I’ve been developing my skincare for the past few months. Had some ups and downs (damaged skinbarriere) but finally feel like my skin is settling down. Still I struggle with acne (spots disappear after a few days, but immediately some others will pop up again. Right now I have 3/4 really prominent spots always there). Besides acne I have really prominent hyperpigmentation (I think PIE, so red marks stay). I want my skin to calm down, but don’t really know what to do. Anyone out there who might? 

My routine right know is regular morning and night cleansing en moisturizing with niacinamide as treatment and spot treatments for the acne.

troubled skin calling for help

Hi Picky fam,

So I’m really conflicted. I’ve heard some amazing things and some terrible things about this clinique product. 

Some swear by it (Hyram for example, skincare guru), but others also say that a drying product is way too harsh and should be avoided at all cost. 

Which one is true?

Good or bad?

I haven’t really seen any results using this product. My skin was really going through it at the time and adding another, calming, product only made it worse. I haven’t tried it for long and once my skin is really calm I’ll try it again, but really not a must-have product.

The product is nice to use. It hase a really nice texture, something luxurious and silky even. Despite that it is quite runny which makes it easy to apply.

It can be on the pricy side, but because you have to use so little, you get your worth out of the product. No downside for me.

This product is quite amazing. I feel like it really cleans the skin withouth stripping it, which is very important for me. 

It has a really nice texture that turns from gel to a creamy substance. It glides on your skin and a little goes a long way. 

That is another thing I love. I think I’ve been using it for over three months now and still I’ve got a lot of product left.

I don’t know this for sure, but I think this product doesn’t suffice the two&#47;three finger spf rule. 

As the product is only partially made up of spf, I usually don’t get enough spf on my face and I have to add (extra) spf as my last step. I might be wrong about this theory though, so let me know if you know better.

Another thing to consider is that it leaves a bit of a whitecast. I have quite light skin, so this disappears for me after about 5 minutes, but I don’t know if this would also be the case for darker skintones.

LOVE this one. I always want a calm, basic moisturizer and I have definitely found it. It leaves me hydrated and good to go for the day, without any fancy extra benefits (that usually just irritate my skin). 

It’s amazing that there is already spf in it, but don’t forget to reapply throughout the day (I use another spf for that).

It sadly doesn’t really work for me. I’ve been using it for over two months and it does nothing for my hyperpigmentation :&#47;. 

Besides that it has a really high price point, so I won’t be repurchasing.

It’s a really lightweight formula that easily absorbs into my skin. The packaging is really nice and well-thought through (it has a kind of seal to make sure oxygen doesn’t get to it).

skincurious