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Forever Kerry, Tranent (2026)

05/09/2026

“I can't smell my reed diffuser anymore. Has it stopped working?”
Maybe not.

There's something called olfactory adaptation - although nose blindness is a much easier way of saying it.

When we're exposed to the same smell for a while, our brain can start paying less attention to it.

It's why you might walk into your house and smell absolutely nothing, while someone visiting says, “Ooh, your house smells lovely!”

Your nose has simply become used to what's around it.

It's also why moving a reed diffuser to another area, occasionally turning the reeds (I know I don'tdo this often enough), or changing fragrances can make you suddenly notice home fragrance again.

And there's another good test.
Go out for a while and notice what you smell when you first walk back through the door.

That's probably much closer to what a visitor smells when they enter your home.

Now I'm wondering what my house smells like to other people. 🤔

Have you ever stopped noticing a perfume, diffuser or other scent that everyone else can still smell? X

04/09/2026

Please tell me I'm not the only person who occasionally uses something for ages before discovering there's a better way to do it. 😂

With beauty and skincare, sometimes it's not the product that's the problem.
It's us.
Using far too much.
Applying things in the wrong order.
Not giving something time to absorb.
Rinsing off something that can actually be left on.
Or simply not reading the instructions properly in the first place.

I've definitely been guilty of the “I've got this, I don't need instructions” approach.

And it got me thinking about how often somebody tells me they don't like a product, then when we chat about how they're using it, we discover that a tiny change could make all the difference.

So I'm curious, what's something you spent far too long doing wrong before somebody finally told you?

It doesn't have to be skincare.
Cooking, washing, technology, household stuff, give me your best HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT? moment.

Watch the video below to learn about the correct way to apply your moisturiser. 💜

03/09/2026

Finding the balance.

Apparently my main job at the moment is working out the perfect balance between resting my knee and actually moving it 😅

Too much sitting and everything stiffens up.

Get up and move around and the swelling quickly reminds me that I’ve recently had a new knee fitted!

So at the moment it’s a bit of walking, my exercises, feet up, ice, repeat, with plenty of patience thrown in.

The swelling is making everything feel really tight and stiff, especially around the back of my knee, but I know it’s still early days and recovery isn’t something I can rush.

I’m definitely not very good at doing nothing though 😂

Anyone else find the rest part of recovery harder than the exercises? 💜

02/09/2026

Ever looked at the back of your skincare and thought, absolutely no idea what any of that means? 😂
You're definitely not alone.

Ingredient lists can look pretty intimidating, so rather than trying to understand every single word, here are 3 ingredients I regularly spot in skincare and what they're actually there for.

💧 Squalane
An emollient that helps soften the skin and reduce moisture loss. You'll find this in our Bakuchiol Serum.

🌿 Bakuchiol
A plant-derived skincare ingredient that's become popular in products designed to help improve the appearance of things like skin texture, tone and fine lines. Again, you'll find this one in our Bakuchiol Serum - the clue is rather in the name. 😄

💦 Glycerin
A humectant. In normal-person language, that means it helps attract and hold onto water, helping skin feel hydrated.

And that's enough science for one Wednesday.

You don't need to be able to pronounce everything on an INCI list to make better skincare choices. But understanding what a few of the ingredients actually do can make that enormous list on the back of the bottle feel a lot less mysterious.

Maybe I should turn this into a little series?

Give me an ingredient you've spotted on your skincare that you've never understood, and I'll translate it into normal English. 💜

01/09/2026

What if I didn't tell you whether a perfume was for a man or a woman?

Instead, I just told you it smelled of things like.
Bergamot.
Vanilla.
Amber.
Cedarwood.
Musk.
Jasmine.
Tonka bean.
Citrus.

Would you know which section of the perfume counter it was supposed to belong in?
And more importantly, would it matter?

Fragrance has traditionally been divided into for him and for her, but your nose doesn't know which side of the shop a bottle came from.

If you love fresh citrus, woody scents, warm vanilla or something deep and spicy, why shouldn't you wear it?

I've had fragrances technically marketed towards men that I've thought smelled gorgeous, and plenty of women happily wear traditionally masculine scents - and vice versa.

Then you've got genuinely unisex fragrances, where that label disappears altogether.

I think choosing perfume by the notes you enjoy rather than the gender written on the box opens up a whole lot more possibilities.

So here's a little experiment. Tell me ONE fragrance note you love.

Don't tell me your usual perfume.
Don't tell me whether you normally shop men's or women's.
Just give me the note.

I'll see what I can find in the Essens range that I think you might enjoy - and I won't restrict myself to one side of the fragrance cabinet. 😄

31/08/2026

Gut health has its own language, and sometimes it feels like you need a dictionary to understand it. 😂

Probiotics. Prebiotics. Microbiome. Strains. CFUs.

They get thrown around all the time, but what do they actually mean?

Here’s the simple version 👇
🦠 Microbiome
The huge community of microorganisms that naturally live in and on our bodies. When we're talking about gut health, we mean the community living in our digestive system.
🦠 Probiotics
Live microorganisms which, when provided in adequate amounts, can have a beneficial effect. Different probiotics aren't all identical, which brings us to -
🦠 Strains
Think of this as getting more specific. Two probiotics might belong to the same species but be different strains, and individual strains can have different characteristics.
🦠 CFU
This stands for colony-forming units. It's basically a way of expressing the quantity of viable microorganisms in a probiotic product. So when you see a number in the billions on the packaging, this is what it's referring to.
🌱 Prebiotics
These aren't probiotics at all. They're substances that are used by microorganisms in the body. In very simple terms, they're often described as helping to feed beneficial gut bacteria.

This is one of the reasons I find Essynbio Forte interesting. Rather than just seeing numbers and unfamiliar words on the packet, I like knowing what I'm actually looking at.

And one thing I've definitely learnt is that gut health isn't simply a competition to find the packet with the biggest number written on the front.

Which of those five terms did you already know - and which one have you been nodding along to without really knowing what it meant? 😄

29/08/2026

Your fragrance doesn't have to start when you spray your perfume.

Sometimes it starts in the shower.

We have fragranced shower gels that match some of our perfumes, and I think they're one of those products that tend to get overlooked.

After all, shower gel isn't exactly as exciting as choosing a new bottle of perfume 😂

But if you already love a particular fragrance, having that scent in your shower is a lovely way to start.

Then you've got a choice.

You can follow it with the matching perfume and keep the same fragrance theme going.

Or do what I often do with fragrance and completely ignore the rules.

Use one scent in the shower and put something totally different on afterwards.

Because there really isn't a fragrance police coming to check. 😄

And actually, that's part of the fun.

A shower gel can be another way of enjoying a fragrance you love, even on the days when you're not necessarily reaching for the perfume bottle.

So which camp are you in?

🚿 MATCH IT – shower gel and perfume need to belong tYour fragrance doesn't have to start when you spray your perfume.

Sometimes it starts in the shower.

We have fragranced shower gels that match some of our perfumes, and I think they're one of those products that tend to get overlooked.

After all, shower gel isn't exactly as exciting as choosing a new bottle of perfume 😂

But if you already love a particular fragrance, having that scent in your shower is a lovely way to start.

Then you've got a choice...

You can follow it with the matching perfume and keep the same fragrance theme going.

Or do what I often do with fragrance and completely ignore the rules.

Use one scent in the shower and put something totally different on afterwards.

Because there really isn't a fragrance police coming to check. 😄

And actually, that's part of the fun.

A shower gel can be another way of enjoying a fragrance you love, even on the days when you're not necessarily reaching for the perfume bottle.

So which camp are you in?

🚿 MATCH IT - shower gel and perfume need to belong together.

or

🚿 MIX IT UP – whatever smells good at the time.

I suspect I'd be firmly in the mix it up camp. X

or

🚿 MIX IT UP - whatever smells good at the time.

I suspect I'd be firmly in the mix it up camp

28/08/2026

Have you ever worked out what your perfume actually costs each time you wear it?

I've never really thought about perfume in terms of cost per wear before.

We do it with clothes. Something expensive that you wear once can feel like a waste, while something you use constantly can work out to be brilliant value.

So let's do some perfume maths.

Our 50ml Essens fragrances currently come at three main price points:

Standard – £26
Classic – £27.50
Luxury Niche – £44.50

A 50ml perfume will typically give you hundreds of sprays, depending on the atomiser and how enthusiastically you press it.

If we use a conservative estimate of 500 sprays per bottle and assume you're a 4-sprays-per-wear person, that's around 125 wears.

That works out at roughly:

£26 → 21p per wear
£27.50 → 22p per wear
£44.50 → 36p per wear

Even our Luxury Niche fragrances work out at well under 50p each time you wear them on those numbers.

But here's where my calculations could fall apart.

How many sprays are you actually using?

Are you a restrained 2–3 sprays person?

A respectable 4–5?

Or are you reading "500 sprays per bottle" and thinking, there's absolutely no way I'm getting 125 wears out of mine 😂

I wear perfume every day, even when I'm staying at home, so cost per wear is probably a much better way for me to look at perfume than simply looking at the price of the bottle. 💜

27/08/2026

As I featured it in my earlier post I thought I'd highlight 3 things you probably didn’t know about bakuchiol.

I'd barely even heard of bakuchiol before I started using it, but it's become one of those skincare ingredients I really like.

So, what actually is it?

1️⃣ Bakuchiol comes from a plant.
It's derived from the Psoralea corylifolia plant and has become a popular skincare ingredient, particularly for people looking for an alternative to retinol.

2️⃣ It's not actually retinol.
You'll often hear bakuchiol described as a “natural retinol alternative”, but they're completely different ingredients. Bakuchiol is used in skincare to help support smoother, firmer-looking skin and improve the appearance of fine lines and uneven skin tone.

3️⃣ The rest of the formula matters too.
When you're looking at a bakuchiol product, don't just look for the word bakuchiol on the front. Look at what it's combined with as well. Oils such as argan, apricot kernel, grape seed and jojoba can all bring their own skin-conditioning benefits.

My experience?

I've been using bakuchiol oil serum as part of my evening skincare for quite a while now, and I've recently been trying out the limited edition, mildly fragranced one too.

I actually still prefer the feel of the original oil on my skin. Sometimes newer doesn't automatically mean you'll like it better!

Had you heard of bakuchiol before, or is it one of those skincare words you've seen but never really knew what it was? X

27/08/2026

Colostrum in skincare? Isn't colostrum for babies? 🤔

That's probably a perfectly reasonable reaction if you've never come across it in cosmetics before.

So what exactly is it?

Colostrum is the first milk produced by mammals after giving birth. It's incredibly important for a newborn calf, which is why the calf's needs always come first.

A cow can produce several litres of colostrum after calving – often around 3-4 litres or more at the first milking. The calf is given the colostrum it needs, with the amount depending on things such as its size and the quality of the colostrum.

Where there is surplus colostrum beyond the calf's requirements, rather than that valuable excess simply going unused, it can be collected and used for other purposes.

And one of those is skincare.

The bovine colostrum used in cosmetics naturally contains proteins and other components that make it an interesting skin-conditioning ingredient.

Essens actually has a whole Colostrum+ range, including:

🤍 Eye Gel
🤍 Mild Face Soap
🤍 Face & Body Cream
🤍 Cellulite Cream

Different products for different areas, but with colostrum linking the range together.

I think knowing where an unusual ingredient comes from makes it much less strange when you see COLOSTRUM+ written across a pot of skincare.

Did you know surplus bovine colostrum could be used like this, rather than simply going to waste? X

Forever Kerry

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