Jessica Rowe has beautiful skin. She always looks so fresh-faced and well, we wanted to find out how she cares for skin so we talked to the the mother of two about her skincare regime and how she really feels about ageing.
How do you feel about ageing? It beats the alternative! The older I get the more comfortable I feel within myself. I wouldn’t want to be a teenager again. Those years I remember worrying about my acne, whether I would ever be asked out by a boy and if I would get good marks in my final exams. Also forget being in my twenties and thirties, I kissed far too many frogs and despaired if I would ever be able to have a family. Now I’m 51 and I am the happiest I have ever been. Bring on the fifties, sixties and beyond! I love that I care less about what other people think about me now and that awakening is incredibly freeing and exhilarating. It means I snort when I laugh, dye my hair pink and own my vulnerabilities. My husband just thinks I’m getting more eccentric the older I get, but he wouldn’t have it any other way! Life would be terribly boring…
Do you think botox gets a bad rap and why? I’m honest about having Botox. I do it because I’m vain and feel brighter when I have some sprinklings of it in my forehead and around my eyes. However I have it done by an experienced doctor who knows exactly what he’s doing. Botox gets a bad rap because it can go wrong when it’s done by staff from beauty clinics who have no idea what they’re doing. If you’re considering having Botox it’s essential to do your research and make sure you go to an experienced practitioner.
What did you learn from your mum about beauty? Mum told me to stop looking in the mirror and work on my brain! She is still spot on.
What projects have you got on at the moment? I started up craphousewife.com after discovering that I’m not the only crap housewife struggling to have it together. It’s impossible and I’m a big believer in embracing our flaws and realising how our vulnerability is actually powerful.
What beauty advice do you give your daughters? I tell my daughters that being kind is the most beautiful thing that they can do! They have fun wearing my lipstick and glitter eyeliner. Since they’ve been little they’ve have been drawn to the ‘fancier’ brands and jam the lipstick lids back on without winding the lipstick down. Super annoying! In terms of caring for their skin, I’m vigilant about covering them in sunscreen. During my teenage years I used to have ‘who is the brownest?’ competitions with my girlfriends. This involved burning our skin to a frazzle without a hint of sunscreen. Thankfully I’m now sun smart and have always covered my girls in sunscreen as it also allows them to get the UVB light that they need to make vitamin D. Amazingly they are now very conscious about their own sun protection which is fantastic.
