SIZE
50 ml
PROTOCOL
AM/PM
Josh W., Dev A.
and 145 others have reviewed the barrier cream
147 reviews across the range
the barrier cream
Rebuilds while it hydrates, so you get back on actives sooner.
$176.40 $196.00 Save $19.60
- Back on your actives sooner — it rebuilds while it hydrates
- Ceramides NP, AP and EOP in the ratio skin already uses, with cholesterol so the ratio holds
- A matrixyl-class peptide at 3.0% doing the firming work underneath
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What it is
A ceramide trio in the NP, AP and EOP ratio your skin already uses, with cholesterol and squalane so the ratio actually holds. A matrixyl-class peptide at 3.0% does the firming work underneath.
Morning and night, over whatever serum you are running. This is the product that makes the aggressive ones survivable.
What is in it
THE ACTIVE
ceramide trio NP/AP/EOP
with matrixyl-class peptide 3.0%, cholesterol, squalane
- SIZE
- 50 ml
- FORMAT
- cream
- STEP
- hydrate
- WHEN
- AM/PM
Where it sits on the ramp
Five flood bands, F-100 to F-500, by how dilute the formula is.
F-200
The daily routine: hydrate, barrier, protect, mist, lip.
How to use it
- 01Over your serum, to seal it in.
- 02Use it morning and night.
- 03Introduce one new active at a time, so an irritation has one obvious cause.
What’s inside
Every active, and what it is doing there.
The number on the bottle is a position on a scale. This is what sits behind it.
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ACTIVE
Ceramides NP/AP/EOP
Three ceramides in the ratio skin already uses. Ratio matters more than quantity here.
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SUPPORTING
Signal peptide 3.0%
A palmitoyl peptide used to support the look of firmness. The "matrixyl class" is the family, not a brand name we are borrowing.
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SUPPORTING
Cholesterol
The third of the three barrier lipids. Without it the ceramide ratio does not hold.
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SUPPORTING
Squalane
A stable, light emollient that softens without a heavy finish.
These are the actives and the supporting ingredients we formulate around. The complete INCI list is being added to every product page.
More from the range
Elsewhere on the scale
The difference
Why ANNEAL is different
Every line below is something you can check on the label or the page before you buy. None of it is a claim about how well the product works.
| What you can verify |
ANNEAL
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The category |
|---|---|---|
| Every active stated at the percentage it is used at | Yes | Usually a range, or folded into one “complex” |
| A position on one scale, printed on the bottle | Yes | A name and a claim, with no system behind it |
| Layering conflicts printed on the product page | Yes | Rarely mentioned before checkout |
| Volume and price per millilitre both stated | Yes | Volume often left off the label |
| The range is capped at eight and stays eight | Yes | Extended into new SKUs each season |
| No promo code, spend ladder or seasonal sale | Yes | At least one running, most of the year |
Reviews
What people who bought it say.
Unedited, in their words. Every one is tied to a confirmed order, and the four- and five-star ones are not moved to the top.
4.6/5
7 reviews
6 of 7 rated it 4 stars or higher
3 photos from customers
5.0
I bought this to rescue my face after a bad reaction to another brand and now it is a permanent fixture. Rich but it absorbs, no greasy film at all in the morning.
5.0
Skin feels comfortable for the first time in a year
Nothing else to add.
4.0
Great cream. Slightly too rich for my oily T-zone in summer so I use it on my cheeks only for half the year.
5.0
Got me back on retinal in about ten days when I thought I would have to stop for a month. That is exactly what it says it does.
5.0
The value here is quietly very good — a small amount covers my whole face and the jar has lasted nearly five months.
5.0
Eczema-prone, fragrance sensitive, everything sensitive
No sting, no redness. I now buy two at a time.
3.0
It is a good barrier cream
I am not sure it is a hundred pound better than the ceramide cream from the chemist, but it does feel and smell nicer and it layers better.
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Decide for yourself.
The full label, the dose and the price are back at the top of this page.
Questions
Frequently asked
Common questions about the barrier cream
What does the colour on the bottle mean?
It is the dose. Every product floods one of five steps of the same blue: the palest is the cleansers, where water does the work, and full-strength cupric is reserved for the four copper products. A product cannot change band because of a season or a repackage.
Why is copper limited to four products?
Because a flagship that can be extended forever is not a flagship. GHK-Cu at full dose is the most expensive thing we make and it stays on the face, in four products. If we launch a fifth copper SKU, we will have changed our minds in public rather than quietly.
Do you publish the percentages?
On every product, in the first chapter of the page, before any claim is made about it. Where a formula is a blend rather than a single active, the page shows the blend instead of inventing a headline number.
How do I know what not to layer?
It is printed in the how-to-use block on each product, not buried in an FAQ. The short version: copper peptides and direct acids do not go on together, and a retinal night is followed by SPF in the morning.
Where do I start?
The copper protocol — the blue serum, the barrier cream and the daily spf. Treat, repair-adjacent support, and protection, which is the whole argument of the system in three steps.
Before you buy
The number is a position, not a grade.
Every active at the percentage it is used at, and what not to layer it with — stated before any claim is made about it.
