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HAPPY SKIN, HEALTHY BARRIER

OUR skin barrier often doesn’t get the attention it deserves. After all, keeping it healthy is incredibly important if resilient, happy, clear and healthy looking skin is what you’re after. In contrast, if your skin becomes red, shiny, sore, constantly dry, uncomfortable or itchy, then your skin barrier could be compromised and will need a little TLC. Need to know more? What is it, why does it happen and how do you fix it? Allow us (with the help of experts) to break down these barriers.

WHAT IS YOUR SKIN BARRIER?

The skin barrier, or stratum corneum, is the outermost layer of dead skin cells and the topmost layer of the epidermis. When functioning at its best, your skin barrier shields the skin,

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