Everyday Face Routine for Acne Prone Skin

[Nepenthe]

At the moment my skin is actually doing ok, but I am working on fading some dark spots (after every blemish - so annoying!).

Juice Beauty Cleansing Gel: use regularly during breakouts

MAC Cremewash: very moisturizing cleanser, a winter fav

LUSH Dark Angels: use once or twice a week as an exfoliating treatment (though I usually use Angels on Bare Skin in the colder months, since it's less drying.. DA is great in the summer for helping with excess oil)

Embryolisse Lait-Creme: testing out at the moment, and so far so good though I may need something heavier once it gets really cold

Juice Beauty Blemish Clearing Serum: haven't had to use this much lately, but I've had good luck with it in the past

Seaweed Ionic Clay Mask: I find this really helps draw out impurities, but I only use it every few weeks (the weekly recommendation dries me out)

 

[sss215]

My new routine has included the Clarisonic. If you have problem skin and want to get the ultimate results from your products, and healthier skin I highly recommend getting on if you can. There are some deals online.

I have the MIA, and my skin has never been cleaner or brighter. The products I use work better now that my skin is so clean, and my dark marks are fading out. Using the Clarisonic also impoves my the look of my make-up. The colors apply easier and blend out better.

 

[lexijojohnson]

Phisoderm cream cleanser, but I'm also liking the GoW Simple Tea Tree Cleanser
C.O. Bigelow Dr. Galen's Witch Hazel Tonic for a toner
mask - my fave is LUSH's A Crash Course in Skin Care...but typically I use the QHMJ masque with some aspirin crushed up in it, and some tea tree oil
I've been doing at-home peels lately - MUAC 25% Mandelic Acid peel, and the MyChelle Incredible Pumpkin Peel

I think the peels are helping...I was purging like a mad woman, but it is getting better!

 

[antigone21]

Cleansers:
I use Cetaphil gentle (not the one for oily skin) with a little scrubbie thing that came with a l'oréal 360 cleanser. the L'oréal cleanser sucked big time, but the scubbie thing is super useful with Cetaphil. I either wash twice, or once and then follow up with Clean & Clear deep action cream cleanser.

I then exfoliate with St-Yves fresh skin scrub, or whatever it's called, every two days.

Toners:
I used distilled witch hazel and follow up with rosewater.

Moisturizers:
I use Dormer 211 moisturizers. One with spf for the day and one without for the night. They contain hyaluronic acid. I also use Derma E vitamin a wrinkle treatment moisturizing gel. I don't care about wrinkles, I use it because vitamin a is good to help with acne.


To fight acne:
I used Mario Badescu buffering lotion for deep cystic pimples and the drying lotion on whiteheads.


I've been liking this routine a lot and I will stick with it until I get an appointment with a dermatologist, I just got a reference from my Doc.

 

[sheaspearl83]

The Clearisil Acne Free spot treatment does exactly what it says. My sister had some and we were out of town so I tried it, by morning, the blemish was drying up. Of course, I did the usual wash, Oil of Olay Regenerating wipes to cleanse makeup and dirt followed by applying one wash of Benzoyl Peroxide all over my face.

 

[Funtabulous]

My new routine has included the Clarisonic. If you have problem skin and want to get the ultimate results from your products, and healthier skin I highly recommend getting on if you can. There are some deals online.

I have the MIA, and my skin has never been cleaner or brighter. The products I use work better now that my skin is so clean, and my dark marks are fading out. Using the Clarisonic also impoves my the look of my make-up. The colors apply easier and blend out better.

I have to agree with this! I got the Clarasonic for Christmas and have used it nearly every day since, and my skin has improved significantly! If you have super oily skin like I do, this will make your face feel cleaner than anything else I've ever tried!

My routine now looks like this:

Wash face with clarasonic and benzoyl peroxide soap
Wipe face with Clean and Clear Salicylic acid (2%)

good to go!

At night, I continue to use Retin-A micro gel .4%. Since I have been using it for a few months now, my skin no longer peels (or perhaps it's just the clarasonic removing all the skin!)

I seriously don't even consider acne to be a 'real' problem for me anymore, while before, it was having a huge negative impact on my self-esteem and day to day life. I don't think I could give the clarasonic a better endorsement than that! It's worth every penny, in my opinion.