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@Mellmars1185 Gorgeous color and a very fabulous name 🤭 It looks great on you! ✨✨

Hi @5starzgigii! What’s your routine like right now?

Definitely some great finds @CynthieLu! Those brushes are a steal of a deal!

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Hey there! Treating acne is a long game sometimes, but it is doable! Most of the time I recommend four things for my acne clients, and usually have them start slow. 1. Moisture barrier work- lightweight moisturizer and a ceramide serum keep the skin from overreacting when you start using actives. I like the hya moisturizer from Sephora collection and Inkey's ceramide night treatment. 2. Zinc based sunscreen - zinc is actually helpful in acne bc it is a necessary part of the immune system but is often deficient in clients dealing with acne. I really like the Supergoop powder sunscreens- all zinc based, easy to reapply throughout the day, lightly mattify and multiple shades to choose from 3. Gentle exfoliation - lactic acid tends to be safe for most skin tones and concerns, but azelaic acid is great for reactive skin. Skinfix has a cleanser that has all the goodies (BHA, niacinamide, and azelaic) in it for acne but they also have an awesome kit in that same collection. 4. Retinol- this is the gold standard in correcting basically all skin concerns, but can be a little sensitizing for some folks at first. You really have to wear sunscreen when you use this and really any actives. Inkey and Shanni Darden are two that come to mind in different price ranges. So your routine would look like this: AM - cleanse with skinfix, sephora hya moisturizer, supergoop spf (you can put the inkey ceramide serum under the moisturizer if your skin feels dry or tight.) PM - oil cleanser (First aid beauty 2in1 cleanser is awesome!) to remove makeup and cleanse skin, retinol serum, inkey ceramide serum, sephora hya moisturizer. That probably seems like a lot of steps, but those are the four things I do with my clients all the time to turn things around. I tell all of them that its normal to see a purge at first. Push through and give it at least a month before you even start looking for improvement. Lots of folks can take months to notice a big change. ❤️ Acne is also a symptom more than a 'disease' and there may be more to investigate as far as a root cause goes. Let me know if I can answer questions! You got this!!

Also- Skinceuticals is an over the counter product lineObagi is a mostly over the counter line that also has a few prescription required (medical grade) products- like their tretinoinPCA skin looks like its a professional line but I can't find anything about a prescription on any products *The confusing part for consumers is that the FDA regulates the prescription based products and their % of actives but does zero regulation on the lines and products that are not. Which just means that lines can call themselves professional (which makes clients think medical grade) when they just want to sell them through spas and esthetics studios. Very confusing in general.

If it isn't showing up in store or online then it won't be in a warehouse either unfortunately. Was it Sephora collection? That is a line that goes through frequent upgrades in terms of product lines. It could be something that will be relaunched or it may be discontinued completely. And, there was a discontinued products list that got updated occasionally for stores back when I was still working for Sephora. (For about a decade, but I retired in 2019.) I don't even know if they were still doing it when I left bc it was not referenced frequently. Things get changed and updated so often that its hard to keep a form like that accurate for very long. If you are very attached to that particular liner you could always try ebay? Sometimes folks will sell unopened ones places like that for discontinued items.

Have you tried the K18 Biomimetic Hairscience Molecular Repair Hair Oil 1 oz / 30 mL or k18 products in general? They're SUPER helpful for damage, frizz etc.

I do actually love the SEPHORA COLLECTION Glow Peel Pads 60 Pads vs. the clarifying for folks that are not really acne prone. It gives a more gentle exfoliation which may be a little better for your moisture barrier (redness) issues.

Sorry I just got home, I will look at your post @JoSometimes.