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In this blog, I would like to talk about looking after pre-teen and young teen’s skins. There comes a time when our children start to enter puberty when we begin thinking about introducing them to a good skincare routine. This process can be fraught with challenges. If you introduce them to a routine that is similar to yours, it can be too much for their still-developing skin. Until a child reaches the age of 15 or 16, their skin is still immature. Alternatively, if you purchase a range designed for youngsters, they are often over-cleansing and strip their delic[...]

Many of you will be using one of our fantastic Janesce floral mists and may have noticed that sometimes you will have a bottle where a dark ring or spots can end up floating on the top of the mist.  This can create a bit of confusion, and it is easy to assume that something is wrong with your mist, but it is merely a sign that we use concentrated whole plant extracts in our mists, not just floral waters. To produce these whole plant extracts, the herbs and flowers are soaked for three to four months in an extracting solution. During this time, all of the bot[...]

There are many amazing plants used in the Janesce skincare products. Marshmallow is yet another plant with many skin benefits. Its Latin name Althea officinalis, is from the Greek word ‘althane’, meaning to heal. Marshmallow a hardy perennial herb growing to just over a metre high. It has really pretty small white or pink flowers with heart-shaped leaves that are covered in a soft, dense, velvety down. When most of us think of marshmallow, we imagine a cup of hot chocolate with a couple of soft pink or white marshmallows on top. These sweets are actually ins[...]

Heartsease is plant used in the Janesce skincare range that is really helpful for soothing dry or disrupted skin. Its Latin name is Viola Tricolor which refers to the three colours found on the flowers. It is commonly known as wild pansy or heartsease. Heartsease looks exactly like a pansy except in miniature. Jan, the founder of Janesce, tells me it is a very easy to grow but these little plants have a mind of their own. They pop up all over the garden, not just where they have been carefully planted. Jan often finds a healthy crop growing under her washing line[...]

One of the plant extracts used extensively in Janesce skincare products is calendula, or as it is known in Latin, Calendula officinalis. The name "calendula" comes from the plant's tendency to bloom according to the calendar, either once a month or with the new moon. Jan Smith, the founder of Janesce, calls calendula ‘Natures Healer’ because the extract from the flowers has an amazing ability to speed the healing of our skin. She believes they are the most effective little healers of all the plants she uses. Researchers have been able to validate the benefi[...]