Barrier Repair & Moisturizers

I’ll never forget the day my skin started screaming. After a too-aggressive retinol routine, my face became a flaky, red, stinging mess. That was when I first understood the meaning of a compromised skin barrier. I spent the next 90 days testing peptide creams obsessively, layering ceramides and amino acid chains on my face twice … Read more

After a decade of testing barrier-repair formulas on my own reactive, post-procedure-prone skin, I can tell you that peptide moisturizers for skin barrier repair have earned their spot as the most underrated workhorses in any routine. Peptides are short chains of amino acids – the building blocks of collagen and elastin – that act as … Read more