I use the Paula's Choice cleanser for oily skin. It's okay, but I'm not sure I'd buy it again.
Previously, I used Basis all sensitive bar, which was also just okay. I love Aveda's Botanical Kinetics cleansing gel, but I think it didn't help with acne-prone skin.

So basically...I'm no help!

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Okay, I tried the mineral oil thing (I could NOT find any w/o fragrance...) and it actually worked pretty well! After rubbing it on and then washing w/ cetaphil my skin felt clean and not tight. I had to convince myself that my skin was actually clean because I'm so used to the wash drying it out a bit.

I have to test it out when I wear heavier eye makeup!

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Yay! Keep us posted! I love cleaning my face like that.
I think I could get unfragranced mineral oil in the pharmacy, have to try.
Keep us posted!

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I've been using Proactiv for the past four months or so after having tried everything else short of bar soap (Neutrogena products, Biore products, Body Shop products, Biotherm Homme, etc.). I think it's actually working pretty well, it's managed to clear up my skin. Now I'm also trying their skin whitening lotion. It that doesn't show serious signs of workage in the next month or two I'm just going to for cosmetic procedures--I want to have smooth skin, damnit!

oooo, what's skin whitening lotion?

The skin whitening lotion is exactly what it sounds like! A sales associate at a local Proactiv booth recommended that I try it to fade some of the acne scarring I have on my face. So far I've only been using it for about a month so I'm really not sure how well it's working.

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The tube says that the active ingredient is hydroquinone.

Thanks for sharing! This could helpful for someone!

Rule No.1: if you want to achieve something, learn what actually can do that for you. Rule No.2: Learn how long it will approximately take.
No.1: You want to change your skin structure. Prescription retinoids do that. If you can't get this, Diacneal by Avene might work similarly well. Everything else is just wasted money IMO, and according to research I've done. You also need to use a great sunscreen, which needs to be stable. To learn more, go to makeupalley.com, see notepads by tetrakis and sunscreenFAQ.
No.2: it takes up to a year to achieve that. And you need to use the stuff all the time, after one year you can go into maintenance mode (two times a week) with the retinoid, but have to use sunscreen everyday, rain or shine, to avoid further UVA damage.

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Acne scars will only fade if you prevent further pigmentation (again with a UVA protective, stable sunscreen).

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I use a Botanical Gel Cleanser and toner from Caryl Baker Visage. I don't know if you have this line in the states, but we do in Canada. I also use the Sensitive Moisturizer from Aveda.

Ohh, I've never heard of that line. Interesting! I think I'm ready going to get some Aveda face wash when I run out of mine.

Right now I'm using something by oil of olay, not really sure what it is, but it works fine. I have rosacea and I bought some aveeno cleanser and moisturizer for sensitive skin. It said that it was proven to reduce redness, blah, blah, blah. I used it for about 3 days and my skin hasn't looked that bad in years. I went back to my oil of olay stuff and moisturize with vitamin e cream.

Wow, that's great that there's something out there that's reasonably priced for people with rocacea. My skin gets red no matter what I do with it, even if I just rinse it with water.

As long as I wash my face and moisturize every day, the redness is gone for the most part, but if I skip just one day, it starts to flare up again. And also, after I wash, before I moisturize, my skin is so dry and so tight it feels like I can't smile. It's horrible!! I've had rosacea for about 4 years now and just recently found out that there's no cure for it. FANTASTIC!! I was thinking I could just go to the derm and get a prescription to clear it up....not the case. Although I'm sure a derm could prescribe me a cleanser and moisturizer that would be better than what I'm using now. Whatever, if it's working, I'll keep using it.

Well you look like you have beautiful skin in all of your pictures, so your routine must be working

Aww, thanks. Lots of makeup helps too!!

Dove's Self-foaming cleanser. It was alright, I suppose. I've found that I notice clearer skin when I'm using my cousin's Clean & Clear facial wash...I may buy myself a bottle.

Combo skin.

Does anyone have any deep-cleansing / detox facial wash or scrub to recommend? I've been having breakouts recently and I think I need these, but I don't have any good ones in mind.

You might want to check out that Arbonne face mask FriskyL recommends...I would ask her about it!

just the other night i bought some stuff from origins. i got the mint wash (for the shower) and the new cleanser called mega-mushroom something or other.. i can't remember (for the sink.) i got that because you don't have to rinse with water, you can tissue it off, and that is good for me b/c i tend to get lazy when it comes to washing my face.
as for moisturizers, i got the balanced diet lotion and this other stuff called liquid moisture.

links:
mint wash: http://www.origins.com/templates/pro...DUCT_ID=PROD69
mega-mushroom:http://www.origins.com/templates/pro...T_ID=PROD10311
balanced diet:http://www.origins.com/templates/pro...UCT_ID=PROD102
liquid moisture: http://www.origins.com/templates/pro...CT_ID=PROD5769

and frank got some of the stuff from the "a perfect world" line, too.

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That mega mushroom stuff is from the Dr. Weil line they carry, I've tried several products by him-good stuff, they don't carry Origins anywhere around here though . Anything from Origins is verrry good IMO. That one Charcoal mask they have is good for blemishes too, I believe

elfine, here's a link from origins if you are interested.
http://www.origins.com/templates/pro...CT_ID=PROD5689

also, here's another link for more general questions about skincare and origins products: http://www.origins.com/guideme/skincare_answers.tmpl

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incagirl, thanks alot! That active charcoal mask sounds really good! Luckily they do have a presence in Singapore, I'll go shopping this weekend =)

I used Kose Black mask previously but it didn't get rid of the clogged pores, so its somehow useless (and extremely drying) to me.

i use babor 2 part cleanser... i can't remember the name of it, but it's awesome. oil based and it is awesome and works really well. if i used it all the time it would make my skin awesome! i just get lazy and only use it like once a week.

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To get rid of clogged pores you'd need a BHA product (salicylic acid) at the correct pH (Paula's Choice makes nice ones, but Neutrogena Rapid Clear works too), and use it daily. BHA can exfoliate inside the pore. Anything else but this or a retinoid (prescription retin-a or tazorac, or perhaps Avene's retinaldehyde products) just sits on top or exfoliates the upper layers without getting to the crap inside your pores.

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