acne

  • korean oil cleanser acne-prone skin

    Best Korean Oil Cleanser For Acne-Prone Skin

    What’s the best Korean oil cleanser for acne-prone skin? This is a tricky question – and one I get a lot, so I just had to write about it. The Koreans are obsessed with double cleansing. They’ll give you the spiel that every one needs an oil-based cleanser to remove oil-based impurities and a water-based […]

  • tanning drops for acne-prone skin

    Best Face Tanning Drops For Acne Prone Skin

    What are the best face tanning drops for acne-prone skin? If you want to recapture that warm, healthy glow that makes you skin look alive like you had after your last holiday, you may have heard that face tanning drops get pretty close. The problem is, if you have acne-prone skin, picking up any old […]

  • adapalene for hyperpigmentation

    Does Adapalene Help With Hyperpigmentation?

    Does adapalene help with hyperpigmentation? Before you answer that, can we just take a moment to acknowledge how deeply unfair it is that acne doesn’t just leave when it’s done? Like, the spot heals, you celebrate, you move on with your life, and then you look in the mirror two weeks later and there’s this […]

  • blackheads smell

    Why Do Blackheads Smell Like Cheese? 

    If you’ve ever extracted a blackhead and immediately thought “Wait, what’s this strong cheese smell? Why do blackheads smell like cheese?,” first of all, welcome to the club, we have snacks. Seriously though, I got completely obsessed with this question a while back and went down a proper rabbit hole – peer-reviewed studies, microbiology papers, […]

  • starface acne pimples

    Starface Hydro-Stars Review: Cute, But Are They Worth It?

    Starface is kind of genius from a marketing standpoint – instead of making you feel like you need to hide your spots, they basically turned acne patches into accessories. Little hydrocolloid stars in yellow, pink, purple, blue. You stick them on your face and suddenly breaking out is almost… cute? That’s the whole vibe, and […]

  • cover up pimple scabs

    How To Cover Up A Pimple Scab (Without Making It Worse)

    Pimples are supposed to come, cause a scene for a few days, and leave quietly. Instead sometimes they stick around, dry into a scab, and sit in the middle of your face like they pay rent there. And of course – of course – it happens the week of something important, because that’s just how […]