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Instantly Reduce Breakout Redness and Irritation with Dermalogica’s Sebum Clearing Masque

Instantly Reduce Breakout Redness and Irritation with Dermalogica’s Sebum Clearing Masque

Dermalogica Medibac Sebum Clearing Masque

Dermalogica Medibac Sebum Clearing Masque

Dermalogica Medibac Masque Works Great for Breakouts

If you experience painful, swollen pimples and redness from breakouts that are either healing or from what you have squeezed! Sebum Clearing Masque from Dermalogica’s Medibac Range will help will this skin problem. It’s absolutely wonderful to use if you are prone-to breakouts and you want your skin to look it’s best if you are going out, because not only will it help your skin feel incredible smooth and clean, you will notice from a first time use how incredibly calm it makes your skin look and how redness from your breakouts is less and it’s no wonder you will see what a difference this masque makes to white-heads and swollen pimples thanks to all the bacteria killing ingredients in this dermalogica masque that also soothes irritated skin.

It’s a clay-based masque thanks to its two deep-cleaning ingredients Kaolin and Bentonite, but you will find that it does not suck the moisture out of your skin, but brings it back into balance, giving you a matt finish (which works wonders if you are going out and want your make up to go on and last longer through-out the night).

As you apply it to your skin you will feel how incredibly cooling and refreshing this masque is as you apply it and how soothing it is for irritated skin – You will love it!

Dermalogica Medibac Sebum Clearing Masque Ingredients

Sebum Clearing Masque

This is What Dermalogica Sebum Clearing Masque Looks Like

There are four main triggers what need to be addressed when treating acne (excess oil production, bacteria, dead skin cell build up and inflammation) and this masque targets all of these triggers at once, that is why I think this masque is fantastic and you really need to use it if you suffer with acne-prone skin, in fact you can use this dermalogica medibac masque up to three times a week on clean, cleansed skin.

Excess Oil Production

As I explained already Kaolin and Bentonite clays absorb excess oil on your skin without stripping it. 

It’s pretty amazing that there are actual ingredients out there that regulate oil flow in the skin and that is exactly what Niacinamide, Zinc Gluconate and Caffeine do and as a bonus also help to reduce bacteria.

Bacteria Reduction

When you experience whiteheads and painful swelling from pimples this is thanks to bacteria, dermalogica sebum clearing masque uses Spiraea Ulmaria Extract and Cinnamon Bark work to inhibit bacteria by stimulating your own natural anti-bacterial agents in your skin.

Reduce Inflammation

What’s dermalogica without its calming properties! This dermalogica medibac masque also uses Panthenol and Horse Chestnut and Liquorice to soothe inflammation in your skin from the irritation of breakouts with the amazing calming capabilities of Oats and Bisabolol.

Excess Dead Skin Cells

Dermalogica have also added Salicylic Acid to also help unclog the pores on your skin, leaving your with a cleaner, smoother and clearer skin after use – It really is a great masque.

Dermalogica’s Medibac Masque is more than just a masque it’s a treatment-skin-restoring-wonder which I would recommend to anyone who suffers with breakouts and oil skin conditions.

What Do You Think to Dermalogica’s Medibac Range and Dermalogica’s Sebum Clearing Masque? I Want to Know What YOU Think – Show Me Your Alive and Voice Your Opinion Below!!!!

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Benzoyl Peroxide

Benzoyl Peroxide

What is BenzoylPeroxide?

Benzoyl Peroxide is an ingredient that is used in many acne products. It is a popular ingredient because it removes the bacteria known as p.acnes that cause the red bumps and swelling on your skin, helping to clear your breakouts quickly.

Benzoyl Peroxide was originally used to bleach fabrics (that’s why you may find your towels fading when you use this ingredient!)

There have been many studies on Benzoyl Peroxide all indicating how good it is for killing the bacteriathat causes acne. It also works better than any antibiotic at killing the p.acnes, but what makes Benzoyl Peroxide special is that it produces oxygen (which p.acnes hate) and the bacteria never gets immune to Benzoyl Peroxide. This means that if Benzoyl Peroxide works for you it will continue to work.

Just by using Benzoyl Peroxide for twice a day for five days, studies have shown that the p.acnes will be reduced by 95% (no prescription antibiotic can begin to match the antibacterial effect of benzoyl peroxide).

Although Benzoyl Peroxide is great for acne, you cannot rely on this ingredient alone to be enough to reduce your breakouts, as it only kills the bacteria, it does not clog pores, it does not remove excess oil that means you need to use other products that work on the other triggers of acne at the same time to get clearer skin. Salicylic Acid is a great for unclogging pores, this allows the Benzoyl Peroxideto penetrate and kill off the bacteria. (There is also evidence that Benzoyl Peroxide may control excess oil production).

Dermalogica’s Special Clearing Booster  contains 5% Benzoyl Peroxide and it is to be used as a spot treatment (placed directly on the breakout). Benzoyl Peroxide can be irritating for some skin types, and is best used as a spot treatment it can also make you more sensitive to the sun, so you must wear your sunscreen and reapply during the day.

It’s really important that you cleanse your skin correctly to allow active ingredients to penetrate the skin and work effectively, using something like dermalogica’s special cleansing gel will help to cleanse your skin with stripping it.

Acne can be terrible in fact one of the biggest causes of acne these days is from stress, allowing yourself to de-stress throughout the day, to take time out for yourself is very important, not only will it do you good but also your acne. Remember Benzoyl Perozide is not a cure for acne but it is one way to help reduce your breakouts that is proven to work. I don’t recommend using benzoyl peroxide all over your face, it’s too drying I have seen this so many times in my salons where they have used Benzoyl Peroxide all over there skin and they are sensitized, red, inflammed and there skin is so dry it’s flaking off in sheets.

It really is sad when i see people’s skins like this, as normally I find it’s teenagers and they so hopelessly want to improve there breakouts but because they have built up a reaction, all I can do is help them with the sensitivity of there skin and improve and strengthen the skin’s barrier (where all they want is there acne removed – which is understandable). Only after the skin is strong enough and calmed down can you begin to use acne products again

Anyway What’s Your Thoughts on Benzoyl Peroxide, Do you LOVE it? HATE it? Tell Me What you think or tell me your experiences with it and comment below, I love to hear what you think – Don’t Be Shy!!!!

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The Miraculous effect of Dermalogica’s Special Clearing Booster

The Miraculous effect of Dermalogica’s Special Clearing Booster

Special Clearing Booster

Marvellous Special Clearing Booster - Heals Pimples Quickly

Dermalogica Special Clearing Booster Works Like Magic

Dermalogica Medibac Special Clearing Booster is great for healing breakouts quickly and is especially useful when you have an event or an important date (the sheer thought of the event can cause you to break out) and thankfully dermalogica’s special clearing booster is a potent acne killing product that will quickly eradicate any pimple. Dermalogica Special Clearing Booster has been a wonder product of mine for how quickly I have seen it heal my client’s breakouts. Developed with Benzoyl Peroxide a 5% potent strength, it’s capable of killing off the p.acnes that thrive in the follicles that cause the red bumps on your skin, by reducing the painful swelling and redness. If you have a particularly bad pimple apply a good amount of it, to only the affected breakout when you go to bed, by the time you wake up the Benzoyl Peroxide would have reduced the swelling – it’s Absolutely Marvellous!

Special Clearing Booster Acne Fighting Ingredients

Besides the bacteria killing Benzoyl Peroxide in this formula dermalogica have included their exclusive Alginated Zinc Triplex which is in many of their dermalogica medibac products. Alginated Zinc Triplex is a combination of hydrolysed algin and zinc sulphate. These have a good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect on your skin. It also interferes with the action of the five alpha reductase enzyme process and this has been shown to reduce sebum by approximately 26 per cent – fascinating stuff!

Tea Tree Oil and Zinc Sulfate are also used in Special Clearing Booster both for there bacteria reducing abilities. Tea Tree Oil also is a great anti-inflammatory, and Zinc Sulfate helps to regulate sebum production in the follicle.

Most acne products can be irritating on the skin with Special Clearing Booster it is to be applied only to the affected breakout, but with everything dermalogica designs they always add calming ingredients to help reduce any irritation to the skin and that’s no different with this product with the added Chamomile Extract and Calendula both incredibly soothing ingredients that helps to calm the inflamed breakout and reduce the size of the pimple.

The whole formula is blended in an herbal base of Lavender, Calendula, German Chamomile, Linden and St.John’s Wort. These purifying plant extracts contain essential oils and phytochemicals that not only soothe and calm irritated skin, but also dissolve impaction plugs while moisturising dehydrated tissues.

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A great on-the-spot treatment for those annoying pimples that quickly heal breakouts without over-drying and irritation. This is one of those products you cannot live without if you suffer with breakouts (not recommended for sensitive skin types or anyone allergic to Benzoyl Peroxide). The actual bottle will last two years once you have opened it, you only need a small amount and the bottle does last a really long time.

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Salicylic Acid – The Hydroxy Acid of Choice For Anyone Who Suffers With Acne

Salicylic Acid – The Hydroxy Acid of Choice For Anyone Who Suffers With Acne

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Salicylic Acid for Breakouts

Salicylic acid can be found in many over-the-counter beauty products these days. You will normally find salicylic acid in products for breakouts because it is an effective hydroxy acid for acne and has the ability to reduce the spots and bumps on the skin.

Salicylic Acid is found in Willow Bark and it is a Beta Hydroxy Acid(BHA). It works differently to popular glycolic acid which is an alpha hydroxy acid, by continually shedding the dead skin cell build up layer by layer, thinning the surface of the skin.

Salicylic Acid is antibacterial and even though salicylic acid seems to be more powerful than glycolic acid it actually has anti-inflammatory action on the skin as well, making this a perfect ingredient of choice when you are prone to breakouts.

Salicylic acid is oil soluble, this is great because it can actually penetrate the pores and remove the debris in them that causes breakouts. Glycolic acid on the other hand is water-soluble and not as effective for acne, but great for other skin types, which I won’t discuss here.

Any product containing salicylic acid at a concentration of 2% plus will be exfoliating to the skin, anything below this will be antibacterial.

If you are pregnant or breast feeding it is best not to use any product with this ingredient in and using any hydroxy acid product will make your skin become more sensitive to sunlight, this means make sure you wear your sunscreen everyday and reapply when out in the day light.

If you are taking any medically prescribed acne products or are allergic to aspirin, you should not use salicylic acid or any other exfoliating products and I would advise to consult your doctor before starting to implement this ingredient into your skin care routine.

If you have sensitive skin, salicylic acid may irritate it and if you experience any burning or irritation discontinue use, additional information and warnings can be found on the individual skin care products containing salicylic acid.

Salicylic Acid and Dermalogica

Dermalogica has always used a variety of different exfoliation ingredients in their skin care line and it is of no surprise to find that they use salicylic acid in their main acne range dermalogica medibac.

Below you will find the dermalogica skin care products that contain salicylic acid, I have tried to list as many of them as possible off the top of my head, I hope I have not missed any out, but it’s interesting to see the percentages and you can work out how effective the product is going to be at exfoliating the pores with salicylic acid or if it’s used just for it’s antibacterial benefits.

Please bear in mind that some of the below products have different hydroxy acids in them such as lactic acid or papain, to work in different ways on the skin and I have not listed all of the ingredients here only the Salicylic Acid content.

Dermalogica Skin Care Products that Use Salicylic Acid

What Do You Think to Salicylic Acid? Do You Think it Helps Acne? Tell Me What You Think By Commenting Below – Don’t Be Shy!!!!

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