after that all happened I really got into St. Ives Apricot Scrub. Twice a day with no moisturizer for about two years didn't cause me to have any adverse effects, but man, once I turned 18 I learned very quickly what it was like to have an impaired barrier.
After that I really started to get into skincare and learning about the barrier, and acne prone skin. Since
then I've made it my personal mission to help out as many people struggling with their skin as I can.
How has using Roccoco changed the way you treat skin?
I've always been into corneotherapy, but fully treating the skin with a corneotherapeutic approach has always been unattainable for me. Either I had to buy into the whole line, where only one or two products were following that methodology, or there were complete lines following it but the buy-ins were more than I could justify at the time.
Once I discovered Roccoco Botanicals in 2019 and saw the changes within my skin, they immediately became my white whale.
I have been an acne specialist since 2022 with multiple certifications from popular brands out there and always hated that the approach was excessive and aggressive exfoliation while also utilizing benzoyl peroxide. In July of this past year I made the switch, stopped following the norm and my clients' skin has flourished. Clients I've had since I opened two years ago, that have tried all the different brands I've tried attempting to follow corneotherapy (Sorry guys!), now send me messages telling me this is the best their skin has ever been and felt.
Barriers aren't impaired and the actual feel of the skin is soft and supple, just the way it's supposed to be.