What Salt Leaves Behind

Sweat is mostly water, but what it leaves on the skin when the water evaporates is salt — sodium, chloride, urea, traces of lactate. That residue is hygroscopic: it pulls water toward itself. Sitting on the surface of the skin and scalp, hour after hour, day after day, it draws moisture out of the barrier it's resting on.

The athlete's dry-skin loop

Train hard, dry off, leave the salt. The barrier loses water, gets tight and itchy, and you reach for a stronger soap to feel clean — which strips the little oil that's left and makes the next day worse. Scalps flake. Shoulders and shins get rough. It reads like dry skin; it's really salt and over-washing, on repeat.

Daily Wash replaces what the session took out — it doesn't strip what's already gone.

— NEUDAY Lab

Wash less aggressively, moisturise as you go

Daily Wash is built to break that loop: a gentle, naturally-derived cleanser that lifts salt and grime without sulfates, with glycerin, panthenol, oat and aloe left behind to put moisture back and calm the irritation. It's pH-balanced for skin and scalp and safe enough to use every single day, on hair and body, after every session.

• Rinse soon after training — don't let salt sit and dry for hours.
• Skip the harsh, squeaky-clean soap; it's making the dryness worse.
• Hair and scalp count too — they take the same salt load as your skin.