Barrier Boost Gel Cleanser
A gel cleanser that leaves ceramides behind instead of taking them away. Low foam...
Barrier
30 ml / 1 fl oz · Fragrance-free
Three ceramides in the ratio skin actually builds its barrier from. For the stretch after you have overdone actives, or any winter that leaves you flaking.
$22
About 3–4 weeks of daily use — roughly $0.79 a day.
Pairs with the GHK-Cu Duo — $49
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Why It Goes With Copper Peptides
Every product here has to earn a place next to the peptide. Here is the specific reason this one does.
The pairing
A copper peptide cannot do structural work while the barrier is busy with damage control. Ceramides restore the seal so water stops leaving, and once that is stable GHK-Cu has a calm surface to work on. If your skin is currently stinging, flaking or reactive, this is the step to run first - for a week or two on its own if you need to.
What It Does
What to expect, and roughly when. Surface changes read first; structural ones take longer.
SEAL
A damaged barrier loses water continuously. Ceramides are the mortar between surface cells - replace them and the leak slows.
REDNESS
Skin that reacts to everything is usually not sensitive by nature, it is temporarily unsealed. That is a repairable state.
RESET
Two weeks of barrier work before returning to actives beats six weeks of pushing through irritation.
Water, Sodium Hyaluronate, Carbomer, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide NP, Cholesterol, Phytosphingosine, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Propanediol, Glycerin, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Squalane, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Calcium Gluconate, Gluconolactone, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Tocopherol, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Lecithin, Sodium Citrate, Silica, Arginine, Sodium Hydroxide.
How to Use
01
PM, or twice daily during repair.
02
Ceramide serum first while repairing. Once calm, Copper Peptide Serum over it.
03
Finish with a moisturiser, and SPF over the top in the morning. An unsealed water-based step evaporates.
Layering with the rest of the range: full layering guide →
The Formula
Questions
A copper peptide cannot do structural work while the barrier is busy with damage control. Ceramides restore the seal so water stops leaving, and once that is stable GHK-Cu has a calm surface to work on. If your skin is currently stinging, flaking or reactive, this is the step to run first - for a week or two on its own if you need to.
PM, or twice daily during repair. Ceramide serum first while repairing. Once calm, Copper Peptide Serum over it.
Yes. Nothing in the SkincareLabs range carries added fragrance or essential oils, so there is nothing in it to react to.
It shouldn't — there are no silicones or film-formers in it. If you get pilling, it's almost always a product further up the stack, or not waiting thirty seconds before the next layer.
There's no retinoid, no salicylic acid and no fragrance in it. That said, we're a skincare brand, not your clinician — run it past your OB or midwife first.
Better together
Triple Ceramide Barrier Serum is designed to sit alongside GHK-Cu, not compete with it. The Duo is both copper peptide steps, priced as one.
Shop the Duo — $49