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For hormonal acne that never quite settles
la truie is a moisturizer made with bio compatible lipids that closely resemble the natural oils in healthy skin. Your skin absorbs it instead of it sitting on top, so the barrier your treatments keep stripping can finally recover.
Sound familiar?
You treat the breakout. The treatment dries you out. Dry, irritated skin flares. So you buy the next thing, and the next. The one step almost nobody is told about is the skin barrier that keeps getting stripped in between.
women in their 30s has acne. In a study of 1,867 women, 91% of facial cases sat on the chin.
more water lost through the skin after benzoyl peroxide, the most common over the counter acne active.
of visible dryness and peeling when starting a retinoid, as the skin’s surface thins and turns over faster.
Sources: Adult female acne, population study (2025) · Acne and the epidermal barrier, review
People with acne show higher water loss through the skin and lower ceramides, the fats that hold the barrier together. The worse the acne, the weaker the barrier.
Benzoyl peroxide raised water loss 1.8 times in testing. Tretinoin, adapalene and tazarotene all raise it too, with dryness and peeling for the first two to four weeks.
Applying a moisturizer prevented the rise in water loss during tretinoin therapy and eased the dryness, without any loss of the treatment’s effect.
Source: Acne vulgaris and the epidermal barrier, J Clin Aesthet Dermatol
You might still get the occasional breakout. But for the first time in years, your skin can feel healthy instead of constantly trying to recover.
Why these lipids, and not a cream
Studies of acne prone skin keep finding the same thing: sebum that is low in linoleic acid, the fatty acid your skin uses to build ceramides. Less linoleic acid, fewer ceramides, weaker barrier, more clogged pores. In one small placebo controlled trial, applying linoleic acid topically shrank microcomedones by about a quarter in a month.
We are not claiming la truie treats acne. We are saying its fats look like the ones your skin is missing, which is why it absorbs instead of sitting on top.
Beeswax seals it in. Rosemary and frankincense CO₂ calm and scent it. That is the whole ingredient list.
Sources: Letawe et al., topical linoleic acid and microcomedones (1998) · Lard fatty acid profile · Tallow and skin, scoping review (2024)
How it fits an acne routine
Benzoyl peroxide, adapalene, tretinoin, whatever your dermatologist has you on. Nothing about that changes.
Warm it between your fingertips and press into cheeks, jawline and chin while skin is still slightly damp. It melts to a thin, breathable layer.
If your T zone is oily, leave it bare there. la truie is for the dry, tight, over treated areas, which for hormonal acne usually means the lower face.
Night is easiest. In the morning it works under sunscreen. A jar is 1.7 oz and a pea sized amount covers the whole lower face.
The barrier step
1.7 oz · face and body · morning or night
A four ingredient lipid balm for skin that acne treatments have left dry, tight and reactive. Melts in on contact, no fragrance, no fillers. Pasture raised porcine lipids, beeswax, rosemary and frankincense.
Layers over benzoyl peroxide and retinoids at nightAbsorbs instead of sitting on top. Skip the T zone if you run oily30 day returns on first time purchasesAfter your treatment has absorbed, warm a pea sized amount between fingertips and press into cheeks, jawline and chin while skin is still damp. Night is easiest. In the morning it works under sunscreen.
Pasture raised lard, cera alba (beeswax), Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary), Boswellia serrata resin extract (frankincense CO₂).
Designed for the face. Customers also use it on the neck, chest, lips, under the eyes, hands, cuticles, heels and dry patches.
From verified buyers
4.9 average from 19 verified reviews
“As an older woman who has struggled for years with both adult acne and extremely dry skin, I avoided moisturizers completely. I rubbed a small amount between my fingers and patted it on. Within minutes it melted in and gave my skin a glow I haven’t seen since I was young. Five hours later my skin felt as soft as a baby’s.”
Verified buyer
“If you have sensitive skin, you know the frustration of wanting powerful skincare but fearing the redness and irritation. Two months of daily use has strengthened my skin enough to tolerate my prescription retinol twice a day. My dermatologist says it’s the best my skin has looked in years.”
Verified buyer
“Very light and non greasy. I love the way it hydrates without feeling like a heavy coating of grease on my face.”
Verified buyer
Straight answer
Good questions
Everyone’s skin is different, but most people find la truie surprisingly breathable because its fats are so close to the skin’s own oils. It absorbs rather than sitting on top. If you have oily or combination skin, keep it off the T zone and use it on the dry, lower face where hormonal acne tends to live.
No. la truie is a moisturizer. It is designed to rebuild the barrier that acne treatments strip, so your skin can tolerate the routine that actually clears breakouts. Keep following your dermatologist’s plan.
Yes. Apply your treatment as directed, wait a few minutes, then press a thin layer of la truie over it. Customers on prescription retinol tell us this is what let them stay on it without the peeling and redness.
Beef tallow is richer in saturated fat and carries about 1% linoleic acid, so it feels heavier and waxier. Lard carries 6 to 10% linoleic acid, the fatty acid acne prone sebum tends to be short on, and has a softer, more skin similar composition that absorbs more easily.
No. The lard is rendered, food grade and odorless. What you notice is a soft herbal note from rosemary and a warm, resinous one from frankincense. No added fragrance.
la truie was created for very dry skin over 40, but the barrier problem is the same at any age once you are on acne treatments. If your skin is tight, flaky or stinging after your routine, it is for you.
A pea sized amount covers cheeks, jawline and chin. Warm it between your fingertips and press it into damp, freshly cleansed skin.
A fresh jar ships every month at 10% off the one time price. There is no minimum commitment. Skip a month, change the date or cancel from your account whenever you like.
We accept returns on first time purchases within 30 days of delivery. Email info@latruie.com with your order number and we respond within 1 to 2 business days.
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