The perfect foil for city-dwellers and those planning a particularly cold-weather holiday, Aesop’s Elemental Facial Barrier Cream defends your face against the dehydrating effects of weather extremes, consistent temperature changes and the ravages wrought by urban dirt, fumes and free radicals. Delivering instant relief from any tightness or discomfort, this intensely nourishing moisturiser quenches skin’s thirst and fortifies its lipid barrier, to keep your complexion cool, calm and collected. A blend of emollient ingredients – including shea butter, sunflower seed oil and carnauba and candlilla waxes – alongside blemish-battling rosemary and lavender oils, this has a clean, herbaceous fragrance and smooth, buttery texture to leave your face feeling refreshed, replenished and protected with a beautifully smooth, satin feel. Both beautiful and practical, Aesop’s ethos is all about marrying old world wisdom with new tech disciplines – harnessing the finest botanical extracts and fusing them with the latest and greatest discoveries – to re-train your skin to be the best that it can be.

Targeted towards those with especially dry, dehydrated or easily-offended skin types, Aesop’s Elemental Facial Barrier Cream is rich yet non-suffocating, to protect your complexion and replenish precious moisture, without exacerbating sensitivity or upsetting your skin’s equilibrium. As its name suggests, this intensive moisturiser creates an invisible, defensive shield between complexion and the elements – warding against attack from environmental aggressors, whilst preventing the negative effects of cold winds, central heating, air conditioning and everyday exposure to pollutants.