Ultra Facial Advanced Repair Barrier Cream
For Dry to Very Dry Skin, including Sensitive Skin
An intensive barrier cream with Colloidal Oatmeal that provides instant repair and relief for dry and very dry skin.
What It Is
An intensive barrier cream that instantly relieves and repairs dry, sensitive skin. Formulated with Colloidal Oatmeal and Beta-Glucan, this potent formula is equipped with our unique Advanced Barrier Technology that mimics skin’s lipid structure to help support the moisture barrier and visibly reduce redness caused by dryness. Our powerful barrier repair cream helps to relieve skin dryness up to 10 surface skin layers deep to support skin barrier recovery.
Key Benefits:
- Transforms even the driest skin, restoring softness and smoothness
- Relieves irritation and discomfort, providing immediate comfort
- Clinically tested on 100% sensitive skin, with 50% dry to extra dry skin types
- Lightweight balm-to-cream texture absorbs quickly without feeling greasy
- Repairs skin barrier function in just 1 hour* for fast recovery
- Rapidly reduces redness caused by dryness**
- Provides deep hydration, relieving dryness up to 10 layers deep***
- Suitable for dry, very dry, and sensitive skin
Clinically Proven Results
* Temporary repair of the skin’s moisture barrier in 1 hour, based on an instrumental TEWL and tape stripping test of 28 subjects.** Refers to redness due to dryness. Based on a 4-week consumer perception test with 50 subjects, showing a statistically significant reduction in visible redness.
*** Based on an instrumental corneometer test of 26 subjects compared to untreated skin, measured at various time points over 96 hours.
The clinical studies confirm this barrier cream's effectiveness and all the above mentioned claims.
For enhanced hydration and long-lasting nourishment, complement your routine with Ultra Facial Barrier Balm with Squalane.

Why We Love It

Sometimes your skin needs more than just a daily moisturizer for dry skin. Situations like sun damage, stress, over exposure to extreme weather conditions, overuse of active ingredients and skin sensitivity can compromise your skin barrier. This can lead to increased dryness, discomfort, and heightened skin reactivity. Our Ultra Facial Advanced Repair Barrier Cream with Colloidal Oatmeal and Beta-Glucan works as a more intensive treatment to fortify the barrier, instantly soothe, and reduce visible redness for relieved, healthy-looking skin.
Key Ingredients
How to Use
- Apply our barrier cream after your facial serum using the appropriate amount for your skin needs.
- Gently massage in circular motions allowing the formula to smooth into skin.
- For those with dry, sensitive skin, use day and night.
- Use in place of your moisturizers OR layer on top of Ultra Facial Cream for extra barrier repair.
- Discover the rest of our beloved Ultra Facial Collection including our best facial cream, gentle cleanser, hydrating mask and Ultra Facial Cream with SPF.
When applying, pay special attention to dry, compromised, and distressed areas. Our barrier cream can also be used:
- On sensitized skin
- Around dry lips
- On windburn
- Around the eyes
- On rough, dry skin
- On itchy, irritated skin
DERM APPROVED

“Our Ultra Facial Advanced Repair Barrier Cream was specifically developed with compromised and discomforted skin moisture barriers in mind. Our formula provides expert care, helping to repair the depleted skin moisture barrier by replenishing its lipids, reducing trans-epidermal water loss, and providing relief from both itchiness and visible redness resulting from dryness.”
Kiehl’s Global Scientific Director Dr. Nancy Ilaya PhD
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