Skincare at 45 degrees, then 18 degrees of office air.

Most skincare is formulated in Paris, Seoul or New Jersey and tested on people who live in them. Our customers step out of 45 degree humidity into 18 degree air conditioning six times a day. That is a barrier-stress test, and it is why "my skin is oily and dehydrated at the same time" is the most common thing we hear.

What the climate actually does

• Heat and sweat raise sebum output and strip water-soluble humectants off the surface.
• Air conditioning drops relative humidity to desert levels and pulls water straight out of the upper skin.
• Dust and traffic particulates sit in the mixture and oxidise.

What to change

• Lighter textures, more often. A gel-serum like Verglas plus a medium cream like Snowline beats one heavy cream.
• Ceramides over occlusives. Petrolatum traps heat; ceramides help skin hold its own water.
• Cleanse gently and only twice. Foaming your face four times a day is how you end up with a shiny, tight T-zone.
• SPF that you will actually reapply. The best sunscreen is the one that is still on at 3 pm.

Snowline was designed for exactly this cycle, which is why it finishes soft-matte and why there is no fragrance in it to react with heat and sweat.