Your Skin Is Not a Surface. It’s an Ecosystem.
Most skincare routines are built around a simplistic idea: strip the skin, then replace what was removed with a synthetic product. It sounds logical. The science of the skin microbiome…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Breaking the Cycle of Recurring Dry Skin
Aesthetic treatments work through controlled damage. Microneedling, chemical peels, and laser resurfacing all disrupt the skin to trigger repair and renewal. The results can be impressive, but what happens in…
Beyond the Treatment: Why Aesthetic Procedures Need Microbiome Support
Aesthetic treatments work through controlled damage. Microneedling, chemical peels, and laser resurfacing all disrupt the skin to trigger repair and renewal. The results can be impressive, but what happens in…
The Truth About Anti-Ageing: Why Modern Life Accelerates Ageing
The skincare industry sells products on the promise that ageing can be stopped. It can’t. Cellular ageing is inevitable, and no product changes that. We’re okay with that. What we’re…
The Skin Microbiome Crisis: We’ve Lost 73% of Our Microbial Defences to Modern Life
Your location determines your skin microbiome. And if you live in a city, you’ve lost most of it. The data Esse’s testing of over 1000 fully sequenced skin microbiome samples…
Live vs Non-Living: Why Live Probiotics Offer Better Skin Benefits
As one of the very first brands to deploy microbiome science in its formulations, Esse has witnessed the encouraging rise in awareness of probiotic skincare recently. As more people learn…