When people talk about skincare, they often start with ingredients. But I’ve learned that the real story begins long before that — with how we feel.
Your skin is more intuitive than you think. It reacts to your emotions, your sleep, your stress, even the thoughts that keep you up at night. I know this not just from experience, but from science.
Studies show that chronic psychological stress activates the same biological pathways that influence your skin’s health. Research published in Physiological Reviews found that stress triggers the release of cortisol and inflammatory cytokines, which weaken your skin barrier and delay its ability to heal (Slominski et al., 2013). Another study revealed that stress can even change the composition of your skin’s microbiome — the living ecosystem that protects it — leading to irritation, dryness, and flare-ups (Kim et al., 2021).
So when we say, “Your skin feels what you feel,” it’s not a metaphor. It’s biology.
When I created Gleem, my goal wasn’t just to make skincare — it was to make recovery visible. I wanted to help people reconnect with their skin after times of stress, trauma, or simply exhaustion.
That’s why every Gleem formula is designed to do what your skin can’t do when it’s overwhelmed — restore calm, rebuild balance, and remind it how to heal.
Our IASC-certified aloe base soothes cortisol-triggered inflammation.
Our biotic complex helps replenish the healthy bacteria stress depletes.
And our barrier-repairing actives — ceramides, peptides, and encapsulated Vitamin C — reinforce the structure that keeps everything in harmony.
This is skincare that listens. It doesn’t just sit on your skin — it communicates with it.
If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, if your skin looks tired when you’re doing your best to hold it all together — I see you. Because I’ve been there.
Gleem is my way of helping your skin exhale. To give you that moment where healing feels both luxurious and deeply human.
Because at the end of the day, beauty isn’t just what you put on your face — it’s how gently you treat yourself.
✨ Healing is luxury. And it lasts. ✨
References:
Slominski A et al. Stress and the Skin: From Mechanisms to Therapy. Physiol Rev. 2013;93(3):1159-1192.
Kim JE et al. Psychological Stress and Skin Immune Homeostasis. Front Immunol. 2021;12:623045.