The secret to truly healthy, luminous skin lies just above the surface — your skin’s microbiome. This delicate ecosystem of beneficial bacteria and microorganisms acts as your skin’s first line of defense. When your microbiome is balanced, your skin barrier thrives — locking in moisture, defending against environmental stress, and optimizing the performance of every skincare ingredient you apply.
But when your microbiome is disrupted — by harsh products, environmental toxins, stress, or over-exfoliation — it weakens your skin’s barrier, making it more vulnerable to redness, irritation, dullness, and signs of aging.
That’s why we created the Gleem Beauty Barrier Repair Bundles — thoughtful, synergistic sets built to nourish, protect, and amplify. At the heart of these bundles is our Microbiome Nourishing Moisturizer, a sophisticated formula that not only restores balance but also supercharges the performance of every other Gleem product in your routine.
The Microbiome: Your Skin’s Ecosystem of Strength
Your skin is not a blank canvas — it's a living, breathing environment teeming with trillions of beneficial microbes. This microbiome: Strengthens the skin barrier, reducing inflammation and sensitivity, Improves hydration and prevents moisture loss, Fights off harmful bacteria, Creates an ideal pH for actives like Vitamin C, peptides, and ceramides to perform effectively.
When this microbial environment is off balance, even the best ingredients struggle to penetrate or perform.
The Microbiome Nourishing Moisturizer: The Amplifier
Our Microbiome Nourishing Moisturizer was designed not just to hydrate, but to act as a biological activator — prepping and enhancing your skin’s receptivity to all the products that follow.
Here’s what makes it different:
1. Bioavailable Ferments for Deep Delivery
Saccharomyces Ferment and Aspergillus Ferment help break down nutrients into smaller molecules your skin can absorb more easily. These powerful postbiotics feed your skin’s microbiome and enhance nutrient delivery.
2. Plant Lipids for Compatibility and Comfort
Cetearyl Alcohol and Sorbitan Olivate — a plant-based emulsifier complex — mimic the lipid structure of your skin, helping actives glide on evenly and absorb without irritation.
3. Jojoba Oil & Aloe Vera for Skin Affinity
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil and Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice calm, hydrate, and support skin resilience, especially when layered with actives like Bakuchiol or Vitamin C.
4. Barrier-Building Fatty Acids
Linoleic Acid (Omega-6) and Linolenic Acid (Omega-3) nourish the skin’s lipid matrix, sealing moisture and preventing trans-epidermal water loss — critical when pairing with exfoliating ingredients like Glycolic Acid.
5. Bakuchiol for Retinol-Like Performance
This gentle botanical active works well even on sensitive skin, encouraging cellular turnover and improved tone without the irritation typical of traditional retinoids.
Why We Created the Barrier Repair Bundles
Skin transformation doesn’t happen with a single product — it requires strategic layering of actives that play well together. That’s why Gleem’s Barrier Repair Bundles are more than just a convenience — they’re a system.
Each bundle is anchored by the Microbiome Nourishing Moisturizer — which preps the skin, strengthens the barrier, and ensures every active ingredient that follows can perform at its best.
Layer One & Done Moisturizer + SPF 30 in the morning, and your skin is ready to receive its encapsulated Vitamin C and Zinc Oxide UV protection more efficiently.
At night, follow with Soft Immersion Moisturizer to seal in hydration and rebuild elasticity with Ceramides, Collagen, and Sodium PCA — ingredients that love a nourished, receptive barrier.
When your microbiome is thriving, every other Gleem product works harder.
Explore the Bundles: Built for Synergy
Barrier Repair Day Duo
One & Done SPF 30 + Microbiome Nourishing Moisturizer
→ Brighten, protect, and balance your skin from morning onward.
Barrier Repair Night Duo
Soft Immersion Night Moisturizer + Microbiome Nourishing Moisturizer
→ Overnight recovery for hydration, elasticity, and barrier reinforcement.
Barrier Repair Triplet
One & Done + Soft Immersion + Microbiome Moisturizer
→ 24-hour synergy with targeted actives morning and night.
Quint-Essential Bundle
Super Nourishing Cleanser, Toner + all 3 moisturizers
→ A complete, microbiome-enhancing ritual from cleanse to seal.
The Gleem Difference: Layered for Results
Unlike “one-size-fits-all” products, Gleem’s routines are designed to respect your biology. The result is a line rooted in healing, science, and synergy. When your microbiome is protected and your barrier is strong, your skin becomes the ideal canvas — not just for makeup, but for true, long-lasting transformation.
The Science Behind Gleem Beauty's proprietary microbiome formula
1. Importance of the Skin Microbiome in Barrier Health
Study: The Skin Microbiome
Authors: Grice EA, Segre JA.
Journal: Nature Reviews Microbiology (2011)
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2537
Key Finding:
The skin microbiome plays a crucial role in modulating immune responses, preventing pathogenic colonization, and maintaining the skin barrier's structural integrity.
2. Postbiotics (Ferments) Support Barrier Function and Ingredient Absorption
Study: Postbiotics and their potential applications in early life nutrition and beyond
Authors: Salminen et al.
Journal: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2021)
DOI: 10.1038/s41575-021-00440-6
Key Finding:
Postbiotics (e.g., Saccharomyces Ferment, Aspergillus Ferment) can beneficially modulate the skin environment and enhance cellular communication, leading to improved barrier resilience and ingredient bioavailability.
3. Bakuchiol as a Retinol Alternative (Without Irritation)
Study: Bakuchiol: a retinol-like functional compound revealed by gene expression profiling and clinical studies
Authors: Dhaliwal S et al.
Journal: British Journal of Dermatology (2014)
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13399
Key Finding:
Bakuchiol demonstrated comparable anti-aging benefits to retinol (improved wrinkles, pigmentation, elasticity), but with significantly less irritation and better tolerability — making it ideal for barrier-compromised or sensitive skin4. Linoleic & Linolenic Acids for Barrier Repair
4. Linoleic & Linolenic Acids for Barrier Repair
Study: Linoleic acid: a nutritional approach to repair the cutaneous barrier
Authors: Darmstadt GL, Mao-Qiang M, et al.
Journal: Archives of Dermatology (2002)
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.5.655
Key Finding:
Topical linoleic acid (omega-6) and linolenic acid (omega-3) support lipid matrix restoration and reduce TEWL (trans-epidermal water loss) — especially valuable in sensitive or compromised skin.
5. Plant-Based Emulsifiers Improve Skin Compatibility
Study: Skin compatibility of cosmetic emulsifiers
Authors: Fluhr JW, et al.
Journal: Contact Dermatitis (2005)
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00580.x
Key Finding:
Emulsifiers like Cetearyl Alcohol and Sorbitan Olivate (as found in Olivem 1000) show exceptional tolerance in sensitive skin and support ingredient delivery without disrupting skin lipids or microbiota.
6. Jojoba Oil as a Biocompatible Skin Moisturizer
Study: Anti-inflammatory and skin barrier repair effects of topical application of some plant oils
Authors: Lin TK, Zhong L, Santiago JL.
Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2017)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18020470
Key Finding:
Jojoba Oil enhances skin barrier function, has anti-inflammatory properties, and mimics sebum — making it ideal for delivering actives and calming reactive skin.