When it comes to remedying dry, itchy, and red skin, you need to call in the big guns. Editor Trudi Brewer shares an oil and a balm brimming with thermal spring water - natural goodness that will calm and correct those flare-ups.
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What's in the XeraCalm A.D formulation?
A patented complex called I-Modulia, from Avène’s thermal spring water is the base to both the Cleansing Oil and Balm. This softening, calming water, is then blended with Cer-Omega, derived from evening primrose, and ceramides, which together help to arrest dryness while calming compromised skin.
How does it work?
These products work in tandem to clean and protect the skin, without compromising the lipid barrier that protects your body from irritation. For anyone who has severely dry skin, dermatitis, skin flaking, or itchy skin, this hard-working duo will be a skin-saviour-in-a-bottle. And now the Balm and Cleansing Oil comes in a 400 ml bottle; it’s perfect for the entire family.
A calming duo
Avène XeraCalm A.D Lipid-Replenishing Cleansing Oil, $45.
Keep this fragrance, and soap-free, gel-like skin cleanser in the shower to use daily all over your body. It feels like a thick gel, but once massaged with water, to lathers up to be a lightweight, creamy rinse ideal for the most sensitive of skins.
Avène XeraCalm A.D Lipid Replenishing Balm, $42.
Designed to soothe dryness, this balm is as thick as Greek yoghurt, and spreads onto the skin, leaving a nourishing, protective film, which instantly calms itchy spots, and reduces that look of redness and irritation. It’s fragrance, and paraben-free, which makes it ideal for adults and kids.
