Sensitive skin

When your skin starts to be picky

Does your new cream sting even where it shouldn't? Does your face redden out of nowhere, from the weather, from water, from a perfume that usually didn't bother you?

Perhaps for years you used the same products without a problem, and now suddenly even a cream that worked for you all last year stings. It's not in your head. It's a weakened barrier, which causes nerve endings to react to stimuli that would normally go unnoticed.

What science says about it

• 71% of people report some degree of sensitive skin, with 40% of them having moderately to very sensitive skin.
• Women report sensitive skin more often than men.
• People with a history of allergies are almost twice as likely to have sensitive skin.
• In women over forty, reactive, sensitive skin increases, even for the first time in their lives, related to hormonal fluctuations that weaken the barrier function.
• Sensitive skin most commonly appears on the face, but also affects the hands, scalp, and other body parts.

Why conventional cosmetics are often not enough

Classic cosmetics often unknowingly burden sensitive skin. To keep water and oil in a cream together, an emulsifier is needed. To last on the shelf, a preservative is needed. These are precisely the substances that a sensitive barrier reacts worst to, even if the same type of product didn't bother you before.

Our solution

The entire Barrier Boost line (Bohemian Balm, Day and Night) is suitable for sensitive skin because none of the products contain water, and therefore no emulsifiers or preservatives – precisely the substances that a sensitive barrier reacts worst to.

Only bio-identical lipids from organic beef tallow remain, which the skin recognizes as its own and incorporates into the barrier, instead of burdening it with something extra. You can apply them anytime and anywhere, even to areas where nothing has suited you before.

Try the entire Barrier Boost line, just lipids, no unnecessary extra ingredients.

Sources: meta-analysis of sensitive skin prevalence, JEADV 2020 (51,000 people from 18 countries); British study of sensitive skin determinants, PMC 2021; dermatological review of perimenopause impact on skin, 2026.