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A review of the Defiant Beauty Range – By Karen Bucknall - Jennifer Young
A review of the Defiant Beauty Range – By Karen Bucknall
Karen Bucknall is a trainee broadcaster and journalist. She is involved in voluntary media work with various cancer and brain tumour charities. Karen has her own Facebook Blog, ‘Karen’s Cancer... Read more...
Updating your skincare routine from winter to spring - Jennifer Young
Updating your skincare routine from winter to spring
Our skin needs different things at different times of the year thanks to the changing temperatures, sun exposure and humidity. For anyone undergoing cancer treatment the changing needs are magnified... Read more...
Spring: A Time For Change For Cancer Patients, by Penny Mitchell - Jennifer Young
Spring: A Time For Change For Cancer Patients, by Penny Mitchell
I may be wearing cotton but don’t worry, I’ve got a matching fan in my handbag to complete the look.    Penny lives in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. She is 48 years old... Read more...
What is Cancer? #BCAMandMe - Jennifer Young
What is Cancer? #BCAMandMe
There are many different types of cancer, no two experiences of it are the same, or definable with a single sentence. Listen to patients discuss what the c word means... Read more...
31 days of 'what Breast Cancer Awareness Month means to me.' #BCAMandME - Jennifer Young
31 days of 'what Breast Cancer Awareness Month means to me.' #BCAMandME
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Young (@beautydespitecancer)     Breast Cancer Awareness Month – October   Breast Cancer Awareness Month is many things to many... Read more...
Life Is Not Date Stamped With a Pricing Gun. It Just Happens - By Penny Mitchell) - Jennifer Young
Life Is Not Date Stamped With a Pricing Gun. It Just Happens - By Penny Mitchell)
Life is not date stamped like a pricing gun. It just happens. Life is made of memorable days, days that stop you in your tracks and days that will push you... Read more...
Skincare after cancer treatment - Jennifer Young
Skincare after cancer treatment
While some people choose to continue using the same skincare products they used during cancer treatment, there's also an understandable feeling of wanting to move on from anything associated with... Read more...
Best gifts for anyone having chemotherapy - Jennifer Young
Best gifts for anyone having chemotherapy
Here we talk about some of the best gifts for anyone having chemotherapy, to proactively support them on their cancer journey. Read more...
Shining a spotlight on traumatisation - by Gail Donnan - Jennifer Young
Shining a spotlight on traumatisation - by Gail Donnan
Trauma is not only a term reserved for war zones or disaster, it can be anything that has a long lasting negative effect on our well-being.  Research suggests that 70%... Read more...
Valentines Day - Reinvented by Jennifer Young - Jennifer Young
Valentines Day - Reinvented by Jennifer Young
I am married, I have been married for an age and we have 3 daughters. Valentine’s Day is a favourite in our house, but not for the reasons you might... Read more...
How using Jennifer Young skincare helped me during breast cancer treatment and beyond - Jennifer Young
How using Jennifer Young skincare helped me during breast cancer treatment and beyond
After being diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 37, Linda experienced surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. During that time a friend sent her a selection of Jennifer Young skincare products.... Read more...
Which sensitive skin conditions can Jennifer Young products be used for? - Jennifer Young
Which sensitive skin conditions can Jennifer Young products be used for?
At Jennifer Young, we created our Beauty Despite Cancer skincare collection in order to address the skin side effects of cancer treatment. However, one of the key side effects of... Read more...