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circle-janineAfter spending a decade as a much-loved part of the Janesce/Bestow team, our Southland representative, Tania Hore, is bidding us farewell so she can devote her attention to caring for her own growing client base.

I have so much admiration for Tania’s Slow Beauty instincts and for her capacity to coach other beauty therapists. Her life-long passion for holistic skincare, inspired by her grandmother, has inspired many therapists to discover the fulfillment that comes from treating the skin gently and nourishing it from within. She has been a true asset to our team.

I personally resonate with Tania’s story, because it echoes elements of my own. It is my pleasure to share this farewell interview with Tania and to let you know what she is up to next.

~ Janine Tait

Tania, how are you feeling at this time of transition?


I will really miss my regular contact with all of the lovely Janesce/Bestow therapists that I have met in this role. It has been an amazing experience watching them begin to work with these products and the change in them as therapists as a result. It has been a very hard decision to let go. But it is time for me to devote more time to my own clinic in order to concentrate on my clients.

From early on in your career you had a natural instinct towards a holistic approach to skincare. Where did this come from?
My Nana had beautiful skin. She once said to me that the secret to healthy and youthful skin was to eat healthy foods and treat your skin as gently as you would a baby’s! 

During my childhood, we grew all of our own vegetables, used natural remedies and made everything from scratch. I even remember soaking rose petals to make a rose spay to put in the beautiful perfume mister my Nana gave me.

How did it feel when the industry began to move in the opposite direction and be more machine/quick fix focused?

Any treatment that didn’t protect the skin’s surface just didn’t sit well with me. It was against my natural instincts. I was without the tools to be the kind of therapist I wanted to be so I walked away from the industry in 1996 and ended up being out of it for a whole decade.

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How did it feel to meet Janine Tait and discover in Janesce and Bestow, product ranges and philosophies that matched your own?

Janine becoming my mentor was the turning point in my career. Her input and her training gave me the confidence to stay strong in my beliefs and to be the kind of therapist I had always wanted to be.

Janesce is a game changer when it comes to skin. When I discovered it I didn’t know whether to shout it from the rooftops or try and keep it a secret! But, anyone who knew me at that time will tell you I could not stop talking about it.

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After connecting with Janine I came on board as the Southland representative because I wanted other like-minded therapists to have the same opportunity I had to experience a better way of working. I think it is really important that we have choices within the beauty industry. An excellent knowledge of the skin and well-chosen products are very powerful tools.

How has your career been different since this turning point?

My career has become my passion. I get very excited about meeting new clients and watching their skin change with Janesce and Bestow. I feel great pleasure in seeing existing clients enjoy their Janesce glow and know that their skin is also supported from within with Bestow.

sb-pure-deep-trueWhat is your advice for new beauty therapists?

I am proud to be part of the Slow Beauty movement that Janine is championing in New Zealand. I believe this type of therapy will stand the test of time and I am keen to see those of us who hold these values pass them on to the next generation of beauty therapists.

You describe yourself as a ‘skin coach’. What is it about the ‘coach’ metaphor that resonates with you? 

I don’t believe you can give a therapist or client a product and just leave them to it. It’s like coaching a netball team – you provide the equipment needed and the court to play on but you still need to show them how to get the results. For their part, it requires practice and following the coach’s advice if they are to win.

circle-taniaWill therapists still have an opportunity to connect with you?

I am sure that I will still see some of these therapists around in my role as the Otago representative for the New Zealand Association of Registered Beauty Therapists. I think it is important that therapists share ideas and experiences and support each other. It pays to look outside of our own clinics for both motivation and inspiration. I hope in this role I will get the chance to meet and support more therapists who are inspired to join us in the Slow Beauty way.

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Bestow is a dermo-nutritionally developed range of edible supplements, functional foods, healthy recipes and beautiful rituals, lovingly created to support beautiful skin from within.

See www.bestowbeauty.com for more information.

DISCOVER JANESCE SKINCARE

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Janesce’s organically-based, natural product range is supported by an integrated, dedicated and highly ethical approach to caring for your skin. It involves external skin care applications, nutritional supplements and health and lifestyle programmes designed to approach skin health holistically.

www.janesce.co.nz

  • June 19, 2016

MEET THE SLOW BEAUTY AMBASSADOR WHO IS CHANGING THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Late in 2013, Ashleigh Scott returned from London with a vision to create a skincare boutique with a difference. In just two years she has become an influential figure on the beauty scene. She courts beauty bloggers and influencers to spread her ‘old-fashioned’ philosophy, which champions machine-free, massage based facials and a holistic approach to skincare. Ashleigh speaks with Kathryn Overall about her place within the Slow Beauty movement.

The instant you cross over from the arid concrete jungle of the City Works Depot car park into the ‘Ashleigh Scott Facialist’ clinic you are in another world. The temperature is cool, calm and collected. The stale sounds of a regular urban weekday are traded for the husky tones of Nina Simone echoing around the reception space.

The polished concrete floors, exposed lead pipes and granite walls all come with the industrial territory, but are stylishly softened with green plants, luxurious sheep skins and the pastel orbs of Janesce skincare products lighting up the wooden shelves. Dermaviduals, Bestow and Tribecca products, Ashleigh’s’ own range, line the walls in elegant simplicity.

It’s a serene scene, and when the woman behind it all walks into the room the spell is not broken, but strengthened. Fair, sweet, demurely dressed in a little black dress, her welcome is as warm as her smile. Her personality doesn’t fill the room, but rather graces it with a gentle self-possession, not clamouring for attention but quietly commanding it nonetheless.

Everything about the environment, from the decor to the detox tea brewing on the counter, speaks of Ashleigh’s dedication to create a different kind of skincare boutique to the ones she became disillusioned with in the years after graduating as a beauty therapist in 2009.

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“The way we work is very different to conventional ways,” says Ashleigh. “Most people who come to us for help will have tried all of your cosmeceutical products, peels, microdermabrasion, all of those more invasive treatments. We offer a polar opposite approach and they come to try that.”

That polar opposite approach embraces a renaissance of the wisdom of earlier times before modernity taught us to look for a quick fix in a cream, pill or machine. Ashleigh promotes a holistic, multi-dimensional approach to skincare, which recognises that our skin is a reflection of our lives. “We want to inspire and educate women on how to care for their skin holistically,” says Ashleigh. “As well as giving them amazing facials and products, we teach them about the impact of their diet, stress levels, hormones, lifestyle, and home and work environments on their skin.”

It’s an approach that is striking a chord with people. Since Ashleigh Scott Facialist opened its doors in early 2014, Ashleigh has filled her space and her schedule to capacity, taken on and trained three therapists in her signature techniques and become a visibly rising star in the beauty and wellness scene in New Zealand. Not bad for a 25 year old.

Perhaps one of the advantages of her Gen Y status is that she is savvy enough to work with beauty bloggers and influencers to help spread her message of holistic skin health. “There’s a huge opportunity to work with them,” says Ashleigh. “They have huge followings and people listen to them. Health and wellness are huge right now. People are so much more aware of what they are putting into their bodies. We are connecting the dots for people about how it also affects their skin.”

Ashleigh was drawn to beauty therapy from an early age. “It just felt like a natural step for me to follow this path,” says Ashleigh. “I can remember being 12 or 13 and giving my mum and dad facials using mum’s skincare products.”

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After graduating Ashleigh discovered that she loved working with skin and facials but hated all the other standard beauty treatments she was expected to perform. She worked in several salons in Auckland over three or four years, hating half of her job and growing more and more disillusioned. “Back in those days of beauty therapy, I knew nothing about working holistically,” says Ashleigh. “I worked a lot with chemical peels, lasers and other machines. I hated doing those treatments, but they were popular and we were trained to believe that this was what you had to do to change skin.”

It wasn’t until Ashleigh moved to London in 2012 and began working in an exclusive Knightsbridge clinic that she discovered she could specialise as a facialist, a common niche in London and have a gentler approach to skin. “I gained a whole new perspective on the wellness industry and how to relate that back to skin,” says Ashleigh.

When her two-year working visa came to an end, Ashleigh couldn’t see herself going back to the old way of working when she returned home. Instead she came home with a clear-sighted vision for the bespoke facialist clinic she wanted to create and the values she would hold true to matter what fads and trends swirled around her.

Core to that vision was Ashleigh’s commitment to a high-touch, rather than high-tech approach to facials. Ashleigh’s clients adore her signature, deep massage facials, which are in a category and league all of their own. Each facial is bespoke and the clinic is resolutely machine-free. “Everything we do is massage based, from cleansing right through to moisturising. It’s a lifting and toning massage so it’s almost like a face lift,” says Ashleigh.

Ashleigh is not loud in person. However, her hands speak volumes once she gets them onto your face. Her massage strokes are surprisingly deep, firm, deft and sure. This is her world and she uses her intuition to feel what attention and products your face needs. “It’s all about penetration of products, stimulating blood circulation and stimulating your fibroblast cells to produce collagen and elastin,” says Ashleigh.

It’s good for your skin, but Ashleigh believes it’s also good for your soul. “Personal touch is what people crave so dearly and what is lacking in so many people lives,” she says. “We are all on our phones and laptops all the time. There are enough machines in our world.”

An important milestone in Ashleigh’s vocational development came about when she met the woman who propelled her even more deeply into dermo-nutrition and a greater understanding of the holistic/wellness approach to skincare. “I always believe people come into your life exactly when you need them, and that’s exactly what happened with Janine Tait,” says Ashleigh. “At the time I had several different skincare ranges but I never felt they truly aligned with my brand and beliefs.”

Janine is a dermo-nutrition expert and beauty therapist educator who champions holistic skin health. She is the New Zealand distributor for Janesce Skincare and the founder of Bestow, which provides dermo-nutrition products, recipes and rituals to support inner health and outer beauty.

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Ashleigh was already stocking the Bestow range in her clinic when she met Janine in person at a conference and arranged to do some in-clinic training several weeks later. “I just had such an intense connection with Janine. Everything she was saying was just exactly what I needed to know,” says Ashleigh. “A lot of it I was doing intuitively but no-one had ever explained to me why it worked. I’ll do whatever she tells me to do. ”

It was during this meeting that Janine introduced Ashleigh to the Janesce range of plant-based skincare and the deeply holistic philosophy that accompanied it. Ashleigh attended Janine’s Janesce training several weeks later and says she hasn’t looked back.

“Discovering Janine and Janesce felt like coming home. I love that Janine uses her naturopathic and nutritional knowledge to work with skin. She gets everything from the practitioner’s point of view,” says Ashleigh. “She’s not just some CEO who only cares about the business side. Janine spends a huge amount of time mentoring and training other therapists and I know she has a huge following in the industry. She really is a pioneer in this movement, and I am so grateful to have had her support on my journey.”

sb-pure-deep-trueThe Slow Beauty movement is a phrase coined by Janine to describe the growing sub-culture of beauty therapists who are committed to a multi-dimensional holistic approach when it comes to healing skin. It’s a description that resonates with Ashleigh.

“It definitely explains the way we work very well,” she says. “The wellness way works, but it is a slower way of working and that’s why it’s a last resort for some people. I think a lot of people would rather just have a machine slapped on them, use a whole lot of products and have that change their skin straightaway. It just doesn’t work like that.

It’s hard to change your diet and your lifestyle. But it’s so life changing, and usually once they experience that they don’t look back.”

A new chapter is unfolding for Ashleigh in 2016. Now that the clinic is running smoothly at capacity, she is motivated to pass on both her signature facial technique and her holistic skincare discoveries to other beauty therapists and business owners. “When you are trained, you don’t learn about that multi-dimensional approach,” says Ashleigh. “It’s just not in the curriculum. There are a lot of highly skilled beauty therapists who are just not aware of it. I love re-inspiring people and helping them find that passion I found when I started working in this way,” says Ashleigh.

circle-2Kathryn Overall is a Tauranga-based freelance writer with a particular interest in health and wellness. She is currently undergoing her own Slow Beauty skin journey under Janine Tait’s supervision and is passionate about inspiring people to enhance their lives through embracing healthy lifestyle changes.

  • May 25, 2016

Jeanine Chell Shares Her Story

Jeanine Chell is a gifted holistic beauty and health therapist in Westmere, Auckland who has nurtured the link between beauty and wellbeing for over ten years. She is a Janesce approved and Bestow stockist and has completed the Janesce 5 Step Skincare training programme which takes a three dimensional approach to treating skin using the best that nature and science has to offer.

At A Glance…

jeanine-chell“Before I met Janine Tait I had lost a lot of faith in the beauty industry. I knew that nutrition and lifestyle factors had a huge part to play in skin care but I felt I didn’t have the knowledge to guide my clients on what they needed. After being trained in Bestow and Jansece and seeing the results first hand, my clients and I were hooked. I have never seen such transformative results. It is an amazing feeling to help someone who has been suffering from an on-going skin condition and see them obtain beautiful healthy skin and new confidence.”

Q&A With Jeanine Chell

Can you share your journey as a therapist and how to came to do the Janesce 5-Step Skincare Training?
My training experience with Janine and Janesce has been nothing short of amazing! Before I met Janine Tait I had reached a point in my career where I had lost a lot of faith in the beauty industry. I felt that the products I worked with often over promised and under delivered.

I knew that nutrition and lifestyle factors had a huge part to play in skin care but I felt I didn’t have the knowledge to guide my clients on what they needed to do especially when it came to tricky skin conditions such as acne, rosacea and eczema.

In my 15 years in the industry I had worked with many different brands and specialist equipment and my aim was to learn as much as I could and keep my experience very broad so that I could gain a full understanding of the skin. I always keenly attended any training I could find to keep myself up to speed with the latest developments in skincare – however, there always seemed to be something missing for me.

I had suffered from acne since I was a teenager and despite working in the industry and trying everything I could, I could never get consistent results. I knew that the internal side of things was the missing part of the equation and I needed to learn more.

I was lucky enough to come into contact with Janine through her amazing range Bestow, which was recommended to me. As soon as I spoke to Janine over the phone and realised just how much knowledge she had, I knew I was onto something good. This woman knew what she was talking about!

After trying Bestow and Jansece and seeing the results first hand, I was hooked, and so were my clients! I have never seen such consistent results from any other product I have ever worked with my entire career. That is why I now won’t work with anything else.

As for the Janesce 5-Step Skincare training, it is simply the best and most comprehensive training I have ever received – and I have done alot. I knew after my first training session that I had found something that I had been searching for my whole career. It all just became so crystal clear and everything made perfect sense.

Every training session I have ever been on with Janine has been incredible and I have learnt so much not only about the science and function of the skin, but also skin nutrition.

What stood out for you about the training?

What stands out for me about Janine’s training is her vast knowledge on the skin and nutrition. She completely inspired me and reignited my passion for skincare. She is also incredibly passionate and best of all she has so much honesty and integrity, something which can be rare in our industry which is often so sales driven.

I knew that the information she was presenting was cutting edge and I couldn’t get enough of it.
What also stood out for me was the amazing ongoing support I received and continue to receive. I have never experienced that level of support from any other brand I have worked with before. She has helped make my first year of business out on my own very successful and I am eternally grateful.

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Has your training made a difference to how you work with clients?

Absolutely, I work in a completely different way now with my clients and thanks to Janine, I finally feel like I have the knowledge, confidence and ongoing support to back it up. I have never seen such transformative results and my clients are incredibly loyal not only to my service but also to Janesce and Bestow. It is an amazing feeling to help someone who has been suffering from an on going skin condition and see them obtain beautiful healthy skin that they finally feel confident about, it’s priceless!

What were the highlights of your training experience?

There have been many highlights. The training sessions are exciting and inspiring. The ongoing results for my clients and my business are amazing. You come away from the training feeling as if there are no stones left unturned and I always feel valued and appreciated not only by Janine but also by the lovely team of ladies at head office. Everyone that works for Janine is lovely, helpful and always efficient. I couldn’t wish for a better mentor than Janine. I feel very privileged.

JANESCE 5 STEP SKINCARE TRAINING

For Beauty Therapists in New Zealand and Australia

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The Janesce 5-Step Training is a uniquely comprehensive programme that transforms beauty therapists into inspiring naturopathic skin health therapists over a period of several years. It facilitates a full immersion wellness experience, which is nothing short of life changing for therapists and clients alike.

  • May 1, 2016

The 7 DAYS OF ME Cleanse is a one-week clean eating detox programme. It is a gentle, effective way to detoxify and has been used successfully for over 40 years to treat skin disorders and renew total body health and energy. Click here for details. On the blog today, Beauty therapist, Gabrielle, of Pure Skin and Body in Wellington shares her 7 DAYS OF ME story.

The Cleanse Begins | Hopes and Dreams

I am a firm believer that beauty comes from the inside – there is only so much a great skin care brand can achieve without help from the inside. I am not only hoping for improved skin tone but also less bloating, more energy and, hopefully, a little weight loss.

Drinking a few morning coffees is the habit I am most wanting to break. I’m doing the cleanse with my husband whilst we’re on holiday for a week, enjoying the summer sun close to the beach.

I found the shopping guide incredibly helpful when I went to the supermarket. The book states that you may find the initial cost of purchasing the ingredients expensive – just under $200 for me, but once you have them you need nothing else for a whole 7 days.

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Middle of the Road | The Challenge

I feel like crap! I’m definitely struggling with aches and pains, I feel like I have a bad flu, I also have a continual headache, plus I’m finding I will all of a sudden break out in a hot sweat. The book says this discomfort should end by day 5, so fingers crossed!

I can honestly say I haven’t missed coffee so far this week. I have replaced it with a ginger and lemon tea most mornings. Also, my husband and I brought a juicer about a year ago and have thrashed it this week with freshly made carrot, beetroot and apple juice.

I’m not having any issues with feeling hungry whilst doing this cleanse, which is awesome. I have noticed that when I eat the Overnight Oats for breakfast, the addition of the dates and seeds keep me full longer than what porridge on its own usually does.

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End of the Cleanse | The Happy Ending

To be honest my overall experience was tough. Not hungry tough, just the feeling of being unwell for the first five days. But it was all worth it because I feel amazing, totally energetic and the headache finally went. I have also lost 2kg!

It’s hard to pick one favourite recipe because I really enjoyed them all. But if I had to it would be the Tuna and Sweet Broccoli Salad. The Overnight Oats totally took me by surprise. On day 1 I found them a little bland due to the lack of sugar I would normally sprinkle on top. However, by day 5 I really enjoyed this recipe and found them to be quite delicious.

The best advice I can give to those embarking on the 7 DAYS OF ME journey would be to plan ahead as the books suggests. The shopping list is fantastic and takes out all of the hard work of planning. It means when you’re feeling unwell you don’t have to think about facing the supermarket!

It’s scary to think that healthy eating can make you feel as awful as I felt those first 5 days. It obviously shows how much toxicity needed to be expelled from my body! It has certainly made me think more about the impact of food and my general health and well being.

  • March 20, 2016

The 7 DAYS OF ME Cleanse is a one-week clean eating detox programme. It is a gentle, effective way to detoxify and has been used successfully for over 40 years to treat skin disorders and renew total body health and energy. Click here for details. On the blog today, Beauty therapist, Chantelle Fox, of Pure Skin and Body in Wellington shares her 7 DAYS OF ME story.

The Cleanse Begins | Hopes & Dreams

I feel that my energy levels aren’t where they should be and often I’m dragging myself out of bed in the morning. I’m really hoping that a cleaner way of eating and kicking my coffee habit will have me leaping out of bed each day!

I have the hormonal disorder Poly-cystic Ovaries Syndrome and find I can get a lot of congestion around my chin and jaw area during my menstrual cycle. I’d love to eliminate the processed food and refined sugar symptoms which I’m sure are contributing to this condition.

Despite having a chef husband, I am often feel really uninspired about cooking. So I hope 7 DAYS OF ME gives me a little more motivation in the kitchen department. I can see at a glance that there are some very delicious looking dishes in the book!

My biggest challenge this week is definitely going to be organisation, especially with having a two year old at home. But the supermarket shop is completed (thanks to the handy shopping list in the book) so I’m feeling prepared! I’m pleasantly surprised at how many ingredients I actually already have in my pantry at home.

I’ve committed to giving up coffee before beginning my cleanse, which has given me headaches now but will hopefully make my experience easier during the next week. As a former barista, giving up coffee seemed impossible but alas life has gone on!

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Middle of the Road | The Challenge

So far, the 7 DAYS OF ME cleanse has not been as hard as I expected. Day Two and Three were the worst. During this time I was feeling really really tired but luckily it was the weekend so I was able to sneak in a few power naps.

At this point I’m very thankful that I gave up coffee before beginning, as I think my symptoms would have been worse. I have had to cut the Aperitif down to once a day as I found I was running to the bathroom quite regularly.

Day Four, the ‘brain fog’ is beginning to lift and I’m surprised at how little I miss coffee and sugar! My mind feels clearer, sharper and my energy levels are being sustained further into the afternoon. I can confidently say the the urge for a sugar or caffeine fix is disappearing.

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End of the Cleanse | The Happy Ending

This is seriously the BEST thing I have done for myself in a very long time. My mind is clear, my energy is so much better and I just generally feel better in myself. I also have to mention the 2kg weight loss and the disappearance of my bloated tummy.

The whole experience was actually much easier than I initially expected and gave me some really practical and useful tools to carry over into my everyday life. I’m especially thankful all of the new quick, healthy lunch and dinner ideas.

I actually felt less hunger this past week than I would normally. I guess this is because I was eating regular meals with good quality protein to sustain my blood sugar levels. The food was absolutely delicious and surprisingly I didn’t feel like I was being deprived. My favourite recipes have to be the Tofu Stack for Two and the Falafel Goodness Bowl. Yum!

My advice to others thinking about embarking on the 7 DAYS OF ME journey would be to just go for it! What goes into your body feeds your skin, body and soul. You deserve to spend time caring for yourself and no one else is going to do it for you. I’d totally advise giving up any vices such as coffee, sugar and alcohol in advance to lessen the shock on your body!

I thought I had a reasonably healthy diet before I started the 7 DAYS OF ME cleanse. But this week has made me realise how much junk and sugar was actually creeping its way in! This week of clean eating is only the beginning of my story and I can’t wait to share it with my clients!

By Chantelle Fox from Pure Skin and Body

  • March 20, 2016