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A Guide to Sensitive Skin

Skin sensitivity is a leading skin concern throughout the modern world with more than half of women claiming to have sensitive skin.

Sleep and Skin Health

Sleep and Skin Health

Six reasons a healthy sleeping pattern will give you great skin Skin health and sleep quality can be strongly linked. Lack of sleep elevates cortisol levels in the body, increasing…

Invest In Yourself

Invest in Yourself: Skincare Routine

Why a good skincare routine need not be complicated Have you had enough of hearing how the latest skincare fad is the only thing that will rescue your skin? What…

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Take the new you challenge in 7 steps

7 Steps to Great Skin in 2020 “A change is as good as a holiday,” and who would say no thank you to that? As 2020 gets underway, we’d like…

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The value of using a microbiome-friendly foundation

  Here’s what your basic skin care routine probably looks like: cleanser, toner, serum, moisturiser and, finally, foundation. Perhaps you even include products to promote a healthy skin microbiome leading…

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What are Microbes and Probiotics?

  All single-celled organisms are microbes, this includes viruses. A microbiome is the sum of all the single-celled organisms living in and on a body. All living things have a…

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Microbes & Your Skin

TRILLIONS of microbes, from thousands of species, call your skin home.  Normally, they get along just fine and they provide the building blocks that make your skin healthy and beautiful…

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The Future of Skincare

  In 2003 the Human Genome Project declared that the sequencing of the human genome was complete after 13 years of intense research. It cost $2,7 billion. Now you can…

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4 Ways to deliver Probiotics in skincare

  Probiotics are the latest trend in skincare but probiotics are live microbes that have a beneficial effect. How are probiotic ingredients used in skincare products when most skincare products…

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Diversity in Skin Systems

  Just as diversity is important in environmental ecosystems, so it is important in the mix of microbes found in the skin. A diverse microbiome equals a healthy skin.  …