And why LANJE exists for more than the outside
Sometimes a product arrives at exactly the right moment — not because it’s new, but because the reason for it becomes clear.
Today, we’re releasing the LANJE Box Set - and possibly a chance for it to arrive before Christmas.
But this release carries a deeper meaning.
LANJE is not just a skincare range.
It is part of a growing research and care effort into some of the most serious skin challenges faced in Australia — from burns and wounds, to radiation- and chemotherapy-damaged skin, to the chronic skin conditions that disproportionately affect First Nations communities.
And to understand why this matters, we need to talk about skin — properly.
Did you know skin health can determine life expectancy?
In many remote Aboriginal communities, skin disease is not occasional — it is constant.
At any given time:
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Up to 45% of children live with skin sores (impetigo)
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Scabies is endemic, often recurring throughout childhood
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First Nations children are hospitalised for skin infections up to 15 times more often than non-Indigenous children
This isn’t just uncomfortable.
It isn’t cosmetic.
And it isn’t inevitable.
Chronic skin infection is a major driver of rheumatic heart disease and chronic kidney disease — two conditions that significantly shorten life expectancy.
In other words:
When the skin barrier fails repeatedly, the consequences ripple inward.
Skin is not just skin.
It is our first immune barrier.
So why does this keep happening?
The causes are layered and complex — and importantly, they are not genetic.
They include:
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Extreme heat and evaporation leading to constant skin cracking
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Overcrowded housing and repeated bacterial and mite transmission
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Limited access to gentle, barrier-supportive skin care
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Water quality and infrastructure challenges
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Nutritional stress affecting immune and tissue repair
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A lack of culturally safe, preventative skin education
This means the solution can’t be a single product, prescription, or intervention.
It has to be systemic.
Turning the problem around: inside, outside, and knowledge
Behind LANJE is Rosanna, who joined forces with PhycoHealth to create this amazing range of formulations, because we both believe real solutions sit at the intersection of science, nature, and community-led care.
Together, we are forging research and development work focused on three connected areas, and 10% OF ALL SALES OF LANJE PRODUCTS will support this:
1. Skin health from the inside
Skin is a barrier tissue — just like the gut.
When gut health is compromised, inflammation rises and skin resilience falls. This gut–skin axis is now well recognised in medical research.
Our work with seaweed-derived fibres and glycans explores whether:
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supporting gut mucosa integrity
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improving mineral bioavailability
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reducing systemic inflammation
can help reduce the severity and recurrence of skin disease over time.
This is not fast.
But it is foundational.
2. Skin support from the outside — barrier first
In compromised environments, the goal of skincare is not beauty.
It is protection.
LANJE formulations are built around:
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Phyaluronic® — a seaweed-derived molecule that blocks hyaluronidase, an enzyme that accelerates moisture loss during inflammation, menopause, and wound stress
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Pearl oyster minerals — buffering, calming, and mineral-rich
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Native botanicals — long used for soothing and cleansing, now understood through modern oxidative-stress science
The focus is simple:
Help the skin hold water.
Help it stay intact.
Help it recover.
This same logic applies across:
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remote community skin
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burns and graft sites
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radiation-affected skin
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chemotherapy-damaged skin
Which is why LANJE is becoming part of our medical-adjacent research work, not just skincare.
3. Knowledge and cultural safety
Research consistently shows that outcomes improve when:
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skin health is framed as health, not beauty
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education is co-designed with community
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routines are simple, repeatable, and culturally relevant
Our role is not to impose solutions.
It is to support evidence, tools, and learning — together.
Why LANJE is part of this journey
LANJE was co-created through trust and collaboration — between Country and Coast, between traditional knowledge and marine science.
It exists because:
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nature engineers molecules with purpose
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culture holds knowledge worth honouring
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science helps us understand how and why things work
That combination makes LANJE uniquely suited to support skin where it is most vulnerable.
What this means today
Today, the LANJE Box Set becomes available — quietly, intentionally, and first to our existing community.
It may arrive in time for Christmas.
But more importantly, it marks the beginning of a larger commitment.
This December:
5% of all LANJE sales will directly support First Nations skin-health research and on-Country trial support.
Every purchase helps fund:
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collaborative research
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culturally safe topic trials
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education resources
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long-term solutions that address skin health from the inside out
Why this matters
Skin health is dignity.
Skin health is prevention.
Skin health is opportunity.
And while no single product can solve systemic challenges, collective action, evidence, and care can change trajectories.
BUY LANJE TODAY - and we thank you for being part of this journey.
Thank you for caring beyond the surface.
And thank you for helping us turn science, nature, and respect into real-world impact.