Bacterial beauty

Where consumers once sought to sterilise their homes and bodies, they are now increasingly interested in cultivating a more natural state. Alkaline soaps and cosmetic products such as deodorant disrupt the skin’s natural pH balance and wipe out ammonia-oxidising bacteria (AOB).

Gallinée co-founder and pharmacist Marie Drago developed her range to be free of parabens, microbeads and mineral oils, which gradually wear away AOBs, to nourish and support the skin’s microbiome.