Many of you know me as the founder of Essance Organic Skincare. I was born in Vietnam and Asian culture focused on teaching discipline and to respect our elders; but I never felt like it taught me how to love. So I taught myself! I learned through expressing my emotions and there are many variations of emotions like anger, fear and where that fear comes from. That awareness taught me to recognize and embrace the emotions that I lacked and one of the most predominant is love. There are also many ways to love, but one thing I know is...

As we inch closer into the Fall season, the temperatures start to dip, and the days grow colder and shorter. While we transition ourselves mentally to anotherseason, we cannot overlook the weather's impact on our skin. It's essential to protect your skin through the seasonal transitions and, most importantly, do yourbest to keep the effortless summer glow going. Fall season itself represents change, preservation, protection, balance, and letting go to welcome the new that follows the vital growth of winter.As we move into fall, we are faced with less daylight which means less vitamin D for the skin. We also...

Our Revitalizing Facial Serum; is one of the first products launched in 2011, and to mark the 10 years of this milestone; we wanted to celebrate this serum with a lightweight travel applicator designed to work similarly to a jade roller to promote deeper skin cell activation. 

Many of the active ingredients in the serum included Chaga Mushroom Oil, Sea Buckthorn Berry Oil, Rosehip Oil, Carrot Oil, and Rose essence. 

It's been an extremely cold winter here in Portland, which means we have to make sure we're taking adequate care of our skin. Two of our best products for locking moisture in are the Revitalizing Facial Moisturizer for the face and Aloe Therapy Body Creme for everywhere else. Stay warm and moisturized!For those who are [...]