Sensitive skin is becoming more and more common due to our high pressured lifestyle and changes in environmental factors.
The Stratum Corneum is a layer on the skin’s surface packed with lipids and proteins. It acts as a barrier, providing the skin with resistance to physical and environmental aggression. When the Stratum Corneum becomes weakened the barrier develops cracks, allowing external irritating agents to penetrate the skin thus causing sensitivity.
Signs you may have sensitive skin
If your skin is very sensitive, it will show some or all of the following characteristics:
- Prone to UV damage, flaky patches, acne, Rosacea or eczema
- Often very dry, flaky and/or itchy
- Often reacts to products / weather conditions / touch
- Visible broken capillaries
- Bumps in the skin
Treating sensitive skin
In order to treat sensitive skin long term, we not only have to sooth current irritation but also strengthen the damaged Stratum Corneum to prevent future sensitivity. So Delicate is a hypo-allergenic range designed to effectively treat sensitive skin long term by reinforcing it’s protective barrier. It increases the skin’s tolerance so that over time it becomes less sensitive.
Key ingredients include:
- Lupin: Strengthens the epidermis to rebuild the skin’s defence barrier and limit water loss.
- Phyto-active Corn Oil Extract: Diminishes the reactions induced by most of the chemical or thermal aggressions the skin suffers, as it has a soothing, smoothing and relieving effect.
- Defensive Complex: Contains Rosemary, Tea, Liquorice, Chamomile, Arnica and Calendula to provide a soothing, calming and anti-inflammatory actions on the skin.
- Phyto-active Rice Extract: is high in anti-oxidants helping the skin to defend itself against environmental influences.
