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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Spalon Montage AHA Facial w/ Natasha Review

Friday, 28 August 2009 12:55 by Jen

I've been getting the AHA facial at Spalon Montage every 4-6 weeks for over a year now.  It's actually a salicylic acid peel that really helps clear out my pores therefore preventing breakouts and controls the oiliness.  I've seen lots of aestheticians over the last year but my all time favorite is Natasha at the Chanhassen salon.  She's down to earth and easy to talk to.  She's helped me clear up my skin after a horrible breakout and make a good plan for the future.  At her recommendation I'm going to stop booking the AHA facial every 4-6 weeks and start booking the Acne treatment every 2-3 weeks which is the same salicylic peel and masks just no massage but it's quite a bit cheaper.  I won't mind losing out on the massage since that's not why I go for a facial but I'm sure lots of people would miss the massage.  I definitely recommend Natasha for a great facial!

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Bare Escentuals RareMinerals Blemish Therapy Review

Friday, 28 August 2009 11:33 by Jen

I really liked the idea of this product...use the little brush and apply the powder to your blemish.  That part worked out fine.  So the problem came up about a week after I started using it.  When it arrived I read the packaging as I always do and checked the ingredients carefully.  There was one ingredient listed "Algae Extract" that I was worried about.  I had used a product with this ingredient about 4 years ago and my skin brokeout horribly in the biggest whiteheads I'd ever had but I was never sure that algae extract was the culprit.  Well, I knew it was the culprit a week after I started using this.  Every area I had applied this on my face was now covered in deep, painful zits.  Big zits, not little ones.  It took a trip to the face lady for a peel and about a week and a half to start looking better.  I now know algae extract and my skin do not mix well.  It just seemed so strange to me that a product called Blemish Therapy would include an ingredient with a comedogenic rating of 5 which is the worst rating an ingredient can get.

Ingredients:  sulfur 3.0%, zinc stearate, illite, barium sulfate, silica, willow bark extract, tapioca starch, soil mineral concentrate, kaolin, cyclodextrin, tea tree leaf extract, dimethicone/vinyl cimethicone crosspolymer, betaine, salicylate, corn starch modified, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, tea tree leaf oil, emblica officinalis fruit extract, sophora angustifolia extract, algae extract, retinol, dextrin, hydrozypropyl cyclodextrin, maltodextrin, farnesol, niacinamide, magnesium myristate, calcium sodium phosphosilicate, mica, bismuth oxychloride, titanium dioxide

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