11/09/2025
Letโs talk SKIN BARRIER for a hot second๐
Because some of us (hi, itโs me ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ) grew up believing that if our face ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, it meant the product was โworking.โ
Yeahโฆ no.
Turns out that was just ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐
Here are a few myths we need to retire:
โข ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ does ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต fix dryness if your barrier is damaged.
Sometimes your skin needs ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ before it needs ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ.
โข ๐๐
๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐? Nope. That can actually make things worse.
โข Itโs not just โsensitive skinโ that needs barrier love.
Every skin type can get cranky.
โข And please, please, please โ if something burnsโฆ
โฆit is not a badge of honor ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
Your skin does ๐ป๐ผ๐ need to be bullied into glowing.
It needs ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ฉ๐บ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, and a little patience.
Think: ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ = ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ.
Whatโs a skincare myth ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ used to believe?
(Iโll go first: I was so oily, that I didn't use moisturizer at night. Now my skin craves it!)