How Your Skin Ages: Understanding the Microbiome’s Role
To understand how your skin ages, imagine your skin’s beneficial microbes as soldiers on a battlefield. These tiny, hardworking defenders are your first line of protection, working to keep…
Problem Skin? It’s Time to Fix Your Microbiome
Your skin is the barrier between you and the outside world. It is the largest organ in your body, with its own microscopic ecosystem – called a microbiome —…
Esse Concealer vs. Esse Foundation
Esse Concealer’s matte finish makes it a perfect complement to the Esse Foundation, which lays down a dewy base for the Concealer to build on. Together, this pair enables…
Skin Anarchy Podcast featuring Trevor Steyn
Esse founder Trevor Steyn was recently interviewed by Dr Ekta Yadav, MD MBA MS (Skincare Anarchy). We encourage you to listen to the full version of this enlightening episode…
Nighttime Skincare Routine: Optimising Skin Health While You Sleep
For skin to be more youthful and resilient, it must first be sustainably healthy. We help you to achieve this by rebalancing the microbiome with products at the forefront…
Ageing gracefully with the sun: A dilemma of diminishing returns
One of the major concerns many of us have with sun exposure is that we fear it will make our skin age faster. While there is good reason behind…
Protect Oil: Clinically Proven To Protect And Repair
Choosing skincare products can be challenging in today’s world. In a marketplace full of claims (many of which lack credibility), how do you choose skincare that you can be…
What Does Vitamin D Do For My Skin?
Our skin is the natural factory for Vitamin D, and it needs healthy levels for some key functions. These include: Controlling cell division Vitamin D controls how cells…
Too much sun is damaging to our skin… but so is zero sun
We’re all aware of the risks that come with getting too much sun exposure – increased cancer risks, premature ageing, and chances of hyperpigmentation. But an often-overlooked question is:…
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…