How Much Moisture Does Your Skin Lose After a Workout? More Than You Think.

How Much Moisture Does Your Skin Lose After a Workout? More Than You Think.

When you finish a tough workout, your body isn’t the only thing running on empty—your skin is too.

While we often talk about hydration from the inside out, post-workout skincare is about more than washing off sweat. It’s about helping your skin barrier recover from water loss, inflammation, and environmental stress.

🥵 So… how much moisture are we talking?

Studies show that during intense exercise, you can lose up to 2 liters of water per hour—and some of that moisture comes directly from your skin.

Even if you're drinking water, your skin still experiences:

  • 10–20% increased dehydration after sweat

  • Higher transepidermal water loss (TEWL)—when water escapes from the deeper layers of skin into the air

  • Barrier stress—leaving your skin more vulnerable to redness, breakouts, and irritation

Sweat also shifts your skin’s pH and can trap heat, both of which make post-workout skin feel tight, flushed, or imbalanced.


🚿 Why Cleansing Isn't Enough

Yes, you should wipe off sweat—but that’s just step one.

After cleansing, your skin needs:

  • Rehydration: to replace moisture lost from sweat and evaporation

  • Calming support: to reduce heat-triggered inflammation

  • Barrier protection: to keep skin from becoming reactive or dry


🌿 That’s Where Our Energizing Mist Comes In

Designed for post-sweat recovery, our Energizing Facial Mist is a quick, hands-free way to reset your skin in seconds.

It’s packed with:

  • Polyglutamic Acid: A moisture magnet that holds 4x more water than hyaluronic acid

  • Camellia Sinensis Leaf Water (Green Tea): Calms redness and helps skin bounce back from heat and stress

  • Aloe Vera: Soothes and hydrates without clogging pores

  • Menthol: Cools on contact to reduce flushed, overheated skin

  • Willow Bark Extract: Gently clarifies post-sweat without stripping


🏃♀️ Built for Athletes, Designed for Skin Recovery

Whether you’re finishing a workout, stepping out of a sauna, or coming off a red light therapy session, your skin needs a recovery plan. Think of our mist as a cool-down for your face—hydrating, calming, and made for on-the-go use.

No rinsing, no hands, no fuss—just results.


✨ Pro Tip: Mist immediately after cleansing or wiping your face to trap moisture in and start the skin’s recovery window faster.


Want to keep your skin glowing post-workout?
This 10-second step makes all the difference.

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