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MY SKINCARE ROUTINE AS AN ACNE PRONE GIRLY
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items If you have acne-prone skin, the key is to keep your routine simple, effective, and non-irritating. Here’s a solid AM and PM skincare routine that balances oil, fights breakouts, and keeps your skin hydrated.
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Morning Routine (am)☀️
Night Routine (pm)🌙
Morning Routine (am)☀️
Your morning skincare routine should focus on cleansing, hydrating, protecting, and preventing breakouts. It preps your skin for the day while keeping acne under control. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown:
1. Cleanse: Start with a gentle, non-strippin...
It helps control oil, smooth skin texture, and prevent breakouts by removing dead skin cells. Perfect for acne-prone and oily skin, but start slow (2-3x a week) to avoid irritation!
Salicylic Acid 2% Acne Serum - The Ordinary | Ulta Beauty
This Face Wash is a powerful acne-fighting cleanser that kills acne-causing bacteria, reduces inflammation, and helps clear breakouts. It’s best for oily and acne-prone skin, but can be drying, so start with 2.5%–5% strength and use a moisturizer aft...
3.0 oz Acne Foaming Wash with 10% Benzoyl Peroxide - PanOxyl
After washing my face with a gentle cleanser the next thing is to pat my face with a clean dry face towel and then apply my hydrating toner , it helps to reduce oil and inflammation
SEPHORA COLLECTION Clarifying Toner with Niacinamide and Zinc
After face toner , I do apply a niacinamide serum to help brighten and reduce post-acne marks and also control the oil on my face 😊
The Ordinary - 1.0 oz Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% Brightening Serum
After some minutes of applying my face serum, the next thing I do is to apply my moisturizer.
I love this simple hydrating moisturizer so much because it’s so light and does the work for me
Kind to Skin Hydrating Light Moisturiser | Simple® Skincare
This Neutrogena Hydro Boost is also a good buy ! perfect for oily, acne-prone, and dehydrated skin, keeping it plump, smooth, and refreshed. Works well under makeup and absorbs quickly!
Neutrogena - Hydro Boost Hyaluronic Acid Water Gel Moisturizer
This is the most important step!
sunscreen protects your skin from sun damage, hyperpigmentation, and premature aging.
This routine keeps your skin fresh, balanced, and breakout-free throughout the day!
Anthelios Skincare | Broad Spectrum Sunscreen - La Roche-Posay
Aqua Skin Sunscreen is a lightweight, hydrating sunscreen designed to provide broad-spectrum UV protection while feeling fresh and non-greasy on the skin. It’s great for oily and acne-prone skin, absorbs quickly, and often leaves no white cast, makin...
Skin Aqua Tone up UV Essence Sunscreen SPF 50 PA - Etsy
Night Routine (pm)🌙
Your nighttime skincare routine focuses on cleansing, treating, and hydrating to repair and renew your skin while you sleep. Here’s a simple breakdown:
Just like the morning routine, the first step here is also to wash my face with foaming face cleanser . It helps unclog pores and control oil production without over-drying or irritating the skin. Then you Exfoliate (2-3x a week) Use a BHA (salicylic...
Acne Foaming Cream Cleanser with 4% BPO for Acne Prone Skin ...
Treatment is the next step , Apply a retinol/retinoid for acne and skin renewal, or benzoyl peroxide to target active breakouts. Start slow (2-3x a week) to avoid irritation.
THE ROUTE - THE GOLDEN RULE - Retinoid/Retinol Serum
Another treatment you can use is Kate Somerville EradiKate,is a fast-acting acne spot treatment with 10% sulfur, which helps dry out pimples, unclog pores, and reduce redness. It also contains zinc oxide to absorb excess oil and salicylic acid to exf...
EradiKate® Acne Treatment Collection | Kate Somerville
After the treatment,Apply This non-greasy moisturizer. It offers 24-hour hydration with an instant cooling effect. It’s lightweight and non-comedogenic
Ultra Facial Oil-Free Gel Cream | Refillable Face Cream - Kiehl's
The last step is spot treatment ( if needed) help absorb pus, oil, and impurities from pimples while protecting them from bacteria and picking. They speed up healing, reduce redness, and work best on whiteheads and surface-level acne. Some patches al...
Mighty Patch™ Original Pimple Patch - Hero Cosmetics