We have all dealt with a blemish, at least once in our teens, and it sucks. While breakouts are a normal part of your skin’s cycle skin, you don’t expect to still have pimples in your 30s, 40s and beyond. Editor Trudi Brewer says it could be time to shake up your skincare routine with products that promise to reduce blemishes by 50 per cent in one month.
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According to French skincare brand, Avène, 46 per cent of women from 20 to 45 are affected by acne.
We don’t need to tell you how this can affect your mood and self-esteem. Dull, blemish-prone skin doesn’t stand a chance with the new duo that completes, Avène’s already successful Clearance collection.
So, if you’re struggling with breakouts (or regular hormonal blemishes at that time of the month), you can tackle that with this targeted, gentle skincare. To learn more read on.
Avène Cleanance Woman Corrective Serum, $50.
This corrective serum helps reduce blemishes and refines an uneven skin texture with a combination of active ingredients. First, the blend of glycolic and lactic acids helps speed up your skin cell turnover and clear blackheads by tightening the pores. The plant extracts Synovea, a stable form of linoleic acid, it’s become the gold standard in gentle skin lightening and clinically proven to be four times more effective than hydroquinone. Finally, P-Refinyl from lentil seeds leaves a matt finish on the skin and helps tighten skin pores.
Avène Cleanance Woman Smoothing Night Cream, $50.
To treat the skin while you sleep, this night cream helps to smooth the skin texture. Stacked with the skin hero pro-vitamin A, to further boost your skin’s natural turnover, revealing clearer skin. Synovea extract is also in this night cream, and finally, X-Pressin, known as the new skin luminosity maker, extracted from papaya, gently exfoliates the skin while you sleep. The result is fresher, clearer more youthful-looking skin. And who doesn’t want that, right?
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