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

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…

A gloved hand holds a petri dish with various colorful bacterial colonies. A blue inoculation loop touches the edge of the dish. The background is a gradient of light blue.

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…

A woman with clear, fair skin gently touching her cheek with one hand. She has short, brown hair and is looking at the camera against a white background. There are light, translucent molecular structure graphics overlaid on the left side of her face.

What Is The Perfect Skin Microbiome?

  This is a really tough question. The skin is now viewed as an ecosystem so how would you answer the question: What is the perfect ecosystem? Is it a…

A round dish is split in half. The left side shows a close-up of a yellow and brown bacterial colony on a teal background. The right side shows a smiling woman with curly hair, wearing a white turtleneck and hoop earrings on a plain backdrop.

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…

A scientist wearing blue gloves holds a small plant specimen with tweezers, examining it under a microscope. Test tubes with clear liquids are visible on the lab table. The scene emphasizes scientific research and laboratory work.

The Future of Skincare

  Human Microbiome Project 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.…

A person lies down with a thick green facial mask applied to their face. They are wearing a grey headband and a brown towel is wrapped around their neck. A hand holds a spatula, spreading more of the green mask onto the person's face.

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 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. That is…