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Is your skin super oily throughout the day? I got you
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items Oiliness can be caused by many things but most frequently, it’s caused by an imbalance of water and oil in the skin. A key to fixing the oil is maintaining hydration but I know oiliness doesn’t occur in a bubble! A lot of times, its friends irritatio...
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Cleansers
Exfoliant
Toner
Serum
Mositurizer
Noncomedogenic SPF
Cleansers
A lot of times, people who have pimples experience an excess of oil and even more frequently, it’s a result of a drugstore acne cleanser or medication. This could be you if your skin feels tight or itchy after you cleanse, which is a sign of a broken...
This is excellent if your acne is more on the inflamed side, especially lots of redness and raised bumps without a true head to them
Ultra gentle gel cleanser
This cleanser is best for those who are experiencing mostly oiliness and papules, or what people call blind pimples. Have you ever popped something that looked like there should be something in it but it was super disappointing because there wasn’t? ...
Barrier Balance Creamy Cleanser
Creamy cleanser is more of a barrier restorer as well and is especially great if you’re experiencing flaking as well as redness and irritation
Creamy Cleanser
Pure skin is a great midrange priced cleanser. First Aid Beauty’s mission is to try and fix issues at their source and as a result they create very universal products for sensitized skin
Face Cleanser
Exfoliant
If you’ve got acne and inflammation, the motto is: CHEMICAL EXFOLIANTS ONLY. That being said, exfoliants aren’t super important when inflammation is involved and can be skipped all together
If you’re down to splurge, this exfoliant is absolutely unbeatable. It’s strong but doesn’t feel like it. It WILL transform your skin!
Active Serum
This is super inexpensive and is a great starter to exfoliation if you don’t have much experience with it. Salicylic acid is your best friend!!!
Target Acne Fast & Heal Your Skin with Salicylic Acid Serum
I’m gonna tell you what I tell all of my clients who I recommend this to: DO NOT use it every day to start, use it 2-3x a week, cut them in half and you’ll have double
Peels | Dennis Gross Skincare
Toner
Toners aren’t super important for correction, usually, but can be helpful in helping hydrating ingredients penetrate and might just feel really good on inflamed skin
Did you think I could go through a list without mentioning this gem? You’ll love it, but don’t use this in conjunction with an exfoliant. Pumpkin wine = natural salicylates and lactobacillus ferment = conditioning for your microbiome. Buy it and than...
Nutrient Toner
This is an excellent precursor to your following hydrating ingredients! This will feel super soothing and help rebalance your skin’s pH
Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner | Best on Amazon
This is another that’s gonna give you a nice refresh. AND it’s in a mist!!! So it’s extra easy to use and there’s no rubbing involved
Balancing Face Mist
Serum
The most expensive and most important section. THIS is the area you want to add if you need a fix and you need it NOW
The science of this is BEYOND. Very simply, omnisome technology helps transport ingredients further into the skin and the salicylic acid (your best friend, remember?) is going to immediately calm to the point where you can watch the redness ebb from ...
Acne Gel
If you think you might be overproducing oil as a result of being dry, this is exactly what you need. It’s an aloe based gel that feels amazing if you’re experiencing inflammation and will fix things in record time. I think the fastest fix I’ve seen w...
HydraBalance Gel | Water-Based Hydrating Gel
This is another expensive one but it is the Cadillac of hydration for your face. The hyaluronic acid obviously hydrates and the b5, or panthenol, will help lock in that hydration
Hydrating B5 Gel | Best Vitamin B5 Serum
If you feel like you’re too old for pimples, this is exactly what you need. Salicylic acid once again makes its appearance but you’ve got b3 to help with holding on to your skins natural moisture and conditioning agents to help your skin feel softer.
Age Bright Clearing Serum Clears & Prevents Breakouts
Mositurizer
The finishing touch is also super important and we want to make sure that the ingredients are the best to help lock everything else in
This is the top moisturizer I recommend for acne. This is going to seal in natural moisture and hydration while also helping to rebalance them so that your skin is clear and not noticeably oily
ReBalance
Face Reality is really unbeatable for acne and this non comedogenic moisturizer is going to help seal everything in
Cran-Peptide Cream
Man do I hate the way this stuff feels but I sure do love its results. You’d think that a moisturizer made almost entirely from different molecular weights of castor oil would be comedogenic but you’d be wrong! This is great for all type of irritated...
Restore Healing Balm | Repairs Injured & Irritated Skin Fast | 0.5oz Tube
Noncomedogenic SPF
SPF helps make sure your skin is protected from the suns harmful rays and also its capacity to strip your skin of moisture
We know Face Reality would never do you dirty
Daily SPF 30 Plus
Colloidal oatmeal is going to calm everything down!
Hydrating Sunscreen Milk with Colloidal Oatmeal Broad Spectrum SPF 45
If you’re a foundation wearer and feel like you need a break, this tinted sunscreen is for you. It’s also super buildable so you’re able to get whatever kind of coverage you choose! It’s also nice to be assured that your makeup isn’t making you break...
Sunforgettable® Total Protection® Face Shield Flex SPF 50