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Vitamin D: Supplement or Sunshine?

  To understand what is healthy for you, it’s often worth asking yourself: “What is my body designed for?” Through the course of human history, our bodies have acquired Vitamin…

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Esse and Our Approach to Sensitive Skin

  Sensitive skin can have a variety of triggers, including environmental exposure, heat, friction, food, and medication. At Esse, we focus on creating the ideal environment for your skin’s microbiome…

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Esse Bakuchiol Serum: Nature’s Retinol

Esse incorporates ‘nature’s retinol’ in its latest launch of Bakuchiol Serum When it comes to anti-ageing ingredients in skincare products, retinoids have been the gold standard for decades – despite…

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What Will Probiotics Do For My Skin?

  Probiotics are immensely beneficial. They out-compete pathogenic microbes, improve barrier function, produce moisturising factors, maintain skin pH and reduce sensitivity and inflammation. All these factors reduce the rate of…

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Probiotics Moisturise

Hydrate from within You may not know this but live Lactobacillus probiotics on (and in) skin can produce the coveted skincare ingredient Hyaluronic Acid. Right there in the stratum corneum of…

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Probiotics and Skin Immunity

Your skin has an immune system that is vital because it protects you from pathogens Keratinocytes, the most common skin cells in the epidermis (the outer most layer of skin),…

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Probiotics Strengthen Barrier Function

  Remedy Sensitivity Probiotics strengthen barrier function and protect you from pathogens so they automatically guard your immune system from exposure to unnecessary triggers. Apart from acting as a shield…

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Probiotics Protect

Boost your skin’s armour Probiotic microbes can help to safeguard your skin against pathogenic microbes. When prolific and healthy, your skin microbes construct a biofilm in the outer layer of…

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Skin Detoxing: What you need to know

  One of the most frequent questions we get at Esse is ‘What will happen to my skin when I switch over?’. As with any change, there is going to…

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FAQ: All the questions you need answered by Esse!

  For the past two decades, we have been producing industry-leading skincare products with significant anti-ageing benefits. With more people choosing brands that believe in sustainability and show real results,…