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✧Acne Prone & Dry Skin✧
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✧Acne Prone & Dry Skin✧
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Been dealing with painful acne since my teens, and only in the past few years have I gotten it really under control. Not only is my acne mostly gone, but I've also been able to improve my PIH/PIE and my dry rough skin. Now I'm a skincare addict, however I've given myself a $30 limit for each product (there are a few exceptions as occasionally I buy something on sale for $30 or less when it's normally more). So feel free to explore my routine and liked products for affordable recommendations.
AND SUNSCREEN IS A MUST! I'm very fair and experience sun allergies when outside without protection for very long. The bumps are itchy and can be red and painful. They can take up to two weeks to go away completely so I try to be very diligent about sun protection.
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Commonly disliked ingredients that DO NOT bother my skin:
• Fragrance (I don't go overboard and will still avoid it where I can)
• Astringents such as alcohol, witch hazel, or birch sap (when formulated into products)
• Citrus extracts (I do try to avoid citrus oils however)
• Tea tree oil (if formulated into a product I enjoy it, but I still try to avoid other essential oils)
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Commonly liked ingredients that DO bother my skin:
• Vitamin C (especially in higher percentages, it often stings)
• Glycolic acid (especially in higher percentages, often makes me red. I prefer PHAs or BHAs with less than 0.5% strength)
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How I personally rate and review products:
⭐️ Terrible! Who was this product even meant for? I cannot recommend that anybody use it.
⭐️⭐️ Absolutely did not work for me at all, but it might for some people. Still, I can’t say I recommend the product. I believe there's a better alternative out there.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s not awful and didn't do anything terrible to my skin, but I personally did not enjoy using the product or see many results. Although, I imagine it could work well for some people.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Product works, but there’s just something about it I wish was better or different.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazing! Product works very well and is enjoyable to use. I highly recommend!

I wish this had worked for me...
I know this works for so many people, but something in here burns my skin and I can’t pin down what. I really wanted this to work out for me, but just from looking at the other reviews here it looks like I’m not alone in this (and I don’t think my skin is even all that sensitive). It does go on nicely and the finish is good and leaves my skin looking hydrated, but none of that matters when it hurts to apply. Maybe it’s one of the plant extracts, or perhaps the formulation itself is the culprit. I’ve been using the SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum which has the same UV filters and similar ingredients and it never bothers my skin. I doubt it’s the rice ingredients either because I’ve used products with rice in them before with no issue. Whatever it is, this sadly just doesn’t work for me.

Clover

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