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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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.  …

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Learn to Love your Microbes

  Your skin is an ecosystem and in the same way that your gut needs symbiotic microbes to function optimally, your skin needs microbes to maintain peak health. BIOME+ technology…