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Skincare routine for acne-prone skin

Cleansers and toners with salicylic and glycolic acid help clear blackheads and breakouts, while serums and moisturizers with niacinamide and vitamin C help fade post-acne marks.

The morning routine prepares the skin for the day: it cleans off the night, hydrates, and protects, with sunscreen as its last step. The evening routine removes sunscreen, makeup, and the day's oil while the skin rests and is away from the sun. The weekly routine takes the place of the evening routine once a week to add deeper care for breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks.

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Products are rated for the concerns frequently associated with acne-prone skin: breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks. For a routine based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.

Morning

Step 1Cleanser

Cleansers with niacinamide and salicylic acid help control oil and breakouts, while cleansing steps with ceramides and hyaluronic acid keep the skin hydrated and protected. These cleansers are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 2Hydrating Toner

Hydrating toners and essences with glycerin and hyaluronic acid help keep skin soft and plump, while hydrating steps with niacinamide and centella asiatica extract help calm breakouts and soothe redness. This step in the routine is used every morning and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Moisturizer

Moisturizers with hyaluronic acid and glycerin help keep skin soft and smooth, while formulations with niacinamide and yuja extract may help brighten dark spots and manage breakouts. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 4SPF

Sunscreen steps with zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, and niacinamide help defend against UV rays and control oil for acne-prone skin, while formulas with madecassoside and centella asiatica calm breakouts. This sunscreen step is used every morning.

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Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Cleansers with Camellia seed oil, squalane, jojoba seed oil, and centella asiatica extract help remove oil-based debris and soothe breakouts for acne-prone skin. Makeup removers with hyaluronic acid, panthenol, and ceramides provide hydration and support the skin barrier, and they are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with niacinamide and salicylic acid help control oil and breakouts, while cleansing steps with ceramides and hyaluronic acid keep the skin hydrated and protected. These cleansers are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Cleansing Toner

Cleansing toners with salicylic acid and lactic acid help clear out pores and manage breakouts every evening. While gentle exfoliating steps with willow bark and glycolic acid fade post-acne marks and smooth out texture.

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Step 4Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide, salicylic acid, and vitamin C help target breakouts and post-acne marks, while versions with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and madecassoside keep acne-prone skin calm and hydrated. This serum step is used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 5Moisturizer

Moisturizers with hyaluronic acid and glycerin help keep skin soft and smooth, while formulations with niacinamide and yuja extract may help brighten dark spots and manage breakouts. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Once a week

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Cleansers with Camellia seed oil, squalane, jojoba seed oil, and centella asiatica extract help remove oil-based debris and soothe breakouts for acne-prone skin. Makeup removers with hyaluronic acid, panthenol, and ceramides provide hydration and support the skin barrier, and they are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with niacinamide and salicylic acid help control oil and breakouts, while cleansing steps with ceramides and hyaluronic acid keep the skin hydrated and protected. These cleansers are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Enzyme Powder

This step is used once a week in place of the evening routine. Enzyme powders with rice bran extract, salicylic acid, papain, and licorice root extract help address breakouts and blemishes, while enzyme powders with centella asiatica extract, hyaluronic acid, allantoin, and propolis extract help soothe skin and gently exfoliate.

Step 4Cleansing Mask

Cleansing masks with turmeric, saffron extract, aloe vera, and rosehip oil help draw out oil and impurities to clear breakouts once a week in place of the evening routine. Cleansing masks with zinc oxide, sulfur, camphor, and salicylic acid help control oil and target blackheads and post-acne marks.

Step 5Hydrating Toner

Hydrating toners and essences with glycerin and hyaluronic acid help keep skin soft and plump, while hydrating steps with niacinamide and centella asiatica extract help calm breakouts and soothe redness. This step in the routine is used every morning and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 6Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide, salicylic acid, and vitamin C help target breakouts and post-acne marks, while versions with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and madecassoside keep acne-prone skin calm and hydrated. This serum step is used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 7Moisturizer

Moisturizers with hyaluronic acid and glycerin help keep skin soft and smooth, while formulations with niacinamide and yuja extract may help brighten dark spots and manage breakouts. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Research behind this routine

Behind this routine

Lovi builds every routine from each product's full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

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