Skinceuticals Blemish Control Gel Review

Monday, 7 September 2009 10:18 by Jen

I use this product to spot treat and I've found if you catch the breakout early it really helps.  I do wish it had a higher concentration of salicylic acid...2.0% would be nice, this contains 1.0%.  A definite pro to this product is it does not cause peeling or flaking after using.

Ingredients:

Aqua (Water), potassium azelaoyl diglycinate, propylene glycol, butylene glycol and 10-hydroxydecanoic acid and sebacic acid and 1.10-decanediol, ethoxydiglycol, phenoxyethanol, sodium hyaluronate, allantoin, hydroxyethylcellulose, carbomer.
 

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Skinceuticals Clarifying Cleanser Review

Thursday, 3 September 2009 07:37 by Jen

I really like this cleanser.  I've been using it for about a year now and I've had no problems.  It contains 2.0% salicylic acid to fight breakouts and it has a slight exfoliating action when using it.  It does not contain sodium lauryl sulfates which do make me break out and it's hard to find a cleanser without SLS's.  The best part is that after I use it my skin doesn't feel dry and tight which is what usually happens after using a cleanser for acne.  It removes all my makeup but I do not use it on my eyes.  If you have a problems with acne this is a great cleanser.

Paraben free

 

Ingredients:

Aqua (water), Sodium Cocoyl Isothianoate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Lauramidopropyl Betaine, Potassium Azelaoyl Diglycinate, Glycolic Acid, Mandelic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Hydroxide, Polyethylene, Carbomer, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Fragrance, Triethanolamine.
 

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Skinceuticals Daily Sun Defense SPF 20 Review

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 11:03 by Jen

I often, actually ALWAYS break out from sunscreen on my face so when I tried this one I was soooo relieved that it didn't make me a zitty mess.  I've been using it everyday for over a year and I'm on my second tube.  The first tube lasted  about 10 months of everyday use.  It does say moisturizing on the box but I have oily skin and it's not too heavy for me so don't let that scare you.  I've had a few facialists suggest I try this lines new SPF 15 with mexoryl but I checked the ingredients and listed were a couple of acne causing culprits so I'm sticking with the SPF 20.  Somehow when wearing this my skin looks better, I don't know how to explain it but it's just better.  I've worn this all afternoon at the beach and I don't get even a hint of tan on my face.

Ingredients: water, cyclomethicone, diisopropyl adipate, synthetic beeswax, hexylene glycol, PEG-40 stearate, polyacrylamide, C13-14 isoparaffin, beeswax, dimethicone, phenoxyethanol, PEG-20, carnauba wax, dimethicone copolyol, PVP/eicosene copolymer, sorbitan tristereate, propylene glycol, stearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, dilaurate, ceateary alcohol, stearaxytrimethylsilane, steareth-100, laureth-7, methylparaben, propylparaben, ehtylparaben, butylparaben, isobutylparaben

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