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The Vitamin D You Can’t Get From a Pill

Most people know that sun exposure produces vitamin D. Fewer people know that vitamin D is only part of what it produces, and that the supplement industry has built an…

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The Uncomfortable Truth About ‘Probiotic’ Skincare

Most products labelled as probiotic skincare don’t contain live probiotics. They contain postbiotics, which are heat-killed bacteria or fermented extracts that lack the defining characteristic of a true probiotic: life.…

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Your Skin Doesn’t Take Time Off

Holidays are supposed to be restorative. For you, perhaps. For your skin, the reality is more complicated. Different UV levels, a new climate, the drying effect of cabin air, and…

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The 3 Root Causes of Accelerated Ageing

Of course, there are many lifestyle and environmental factors that cause accelerated skin ageing. UV damage, diet, air pollution, chronic stress, lack of sleep, and hormonal disruption are among the…

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Microbiome Skincare Products: What To Look Out For

  Microbiome skincare is not something that involves simply including a single probiotic-based ingredient in a product. Caring for the microbiome is an entire philosophy in product design that needs…

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Are We Better Than Evolution?

  Humanity has learned an enormous amount over the last few hundred years. We discovered microbes, DNA and evolution. We worked out that we weren’t at the centre of the…

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Drivers of Ageing

  Ageing is a natural process of life, with the body undergoing significant changes as the years go by. And while we can’t avoid ageing, we can minimise the impact…

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Esse vs. Ageing

  Old age is unavoidable. We are all going to get old – the trick is to do it gracefully! Just to be very clear – we aren’t ageist. We…

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Experience Esse’s Cutting-edge Treatments

Esse, offers a range of professional, customised skin rewilding treatments which incorporate advanced pre- and probiotics, as well as the application of live probiotics. The Esse Experience treatments – which…

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Experience the Anti-ageing Benefits of Probiotics

  South African bio-clinical skincare brand, Esse, is celebrating a significant milestone in 2022 – 20 years of leveraging biotechnology to provide significant anti-ageing benefits through probiotics and other actives…