I love the effective simplicity and affordability of the Krave Beauty. Their newest launch the Great Barrier Relief is perfection for anyone that needs to soothe and repair their skins barrier, for whatever reason. Details per Krave Beauty:
Great Barrier Relief is a skin-soothing serum that restores your damaged skin barrier while evening out your complexion. This nourishing formula offers irritated skin a reset button by using tamanu oil and other ingredients that mimic a healthy barrier to replenish what your skin lacks.
Designed For
Someone who needs to press reset on their irritated skin. More specifically:
- who washes their face more than twice a day
- who overdoes skincare by using harsh acne treatments or anti-aging products too often
- whose skin is constantly dehydrated
- who has constant redness and dry patches
- who is sensitive to many skincare products
- who has chronic stress (yes, cortisol affects the skin barrier too!)
- who is looking to get rid of hyperpigmentation
- who has aging or mature skin
- anyone who intends to maintain a healthy skin barrier function
- who has skin problems associated with a damaged skin barrier
Directions Apply one or two pumps of Great Barrier Relief before your moisturizer or in replacement of your moisturizer. No rules, really! Reach for Great Barrier Relief whenever your skin is feeling irritated and don’t forget to remove those sensitizing products from your routine.
Key Ingredients:
Tamanu Oil An oil that research shows has remarkable skin-regenerative properties and was traditionally used to heal wounds and cure various skin problems and ailments. It is an oil that our founder is personally OBSESSED with as it has eliminated most of her hyperpigmentation (sunspots, acne scars, other discoloration) far more effectively than any retinol or vitamin C ingredient. We know that’s a pretty big statement to make but clearly she’s onto something.
Safflower Oil & Rosehip Seed Oil Two incredible plant-based oils that have amazing skin-nourishing benefits and are higher in linoleic acid than oleic acid. Why does that matter, you ask? Countless studies demonstrate that oils rich in linoleic acid help restore … (you guessed it!) damaged skin-barriers. The infusion of these two oils results in a high linoleic acid concentration that creates a light consistency, which melts right into your skin without the greasiness.
NMF + Ceramides, Cholesterol, Squalane A cocktail of ingredients that is meant to mimic a healthy skin barrier. These elements are naturally found in your skin when it is not compromised and in a restful state of zen. When life gets too stressful and your skin is put on edge, these super ingredients escape from your skin and leave it vulnerable. Replenish your skin barrier with this restorative combination.
Niacinamide Also known as Vitamin B3, this ingredient is the soccer mom of the skincare world who can do it all and more. Highly effective for barrier reparation (of course), anti-aging, skin-brightening, and even acne prevention, niacinamaide is the versatile queen your skin will adore. What’s more, it’s also one of the most gentle active ingredients that delivers great skin benefits without any skin irritation, making it accessible for all skin types to give a chance.
Ingredients:
Water, Propanediol, Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil(10%), Dipropylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Cetearyl Olivate, Polysorbate 60, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Glyceryl Oleate, Sorbitan Olivate, Sorbitan Oleate, Octyldodecanol, Glycerin, Butylene glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Squalane, Serine, Acetyl Glutamine, Glycine, Ceramide NP, Oleic acid, Sodium PCA, Glycosyl trehalose, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Sterols, Saccharide Isomerate, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour, Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Tocopheryl acetate, Coco-caprylate/Caprate, Lactic acid, Xanthan gum, Urea, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Hydrogenated Olive Oil Unsaponifiables, Magnesium Chloride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Glyceryl Caprylate, Pentylene glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Disodium EDTA
I love the glass bottle with pump as it’s the perfect size. It stacks and fits well in a medicine cabinet. This only retails for $28 which is a total steal for what it is. This is a creamy lightweight textured product. In the winter I used this as an extra cushy hydrating layer and in the warmer months this makes a great day lotion. It reminds me a little of Stratia Liquid Gold but a tad thicker with a different take on a barrier repair product. The reason you hear everyone talk about your skins barrier is because that barrier is the key to happy healthy skin. The skins barrier is the outermost layer of your skin. It has many functions but keeping bad things out and good things in is the jist of it.
A healthy barrier keeps your skin from loosing moisture so it helps prevent TEWL (Trans Epidermal Water Loss). We all have a lipid bilayer on the skin which helps keep bacteria and viruses from penetrating the skin. Some signs that you may have a compromised barrier are: redness, flakiness, peeling, dryness, dehydration, tightness, skin feels sensitive or products may burn/irritate the skin when applied. One of the big causes of a compromised barrier is doing to much to your skin. Washing too often or using a harsh cleanser (hello cleansers with a pH over 7 or drying foamy washes), over-exfoliating or using too many actives are common culprits. So sometimes you need to build that barrier back up and repair the skin. A product like Great Barrier Relief helps you do that.
It’s got healing tamanu oil, nourishing safflower & rosehip oils, while NMF (Natural Moisturizing Factors), ceramides, cholesterol and squalane are things that mimic a healthy barrier. These things are found naturally in your skin so replenishing them helps keep your skins barrier happy and healthy. Great Barrier Relief also has niacinimide (B3) which is a multi-tasker for the skin. It helps soothe and repair the barrier, is anti-aging and brightening. Overall this product does a lovely job and soothing and delivering the things your skins barrier needs to stay happy and healthy. Happy barrier equals happy skin. It’s a bit thick for me in some aspects as I can’t layer it in the summer with another lotion, it has to be used instead of lotion. I think it’s more personal preference of how you like a soothing product to be texture wise. In the winter at night it was easy to add this in as an extra layer. That’s my favorite use for this is at night. Now if I did have a compromised barrier I would have no issues slathering this on in the day and night until my skin felt better as I would need the extra moisture at that time. But I can’t see myself using this year round just because due to the hydration level and thickness of the product. I think this is the perfect rescue product to have in your arsenal, especially in the cold season when your skin tends to freak out more often.
