Part IV of your Her-Via Skin Series

Sensitive Skin: The Gentle Soul

Sensitive skin isn’t dramatic! It’s just deeply in touch with its feelings. It’s the friend who cries at commercials, blushes at compliments and absolutely refuses to be rushed. If your skin ever turned red just because the weather changed moods then welcome to the club. You’re living with the most emotional epidermis in the business.

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What’s really going on

Your skin barrier is like that one friend who’s too kind for this world. Beautiful but easy to overwhelm. The nerves under the surface are extra chatty and your immune system is a little overprotective. Basically, your skin is a sensitive poet trying to live in a loud world.

Triggers? Almost everything. Cold air, spicy noodles, perfume, your ex’s cologne and the list goes on. And when you over-exfoliate or layer too many actives, your skin files an official complaint.

How to calm the drama

Sensitive skin doesn’t want attention. It wants respect. The less you do, the better it behaves. Think gentle, fragrance-free and soft as a lullaby.

Key ingredients that whisper instead of shout:
• Centella Asiatica (Cica) — the therapist of skincare who listens more than it speaks.
• Panthenol (B5) — hugs your skin and tells it everything’s fine.
• Ceramides — build the barrier back up like a cozy blanket fort.
• Green tea & oat extract — calm irritation and restore inner peace.

Avoid essential oils, strong acids and anything that “tingles”. Your skin doesn’t want fireworks, it wants chamomile tea.

Your daily ritual (Soft Edition)

Morning

1. Cleanse with the gentlest, the most boring cleanser you can find.
2. Pat on a soothing toner or mist. For exemple Centella and oats are your besties.
3. Moisturizer that feels like silk and not like a science experiment.
4. ALWAYS SPF — your skin’s love language is protection.

Evening

1. Double cleanse only if you wore makeup or sunscreen. Otherwise, once is enough.
2. A calming serum — think B5 or Cica, not acids or drama.
3. Moisturizer again, generous but not greasy.
4. Optional: store your toner in the fridge and give your face a tiny spa moment.

Bonus tip: Don’t test new products on your entire face. Start small patch test like your skin’s life depends on it (because it sort of does).

Her-Via Picks

Korean essentials

• Etude Soon Jung 2x Barrier Intensive Cream — fragrance free peace in a tube.
• Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Serum — comfort in a bottle.
• Torriden Dive-In Soothing Cream — feels like a cloud that knows what it’s doing.

International favorites

• La Roche-Posay Toleriane Ultra — the OG gentle hydrator.
• Avene Cicalfate+ Cream — heavy on healing, light on irritation.
• The Ordinary Aloe 2% + NAG 1% Solution — budget-friendly calm in a dropper.

When skin meets age

• Teens & 20s — fewer steps, more naps. Overdoing it equals redness.
• 30s & 40s — stress shows up on your face now then choose antioxidants and comfort.
• 50+ — skin thins and dries: go richer but stay fragrance free. Your glow is quieter but deeper.

Reflection

Sensitive skin isn’t fragile, it’s fluent in feelings. It knows when something’s off and tells you immediately (sometimes loudly, sometimes with a rash). Listen and be kind to it. The world may call it delicate, but really, it’s just honest and that’s a kind of beauty that never fades.

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