Exfoliants for your Skin Type:
Normal Skin: Glycolic Acid
Dry Skin: Lactic Acid (The Ordinary Lactic Acid)
Oily and Acne Prone Skin: Salicylic Acid and Mandelic Acid (Paula Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant)
Sensitive Skin: Polyhydroxy Acids
Acne/ Enlarged Pores / Dark Spots / Rosacea
Acne Products
- Differin Adapalene Gel 0.1%
- La Roche Posay Effaclar Adapalene Gel 0.1%
- Glytone Brightening Enhancement Complex Moisturizer
- Revision Skincare Black Mask (great for oily and acne prone skin)
- Glytone Acne Treatment Spray (good for sweaty teens)
- Omnilux LED Contour Face and Neck Mask (for acne and antiaging)
- Acnon Cream (good for acne pimples)
- Panoxyl and CeraVe BP Wash
Clogged Pores
Step 1: Double cleanse- oil based cleanser followed by a water-based cleanser
Step 2: Chemical Exfoliant (glycolic acid, lactic acid, salicylic acid 1-2x a week) minimizes pore size- Naturium Glycolic Acid
Resurfacing Gel 10%, Paula’s Choice 2% DHA liquid Exfoliant, Sunday Riley Good Genes All in One Lactic Acid Treatment
Step 3: Topical Retinoid (every other night) - Paulas Choice 0.3% Retinol and 2% Bakuchiol Treatment, Drunk Elephant A
Passion Retinol Cream, CeraVe Resurfacing Retinol Serum
Step 4: Bentonite Clay Mask (1-2x a week) - Innisfree Super Volcanic Pore Clay Mask
Step 5: Extractions
Dark Spot Correction/ Dull Skin:
Ingredients to look for: Niacinamide, Azelaic Acid, Kojic Acid, Vitamin C
- Medi-Pell Strogen-Rx
- Dark Spot Corrector, Glycolic B5 Face Serum & Anti-Aging Serum for Sensitive Skin
- Odacite Brightening Serum (dark spot corrector)
Rosacea Products
- Joesoef Anti Acne Soap with Sulfur 10%
- The Ordinary 10% Azelaic Acid Cleanser
- Glytone Brightening Enhancement Complex Moisturizer
- Cica Reedle Shot 100 (good for redness)
- Prequel Redness Reform Soothing Serum (good for redness)
- Cicapair Tiger Grass Repair Serum
- Afrin Spray- topically applied to skin (good for BRIEF relief of redness)