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Haruharu Wonder$28.00- “This is going to be your hero product. It's the investment. It's the non-negotiable. This is what heals your skin barrier”▶ 2:16
- “This product contains ceramides, cholesterol, fatty acids”▶ 2:23
- “It has some fermented ingredients that help with your skin microbiome, which also helps to take down the inflammation, the stinging, the itchiness, and the redness”
- “This performs just as good, if not better, than like a $100 moisturizer”▶ 3:26
- “This has none of that. This is just very soothing, comforting, moisturizing”▶ 3:38
Stratia$29.00
CeraVe$14.99- “We've got ceramides, we've got cholesterol, we got fatty acids, baby. We also have dimethicone and petrolatum”▶ 4:45
- “Occlusives help to create a protective barrier on your skin, like a temporary barrier, to help hold in the hydration and also help protect your skin”▶ 4:52
- “This is actually a product I also used when I damaged my skin in 2018. It did help me heal. I really stand by it”▶ 5:21
- “It can be expensive up front, but like I'm saying, you're getting so much moisturizer, so much value for that price”▶ 5:31
- “This ingredient is a very, very good occlusive. It creates that temporary barrier. That's what holds your skin care in place, holds the moisture and the hydration deep within your skin, and resists the dehydration, the dryness, the tightness, and the irritation”▶ 5:53
- “When you create that temporary barrier on your skin, you're really sealing your skin care. It's going to work for you better. It's going to stick with your skin longer, and it's going to translate to faster healing”▶ 6:09
- “You can use this a couple of different ways. You can just apply it to the areas that feel the most dry, tight, and irritated. For me, that's often my chin area. You can apply it all over your face. It can even work on your lips, too”▶ 6:25
make p:rem$20.00- “Hydrating toners have this really nice watery texture that dives deep into your skin to replenish the hydration to soothe that dehydrated tight feeling and give a lot of relief to your skin”▶ 7:36
- “This really soothes that symptom in a nice lightweight watery texture delivering really soothing hydrating panthenol that also helps to strengthen your skin barrier”▶ 7:53
- “This particular toner also has a little ceramide NP content and I just find it very gentle, calming, soothing, and deeply hydrating”▶ 8:05
Illiyoon$24.00- “This is another great option for healing your skin barrier because it's got the ceramide cholesterol fatty acid content that we look for in our moisturizers”▶ 9:53
- “It has an occlusive factor to it. It also contains some soothing madecassoside, which is a biologically active compound found in centella”▶ 10:05
- “This one has a little bit of a soothing edge to it that calms down the irritation and the itchiness”▶ 10:11
- “It's a slightly lighter texture than CeraVe as well, so it may not feel as heavy on oilier or more balanced skin types”▶ 10:18
- “This is a really great, as I said, occlusive healing ointment that is also relying on some madecassoside to soothe the skin, zinc and magnesium complex that further helps to encourage healing, strengthening, and soothing the skin all in this slightly more creamy and occlusive ointment-like texture”▶ 10:43
- “It brings more moisture into the skin than Vaseline or Aquaphor does”▶ 11:04
- “Because of the soothing elements in here, it actually brings a lot of relief to the skin on contact as well”▶ 11:33
- “One of my favorite ways to use this is actually mix a pea-size amount of Cicaplast into my moisturizer. This makes my moisturizer more occlusive, more protective, more soothing, and more moisturizing”▶ 11:40
- “I would also recommend this particular product as an anti-irritation cream”
- “You can actually apply this cream throughout the day to get a little bit of relief in between your skin care routines”▶ 12:17
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