Collection: Barrier Repair

Start here when nothing is working. A damaged barrier is what happens after too many acids, a course of retinoids introduced too fast, or a winter of hot showers. Products that were fine for years begin to sting, the skin looks shiny but feels tight, and every new purchase seems to make it worse.

The answer is fewer products, not better ones. Ceramides and centella to rebuild the lipid layer, panthenol and probiotic essences to bring reactivity down, and one cleanser that does not foam away everything it touches. Give it four weeks with actives paused, then reintroduce them one at a time.

Curated by Sherrille Riley. Efficacy first, skin first.