Amy Liu was a Sephora VP who couldn’t use half the products she sold. Her skin reacted to everything — so she took the chemist route and made her own.
Tower 28 Beauty started because one woman’s face was literally on fire. That’s not a metaphor. She had eczema so bad her go-to routine was “pray it doesn’t flake before a meeting.”
It’s a hypochlorous acid spray — sounds scary, it’s not. $32 for 4 oz. The claim that got me: “safe enough for eczema, strong enough for acne.” That’s a bold flex.
Hypochlorous acid (0.018%)
Your body makes this naturally — it’s basically white blood cells in a bottle. Kills bacteria without stripping skin.
Salt + water base
No alcohol. No fragrance. It’s so boring it’s genius.
pH balanced to skin
Not too acidic, not too alkaline — sits at the same level as your tear ducts.
Two ingredients do the heavy lifting here. The rest is just delivery system. No fluff oils, no trendy extracts — just science that dermatologists have been using for decades on post-surgery wounds.
- Hypochlorous Acid: disinfects without burning — think gentle bleach for your face
- Sodium Chloride: plain salt that mirrors your body’s natural salinity
- Water: purified, not tap — because your pores deserve better
- Nothing Else: literally zero preservatives, fragrances, or alcohols
It’s like spraying cool water on your face — except it actually does something. Dries in about 8 seconds. Zero stickiness. Zero smell (unless you sniff the nozzle, then it’s faint pool water).
Week two, I accidentally over-exfoliated and my skin was mad. One spritz calmed the redness in under 5 minutes. Didn’t expect that. Also didn’t expect it to slightly fade a pimple overnight — but that happened too.
Redness dropped by about 40% in two weeks. Breakouts healed faster — like 2 days instead of 5. Did it cure my life? No. Did it stop my skin from freaking out after a bad serum? Yes.
This isn’t sexy skincare. It’s the boring white t-shirt in your closet that somehow works with everything. For reactive skin, it’s a lifeline.