The Skin You Ignore: "Skin is always communicating. Most products just aren't listening." Ft. Aida Touré

We obsess over our faces. We build routines around them, spend fortunes on them, and treat every new ingredient like a revelation. And then we completely ignore the rest of our bodies. Aïda Touré saw that gap and decided to build in it. Texture is the brand pioneering somatic skincare — intentional, zone-based care that starts where most beauty ends. The underarm. The bikini line. The inner thigh. The skin we cover, hide, and never think twice about. In this episode, Aïda joins Lia to talk about what somatic skincare actually means, why the underarm is one of the most chemically exposed zones on the body and the least cared for, and what happens to our confidence when we finally start paying attention to the skin we've been ignoring. A conversation about body awareness, barrier function, and building a brand in a category that barely has a name yet. Because your skin is always communicating. It's time we started listening. **About Aïda Touré & Texture** Aïda Touré is the founder of Texture, a somatic skincare brand built around the connection between skin function, body awareness, and how we inhabit our bodies. Texture focuses on the zones traditional beauty has always overlooked — starting with the underarm — with products formulated to listen to the skin's signals rather than suppress them. 🌐 Website: https://textureskin.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/textureskincare/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/texture-skincare/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@textureskincare **About Your Host** Lia Cardoso is the Founder & CEO of Skin Leaf Cosmetics and host of Skin Leaf Talks — FeedSpot Top 50 Skincare Podcasts 2025. A cosmetics formulator and clean beauty advocate with over 15 years of experience, Lia built Skin Leaf on one belief: skincare is healthcare. 🌐 skinleaf.co 📸 @theskinleaf.co 📧 [press@skinleaf.co](mailto:press@skinleaf.co) * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.