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We recently discussed the drawbacks of using synthetic vitamin A in skincare products. So what is the possibility of using a natural version of vitamin A instead? This is a great question and the answer is "yes, this can be done". In Janesce skincare we already use beta carotene, which is the natural plant version of vitamin A. Plant-based vitamin A has loads of benefits for your skin. It is very healing, reduces sun sensitivity, helps prevent skin damage and is an excellent anti-oxidant. Carrot seed oil is a particularly good source of plant-based Vitamin A an[...]

I was recently asked if Janesce would ever consider creating a vitamin A serum. This is an excellent question and I am so pleased to have the opportunity to answer it.  The person enquiring had been alternating between the Janesce skincare and a vitamin A-based skincare range for several years. She had started to notice a pattern. When she used her Janesce her skin looked nourished and strong, when she swapped to vitamin A she found after 3 or 4 months her skin would suddenly become dry, thin and look undernourished.  A return to Janesce would restore h[...]

A question often asked on social media is to do with AHA’s and BHA’s. For those of you who are not familiar with these are they are acids that exfoliate the skin and are often found in skin care products. AHA is short for Alpha Hydroxy Acid and BHA is short for Beta Hydroxy Acid. People often want to know which one they should use or if they could use products containing both. Before I answer that question I would like to talk about our skin structure. The outer most layer of our skin is made up of between 15-30 layers of dead skin cells, stacked up on top o[...]

How do you tell what skin type you have? The answer isn’t straightforward for some people. For others it’s easy. They know they have dry skin or they may have a fairly easy skin type that doesn’t have any problems and consider themselves to have normal skin. But for some of us it can be confusing. You may have oily skin but feel dry at times, you may feel really dry but breakout if you apply moisturiser or you may have very reactive skin that is hard to manage. So what is going on here? Well the simple answer is that it most likely you have a dehydrated sk[...]

Do you permanently have fine red lines on your skin and wondered what they are? They most commonly occur on the cheeks, around the nose, on the tip of the nose and sometimes the chin. These are called dilated capillaries or as some people call them, broken capillaries. You may be interested to know that they aren’t actually broken as this would result in bruises. The capillaries are still intact, but the outer walls have become weakened, leaving them permanently dilated.  This is why they become visible under the skin.  Capillaries become permanently[...]