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Esse Bakuchiol Serum: Nature’s Retinol

Esse incorporates ‘nature’s retinol’ in its latest launch of Bakuchiol Serum When it comes to anti-ageing ingredients in skincare products, retinoids have been the gold standard for decades – despite…

Esse’s 30-Day Trial & Travel Sets

Just because you’re on the go doesn’t mean that your skincare regime has to suffer! Esse, a leading global skincare brand in organic biotechnology, has released the compact and user-friendly…

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Tips to rewild and restore your skin in 2023

If you’ve spent years suffering from relentless skin conditions, from acne to eczema, then you need to start the New Year by rewilding! Your skin holds an ecosystem – just…

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Skin detoxing – What you need to know

One of the most frequent questions we get at Esse is ‘What will happen to my skin when I switch over?’. As with any change, there is going to be…

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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 to…

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Are we better than evolution?

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

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Earn CPD Points with Esse’s SA-accredited skincare courses

South African skincare brand, Esse, provides stockists with extensive training through its online platform, Esse College, and has also launched a world-first Microbiome Course, which trains dermatologists, medical aestheticians, skin…