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Skincare Routine for The Skin Barrier
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items Keeping the skin barrier in tact is essential for all skin types. Nobody can go wrong with these products
Sections
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Choose a Cleanser
Choose a Gentle Exfoliator
Choose a Repairing Serum
Choose a Moisturizer
Choose an SPF
As Needed
Choose a Cleanser
A nourishing cleanser that helps support the skin's barrier and maintains the skin's pH level
A gentle face cleanser proven to strengthen the skin barrier and prevent moisture loss
EltaMD Skin Recovery Amino Acid Foaming Cleanser
This revitalizing prebiotic facial cleanser gently removes grime, deeply cleanses, and helps to maintain a healthy balance in the skin’s microflora, leaving the skin feeling hydrated and refreshed for a fresh, glowing complexion
ELEMIS Superfood Facial Wash
Effectively removes all traces of makeup, SPF, and excess oil while visibly improving the look of pores & redness
RESIST Perfectly Balanced Foaming Cleanser
This cleanser leverages innovative micellar technology for gentle makeup removal & deep cleansing, maintaining skin's natural pH. Enriched with amino acids and omega 3-6, it's suitable for sensitive skin. The oil-to-milk formula offers a luxuriou...
Bioderma Sensibio Micellar Cleansing Oil
A gentle, plant-derived foaming cleanser that effectively removes dirt and impurities while maintaining the skin’s moisture barrier. Good for all skin types, including sensitive skin $12
The Ordinary Glucoside Foaming Cleanser $12
Hydrating facial cleanser combines squalane and aloe vera to maintain essential moisture, offering a balance your skin craves. Perfect for combatting dryness and enlarged pores, it leaves your complexion soft and supple without any residue, helping y...
BIOSSANCE Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Face Wash
A nourishing, milky cleansing oil that lifts away dirt, makeup, and excess oil while balancing the skin's microbiome with prebiotics. Dissolves makeup and impurities while hydrating, balancing the microbiome, and reinforcing the skin’s barrier.
Dermalogica Micellar Prebiotic PreCleanse
3-in-1 cleansing balm removes waterproof makeup, deeply cleanses, and hydrates with Black Cherry, Almond, and Vanilla. Transforms from balm to oil to milk, leaving skin nourished, radiant, and supporting the skin barrier.
ELEMIS Pro-Collagen Black Cherry Cleansing Balm Makeup Remover
Cleanse away stress and impurities with the calming essence of blue tansy paired with microbiome-balancing magnolia extract. This antioxidant rich blend leaves all skin types clean, calm and deeply enriched
Sorella Apothecary Melt Away Cleansing Ritual
A gentle daily facial cleanser that thoroughly removes impurities, light makeup, and sunscreen without disrupting skin’s natural balance. Safe for sensitive skin and dermatologist tested.
OneSkin PREP Facial Cleanser to Exfoliate and Support Skin Balance
Refreshing micellar cleansing water with purifying Alpine herbs and microscopic cleansing spheres that removes light makeup, impurities, and pollutants while preserving a healthy balance of the skin's microbiota.
Clarins Cleansing Micellar Water | Quickly Removes Make-Up
Removes dirt, excess oil and impurities without stripping skin. Formulated with superfood extracts to nourish and support the skin barrier, it leaves skin looking clean, balanced and naturally radiant.
ELEMIS Superfood Facial Wash | Revitalizing Daily Prebiotic Gel Wash Gently Cleanses
Balm-like texture transforms into a luxurious cleansing oil as it melts away makeup and dissolves daily buildup. When activated by water the oil emulsifies into a milky lather that rinses off easily, revealing skin that is soft, clean, and conditione...
RMS BEAUTY
Coconut Clean Cleansing Balm
Designed for all skin types, this formula respects the acid mantle, maintains hydration, and supports a healthy microbiome with a pre- and probiotic complex. Skin feels clarified, soft, and comfortable after every rinse—never tight or dry.
Valmont | Bubble Falls
Choose a Gentle Exfoliator
Even with a delicate skin barrier, having gentle exfoliator can assist other products to help restore skin
Gently exfoliate the skin without disrupting the skin barrier
Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution - Prequel
Gently exfoliates, hydrates, and refines skin texture while minimizing pores for a radiant, flawless complexion.
Squalane + 2% BHA Pore Minimizing Toner
Gently polishes to reveal smoother, more vibrant skin, replenishes and restores skin’s moisture barrier, relieves skin with calming and soothing ingredients
Daily Milkfoliant Exfoliator Calms & Restores
A 10% vegan lactic acid formula with soothing squalane. This powerful serum promotes a healthier skin barrier, leaving your complexion revitalized and fresh. Boosts cell turnover, smooths uneven texture, reduces fine lines, and enhances radiance.
BIOSSANCE Squalane + Lactic Acid Resurfacing Night Serum
Gently exfoliates for smoother, more radiant skin. Provides instant and all-day hydration. Reduces the look of dark spots and enlarged pores.
The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner
Choose a Repairing Serum
Not only soothes inflamed skin but will help strengthen the skin barrier
Cicalfate+ Intensive Skin Restorative Serum
Not only treats rosacea but helps to reduce redness within 24 hours
Elta MD Skin Recovery Serum | Amino Acid and Antioxidant Face Serum
A multi-active solution designed to help repair skin barrier, soothe discomfort, and reduce the look of redness. Targets irritated skin, reducing the look of redness and soothing feelings of discomfort associated with dryness
The Ordinary Soothing & Barrier Support Serum
A creamy, nourishing serum that calms signs of sensitivity caused by a compromised skin barrier. With its blend of nourishing oils + rebalancing actives, helps by gently hydrating the skin, soothing irritation, and strengthening the barrier wall to r...
KraveBeauty Great Barrier Relief, Soothing Skin Barrier Repair Serum
Packed with barrier-boosting ingredients to strengthen skin, even tone, and replenish skin up to 10 surface layers deep for that lit-from-within dewy glow.
Youth To The People Superfood Skin Drip Face Serum
This serum holds moisture in the skin thanks to 3 types of Hyaluronic Acid with different molecular weights for multi-depth hydration. Binds and retains moisture in different layers of the skin
Honest Beauty Hydrogel Deep Hydration Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Features a barrier boosting Tri-Ceramide Complex (ceramides, cholesterol, fatty acids) combined with a powerhouse pairing of squalane & glycerin delivers a boost of instant hydration with long-lasting results
BYOMA Hydrating Serum
Squalane, beta glucan and hyaluronic acid deeply hydrate the skin while a blend of 5 ceramides and fatty acids lock in moisture to prevent transepidermal water loss. Helps maintain the skin's natural function while ceramide precursors encourage the s...
Ceramide Barrier Serum | Hydrating Serum
A powerful blend of ceramides, fatty acids, and cholesterol helps strengthen the skin barrier, locking in moisture and protecting against external aggressors.
AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream Mist with 10,000ppm Ceramides
Delivers potent benefits in an oil-free delivery system suitable for all skin types. Promotes epidermal renewal. Creates the appearance of a younger-looking complexion. Surpasses the results of a 20% daily glycolic treatment while reinforcing the ski...
SKINCEUTICALS
Retexturing Activator
Clinically proven to deliver deep hydration, enhance radiance, and smooth the skin’s texture after just one application. This multi-tasking skin booster features a skin-like ceramide complex to intensely hydrate and replenish moisture, while also rep...
DR. BARBARA STURM Ceramide Drops Face Oil
Choose a Moisturizer
Keeping the skin moisturized is crucial for maintaining the skin barrier
Keeping your skin dewy from the inside-out
Byoma Hydrating Recovery Oil
For the skin barrier that needs moisture but not too heavy and greasy - this is it
Byoma Moisturising Gel Cream
Omega mimics the natural lipids within your skin making this cream perfect repairing the skin barrier
Biossance Squalane + Omega Repair Cream
The ONLY very expensive product I will recommend. Not only helps prep skin prior to a treatment but also encourages healing post-treatment, speeding up the recovery process
ALASTIN Skincare Regenerating Skin Nectar
A fast-absorbing, cushiony moisturizing cream with 5 Ceramides plus Panthenol that strengthens the skin barrier, moisturizes and boosts elasticity
Ceramidin™ Skin Barrier Moisturizing Cream | Dr.Jart+ Skincare
Delivers active probiotics to balance your microbiome, reduce redness, minimize pores, and clarify for instantly clearer, calmer skin.
Squalane + Probiotic Gel Moisturizer
Lightweight, Non-Greasy Daily Repair – Designed to deliver intense hydration without heaviness, this formula absorbs seamlessly into the skin, making it perfect for layering under makeup or using as an overnight treatment
belif Moisturizing Bomb Daily Ceramide
Helps reduced the look of fine lines and wrinkles while supporting skin elasticity. Helps soften, hydrate and retain skin's moisture with hyaluronic acid. Renew the look of tired skin overnight
CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream
Multi-corrective anti-wrinkle day/night cream for women and men delivers deep hydration, and locks the moisture in place to help fight against fatigue, stress, pollutants & screen-emitted blue light to help promote smooth, supple, and glowing ski...
Onekind Mega Multitasker All-Day Moisturizer
An advanced moisturizer designed to hydrate, repair, and strengthen the skin barrier. It regulates the skin's natural 24-hour cycle to enhance daytime defense and nighttime regeneration, supports a balanced microbiome, and locks in moisture for long-...
Revision Skincare DermProtect Barrier Defense™, Intensive Moisturizer
Suitable for All Skin Types, Even Sensitive: This hydration wonder leaves even the most dry, flakey skin feeling smooth, hydrated and comfortable after just a single use – clinically proven to immediately improve skin hydration by 169%
Ultra Repair Cream Intense Hydration
Formulated with nourishing ingredients like Vitamin E and Squalane to replenish dehydrated, easily compromised skin, providing immediate comfort and long-lasting nourishment.
AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides, Korean Face Moisturizer for Barrier Repair
Made with the powerful ingredients your skin craves-amino acids, peptides, ceramides, collagen and hyaluronic acid-to bring moisture, bounce and resiliency back to all skin types, including sensitive and blemish-prone.
Strength Trainer Peptide Boost Moisturizer
Of course all skin barrier issues will benefit from this insanely phenomenal moisturizer but those who are more dry/dehydrated will experience maintained hydration in their skin
Skinfix Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream
Choose an SPF
shields compromised skin barriers from harmful UV rays, preventing further damage, irritation, and delayed healing while supporting skin recovery
Doesn't leave a white cast and leaves your skin feeling like skin but also well-protected
Byoma Ultralight Face Fluid SPF30
This formula applies sheer & helps dramatically reduce the appearance of fine lines, strengthen the skin barrier & protect against accelerated aging caused by the sun—without feeling greasy, pilling under makeup, or leaving a white cast.
Solar Milk Clear SPF 50 Sunscreen Gel for Face
Our plant-based sunscreen is blendable and light enough for daily use but includes power ingredients for 40-minutes of water resistance. Not only protects your skin but also hydrates and nourishes, promoting a healthy skin microbiome for a glowing co...
Daily Defender SPF30 - Freaks of Nature
I recommend this for compromised skin and those who need a simple, easy routine. Compromised skin that is dry will like this as well
CeraVe AM Facial Moisturising Lotion SPF50 for Normal to Dry Skin 52ml
As Needed
These are extra products that can be added in certain times of need to help boost the skin's barrier
Can treat everything from severe dry skin to burns
Active Skin Repair: BLDG Active Product
An overnight mask to help soothe stressed-out skin
LANEIGE Cica Sleeping Mask with Centella Asiatica for Moisture Barrier Support
A cicaplast spray to quickly hydrate and soothe flared-up skin
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast B5 Spray | Soothing, Touch-Free Skin Repair
An all-in-one, thick calming recovery balm that was developed for use and application following skin-rejuvenating treatments to help hydrate, soothe, and strengthen sensitive, compromised skin. Improves skin's appearance following a procedure.
ALASTIN Skincare Soothe + Protect Recovery Balm
One essential solution for many skin care needs; use on dry, cracked skin, as a lip moisturizer, facial moisturizer, hydrating mask, minor wound care and much more This ointment is designed specifically for dry, compromised skin and clinically proven...
Aquaphor Healing Ointment Skin Protectant
This comforting milky facial toner hydrates, calms and soothes skin while protecting skin barrier function, reducing appearance of dark spots & helping skin appear more even and clear
BYOMA Hydrating Milaky Toner - Dewy Face
A calming overnight mask that absorbs deeply into skin, reducing the look of redness and promoting clearer, healthier-looking skin by morning.
PEACE OUT Skincare Overnight Bio-Collagen Recovery Hydrating Face Mask
I love this for when skin is compromised -this ceramide-rich formula because it’s infused with panthenol and glycerin to deliver long-lasting hydration, plump fine and dry lines from within, and strengthen the skin’s barrier to lock in essential mois...
Dr.Jart+ Ceramidin Facial Barrier Mask