Kiehl’s now sell 1 litre refillable pouches of best selling moisturiser Crème de Corps Mirror 3 days ago Sarah Bradbury As we are all aware, there are so many ways we could do our bit for the environment and making conscious decisions. Doing their part in making sustainable changes in beauty, Kiehl’s have always strived for better. From responsible formulations, packaging and manufacturing, to supporting communities and helping to reduce environmental impact. Kiehl’s is proud to continue its journey towards a Future Made Better with its first foray into refillable beauty - including some of their best sellers like Crème de Corps.
Marketing for soaps and hand sanitisers typically uses scorched-earth language, stuff like Kills 99.99% of germs! The idea being: Destroy all bacteria. But that might actually be bad for youâthe way antibiotics disturb your body s chemical makeup. Like your stomach, your skin has a delicate balance of bacteria called a microbiome.
âOur bodies are a symbiotic organism that rely heavily on their relationship with bacteria, inside and out,â says Julie E. Russak, MD, founder of Russak Dermatology Clinic. âWe have more bacteria on our skin than we do in our body.â
Russak says that the skin microbiome protects us from invasive virus-causing pathogens and maintains the pH function of the skin. (That is, it prevents skin from getting too dry or too oily.) So how can we thwart the bad bacteria without offing the good stuff?
Marketing for soaps and hand sanitisers typically uses scorched-earth language, stuff like Kills 99.99% of germs! The idea being: Destroy all bacteria. But that might actually be bad for youâthe way antibiotics disturb your body s chemical makeup. Like your stomach, your skin has a delicate balance of bacteria called a microbiome.
âOur bodies are a symbiotic organism that rely heavily on their relationship with bacteria, inside and out,â says Julie E. Russak, MD, founder of Russak Dermatology Clinic. âWe have more bacteria on our skin than we do in our body.â
Russak says that the skin microbiome protects us from invasive virus-causing pathogens and maintains the pH function of the skin. (That is, it prevents skin from getting too dry or too oily.) So how can we thwart the bad bacteria without offing the good stuff?