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How your digestive system impacts your skin

Probiotics 101: Your Guide to Gut Health

Embracing The Rhythm of Rest

The Dance of the Circadian Rhythm Your body has its own rhythm – a 24-hour internal clock that quietly runs the show. Known as the circadian rhythm, it influences everything from how easily you fall asleep, to how energised you feel, to how well your skin looks in the morning. It’s the balance of rest and play, perfectly timed by nature. Why It Matters for Sleep At night, your circadian rhythm triggers the release of melatonin – the hormone that helps you drift off. When your rhythm is aligned with the natural rise and fall of light, sleep becomes effortless, deeper, and more restorative. It’s why those mornings after a good night’s rest feel so different – brighter, clearer, more you. Beyond Sleep: A Whole-Body Effect This rhythm doesn’t just guide sleep. Every cell in your body is tuned to it – from your digestion to your hormones, even your skin’s repair cycle. When it’s disrupted (think late nights, early mornings, endless scrolling), the effects ripple through your wellbeing, leaving you feeling out of sync – and sometimes even showing up in your skin. How to Nurture Your Rhythm Consistency is key. Keeping regular sleep and wake times can be difficult, but, by embracing natural light during the day, and giving yourself a screen-free wind-down at night, it can lead to big changes in how you look and feel. Respecting Your Natural Cadence At YLW, we believe real wellness happens when you work with your body’s natural rhythm – not against it. That’s why our full Regime is designed to move in step with your circadian cycle. By day, the Day Pill fuels gut health, immunity, and energy from within, while the Day Cream protects and nourishes skin as it faces daily stressors. By night, the Night Pill helps your body unwind and prepare for deep rest, and the Night Cream supports overnight skin renewal with a next-gen bio-retinoid. Four products, one proven system – working together to help you feel and look your best. Because when your body’s rhythm is in harmony, everything else follows.

Understanding the microbiome

The term “microbiome” comes up a lot in the beauty and wellness industries these days, but how much do you really know about yours? The microbiome is a busy community of microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses within the human body, with a large part to play in keeping it running smoothly. This intricate ecosystem is especially influential in your gut, with an impact stretching all the way to your skin.

Skincare overload: How product overuse can break down the skin barrier

When it comes to skincare, it might feel as though the more products you manage to layer on your skin, the more impressive the results will be. But in the quest for healthy, balanced and beautiful skin, less can in fact be more. Slathering your skin with an array of products might seem tempting, but it can actually damage your skin's protective shield: the skin barrier.

The gut-skin axis: a breakdown

One key reason that YLW exists is our fascination with the phenomenon that is the gut-skin axis. If you imagine your body as an interconnected web where various systems communicate and influence each other, then the gut-skin axis is a connection worth knowing about. The intricate dialogue between your gastrointestinal tract (the gut) and your skin, it’s the reason why what you put into your body has such an impact on how your skin looks on the outside. It's more than just a coincidence that skin issues often accompany gut problems – there's a scientific explanation behind it.