Laure

I came to wellness the way most people do - gradually, and through other people. A friend who shopped organic, someone who wouldn't stop talking about his gut, a colleague who treated her Saturday bath like a non-negotiable appointment. By the time I noticed, it had become a significant part of my daily life. I work in digital marketing, which means I spend a lot of time thinking about how claims get written and why. That lens follows me into wellness. I enjoy the rituals genuinely - the red light sessions, the Epsom salt baths, the supplement research rabbit holes - and I also want to know what the evidence actually says versus what a brand needs it to say. That's what Essence Vale is. The rituals I find worth exploring, the research behind them, and the marketing stripped off.

Laure, writer and editor at Essence Vale, reading with a cup of tea and fresh daisies