Making sure your skin barrier is in tact is something that gives you a naturally radiant and glowy look. Whether you are lathering up after an everything shower, or just need an extra pick me up during a dry winter day, prioritizing your skin is something the girlies can't resist. Good thing we found some of the best products to help you repair your skin barrier and restore it to being healthy and hydrated!
Barrier Restore Cream: Rhode is definitely worth the hype. This skin barrier restore cream is hydrating, dewy, and just the right thickness. It’s packed with shea butter, and squalene to help lock in hydration, and calm skin to support a healthy barrier. Not to mention, everybody raves about this product on TikTok.
Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Sensitive Skin Serum for Redness and Barrier Repair: This soothing serum attacks redness and dullness, while also fostering a more moisturizing feel to your skin. The allantoin helps with retaining moisture, exfoliation, and healing the skin barrier. The entire Cica line from the brand pairs well together, so I highly recommend you pick up the Tiger Grass line.
LANEIGE Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream Moisturizer for Moisture Barrier Repair: This is a simple hydration-focused product that will be gentle on the skin without sacrificing all the good stuff that comes along with barrier repair. The cream has blue hyaluronic acid, a potent form of the common ingredient in other skincare products, which is well-known for its ability to hold up to 1000 times its weight in water (which is insane). Their lip masks are also really helpful in repairing and moisturizing your lips, but we're sure you knew that already.
Dieux Instant Angel Lipid-Rich Barrier Repair Cream with Ceramides: This lipid-rich formula features ceramides, which are essential for maintaining a healthy skin barrier. The cream aims to deeply hydrate, soothe irritation, and strengthen the skin's natural defenses without feeling too heavy or oily overtop your skin. Meadowestolide helps the skin become resistant to oxidation and heat stress, acting as an emollient that is suitable for a multitude of skin types.
Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench® Hyaluronic Cloud Rich Barrier Moisturizer: If you haven't tapped into Peter Thomas Roth products...you're doing it wrong! This high quality, luxury feel products are incredible for your skin barrier. This moisturizer in particular is creamy and rich to put on after a skincare routine or even to hydrate your natural water barrier before you apply your makeup. Not to mention the Pentavitin® in the product provides hydration that lasts up to 72 hours even after multiple cleanses...run don't walk.
Ilia Barrier Build Skin Protectant Cream – Moisturizer with Ceramides: Ilia is known for its clean beauty products, and its skincare lines live up to the same standard. The colloidal oatmeal 1% is used in order to visibly repair skin within 28 days by strengthening the barrier and draw in moisture. It can be paired with their Base Face Milk for expedited results.
Tatcha Indigo Overnight Repair Redness Reducing Barrier Cream: Indigo Overnight Repair Redness Reducing Barrier Cream: Tatcha’s overnight repair cream is an absolute gem. Made with Japanese Indigo Extract, your skin will be visibly soothed, and application will help to correct dryness and redness. Not to mention, the addition of the Biomimetic Ceramide Blend will replenish vital lipids in order to smooth out fine lines.
Ole Hendrickson Strength Trainer Skin Barrier Moisturizer with Peptides and Niacinamide: Strength Trainer Skin Barrier Moisturizer with Peptides and Niacinamide: This skin barrier moisturizer from Ole Hendrickson is made with peptides and hyaluronic acid to reinforce your skin’s moisture barrier. Its formula containing amino acids, peptides, and ceramides contributes to a hydrated, firmed look.
Kora Organics Silky Sun Drops Organic Sunscreen Serum with SPF 30 for Skin Barrier Repair: Kora Organics Silky Sun Drops Organic Sunscreen Serum with SPF 30 for Skin Barrier Repair: These silky sundtops, are not only a standout in protecting your skin barrier, it will fix it with the SPF. With just a few drops of this raspberry and chia seed oil serum, not only will moisture be locked in — your skin will be protected from the sun and this could be used for any midday touch up.
Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Cream Enriched: This wrinkle smoothing cream from Shisedo is the perfect lightweight moisturizer for your face. It will help improve your elasticity, dryness, and seals up to 24-hours of hydration for around the clock support to keep your skin radiant.
The INKEY List Bio-Active Ceramide Repairing and Plumping Moisturizer + Barrier Strengthening: This cream from the Inkey List repairing moisturizer includes vegan ingredients to prevent aging, and has a silky formula for the perfect application. The shea butter in the product reduce’s skin’s water loss which will fix up your skin’s moisture barrier.
Ilia Base Face Milk Essence & Lightweight Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid: You saw it coming, pair this Base Face Milk with Ilia’s other barrier restoring cream and you will see your skin glow. It is fragrance free and buildable so that you can not only fix your skin barrier but give your makeup the even foundation It deserves.
Peach & Lily Rescue Party Barrier Comfort Cream: The Peach & Lily rescue party barrier comfort cream helps to reduce redness and visibly boost the plump of your skin barrier. Made with good fats, lipids, and ceramides this cream supports protection from damage and stressors to heal flakiness and irritation.
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Rescue Solution Serum with 15% Bifidus Ferment: This Estée Lauder nightly serum made with 15% Bidius Ferment helps to reinforce moisture and lock in hydration prior you drift off. The rescue solution specifically targets redness so if you are feeling a sense of irritation, this solution serum should help to clear things up, without leaving your skin oily for the morning.
Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin™ Skin Barrier Moisturizing Mask: This mask treatment is only $16 right now, and boasts similar effects as their moisture cream at the beginning of this list. If you struggle with dull skin, this treatment can help. One of the highlighted ingredients, panthenol, has anti-inflammatory and anti-acne properties. So, if you’re in need of a little skin care pick-me-up on a flight or while you’re having your morning coffee (and don't want to risk breaking out), this would be an ideal addition to your routine.
Sometimes when it comes to barrier repair, it's easy to forget about some of the most important skin barriers to keep in tact. One being the skin on our bodies, and the other being our lips. Especially in the winter when you feel your skin or lips cracking from dryness, you need a fix to your barrier to restore smooth, plump, and elastic skin so you can get your radiance in check, and feel glowy as ever.
First Aid Beauty Cooling Cucumber Ultra Repair Body Lotion: This product is the perfect all-over body cream either in the morning, at night, or post shower. Like many of First Aid Beauty's products, it is made with Collodial Oatmeal which has skin soothing effects ridding us of any eczema or redness after application. The cucumber scent makes you smell like the ultimate clean girl, and there's no denying the almost instant results, with a fast absorbing formula.
Skinfix Barrier + Lipid Boost Body Cream: With lipids, you know that your product is meant to repair and restore your skin. Lots of people swear by Skinfix's face cream, but it's time to focus on that body! This clean, and hydrating body cream is the perfect fix to you flakey or even oily skin. It's packed with different nut oils, and shea butter to add an extra layer of soothing and smoothing.
Josie Maran Vanilla Bean - Whipped Argan Oil Refillable Firming Body Butter Jar: We all have seen the incredible packaging of this product, but aside from the aesthetic, this whipped argan oil body butter genuinely feels as if you smothered yourself in cool whip. It's extremely lightweight, made with plant-based fragrance and has avocado oil in the product to add even more smoothing and firming impact. Not to mention, the scent makes you want to take a scoop of it like vanilla ice cream.
Laneige Bouncy & Firm Plumping Lip Treatment: I swear by this product. Whether you put it on once a day, right before bed, or can't get enough like me, this bouncy and firm lip treatment is just as amazing as it sounds. It comes with a little applicator to make the process easy, and firms lips after just one use. The ceramide and collagen based formula takes lip firming to a whole new level, and this is well worth the investment.
Rhode Peptide Lip Tint: Last, but certainly not least is the iconic Rhode peptide lip tint. Not only is this nourishing for the lips, using peptides to restore cracks and dryness, the tint exceeds expectations, and every celebrity on the market just had to have one this year. You could buy the accompanying phone case for easy access or just slip this ultimate clean girl product in your pocked for juicy, full, and firm lips! Mwah.
It's easy to apply lots of random products all at once to our bodies, faces, or lips. However, your skin barrier is something that you need to maintain for a radiance that just makes you feel like the most beautiful girl in every room with or without makeup. That's why protecting and fixing it is of the utmost importance, take a shot at some of these products, and I could guarantee you will feel glowy, plump, and soothed in a snap...and remember, in order to fix something, you should be consistent!
