SKIN TYPE #7

Has your skin been feeling chronically dry and sensitive? Dry, sensitive skin needs a gentle approach to cleanse and exfoliate without causing more redness or irritation. Calming and nourishing botanicals hydrate while rich plant butters and lipids build up and protect your skin's moisture barrier.

• Skin feels dry all over
• Skin is sensitive and prone to redness and / or flaking
• Is your skin barrier compromised, causing it to be easily irritated?
• Do you react negatively to a lot of skincare products?
• If you are unsure about your skin type, take our online Skin Type Quiz.

STEP 1: Cleanse
When cleansing, it's important to get your skin clean without stripping your natural oils or damaging your moisture barrier. Cream based cleansers work best for Skin Type #7. Avoid soap based and high-foaming cleansers that can strip your skin, leaving it vulnerable and subject to irritation.

We Recommend: Youth in Bloom Hydrating Cleanser

Removing dead skin cells once or twice a week allows your leave-on products to work better. When you remove dead skin, a chemical signal is sent down into the dermis to stimulate new cell formation - your skin literally gets younger! The trick is exfoliating without causing irritation. Gentle scrubs with round particles (like spherical jojoba wax beads) can polish off dead skin cells without catching and damaging live skin. Avoid scrubs made with angular particles like sugar, salt, walnut and apricot. Chemical exfoliants may be suitable- do a patch test first and stick with the more gentle acids like lactic (sugar based) and mandelic (from apples). Fruit based AHAs and glycolic acids may be too strong for Skin Type #7.
Replenishing and calming facial masks are recommended once a week or as-needed. Look for masks with calming botanicals like raw honey that will gently feed your skin.

We Recommend:
Cucumber Face Polish (2-3 times a week)
Coconut Lactic Peel (1-2 times a week. Do a patch test first)
Honey Avocado Rescue Mask (as needed for deep hydration)

STEP 3: Tone & Restore pH
Toners remove any little bits of dirt and makeup after you cleanse and restore your skin's slightly acidic pH after you cleanse (cleansers are slightly basic). You can use a toner for a quick no-rinse cleanse. Avoid toners with alcohol and synthetic fragrances. Look for one that's specifically calming.

We Recommend: Bulgarian Rose Hydrosol

STEP 4: Treat
Dry, sensitive skin craves hydration and soothing ingredients. Serums and facial oils are packed with powerful ingredients in a base that can effectively deliver those ingredients into the skin. Look for products with calming plants like chamomile, calendula, pea extract and plant stem cells to build up your moisture barrier.

We Recommend:
Apple Stem Cell Radiance Serum (once a day AM or PM) or the Calming Facial Oil (once a day AM or PM)

STEP 5: Moisturize
We're big fans of moisturzing every morning and evening. A good facial moisturizer will not only hydrate your skin- it will deliver nutrients, calm redness and protect you from damaging UV rays during the day. Look for moisturizers with mineral sunscreen for the morning and calming ingredients like marshmallow, plantain, pea extract, raw honey, shea butter, cocoa butter and calendula.

We Recommend:

Apple Stem Cell Daily Radiance Cream spf 15 (AM)
Herbal Night Cream (PM)