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Skincare routine for acne-prone skin

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Cleansers and toners with salicylic acid help clear blackheads and breakouts, while serums and moisturizers with niacinamide and vitamin C help fade post-acne marks. Exfoliating steps and masks with salicylic acid and glycolic acid further clear out pores to prevent future blemishes.

The morning routine prepares the skin for the day by clearing off the night, hydrating, and protecting with sunscreen as its final step. The evening routine removes sunscreen, makeup, and the day's oil, then treats the skin while it rests away from the sun. The weekly routine takes the place of the evening routine once a week and adds the deeper steps to target breakouts and blackheads.

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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 ceramides help manage breakouts and calm oily skin, while formulas with salicylic acid clear out blackheads and pores. 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

This hydrating toner step is used every morning and once a week, in place of the evening routine. Hydrating toners with glycerin and hyaluronic acid help hydrate the skin, while those with niacinamide and centella asiatica extract may soothe inflammation and calm breakouts.

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Step 3Moisturizer

Moisturizers with niacinamide, ceramides, and hyaluronic acid help hydrate and calm acne-prone skin while reducing breakouts and dark marks. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best moisturizers and moisturizing serums for acne-prone skin

Step 4SPF

In the Lovi routine for this skin the sunscreen step is used every morning. Sunscreens and moisturizers with niacinamide and zinc oxide help control oil and soothe breakouts, while formulas with centella asiatica extract and hyaluronic acid keep skin calm and soft.

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Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with camellia seed oil, squalane, jojoba seed oil, and centella asiatica extract help lift away oil-based debris and soothe breakouts. This step is used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with niacinamide and ceramides help manage breakouts and calm oily skin, while formulas with salicylic acid clear out blackheads and pores. These cleansers are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best cleansers for acne-prone skin

Step 3Cleansing Toner

Cleansing toners with lactic acid and salicylic acid help clear out pores and reduce breakouts on acne-prone skin, while other options with plant extracts and panthenol help calm irritation. This cleansing toner step is used every evening.

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Step 4Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide, zinc PCA, and plant extracts help reduce breakouts and control excess oil on acne-prone skin. These treatments are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 5Moisturizer

Moisturizers with niacinamide, ceramides, and hyaluronic acid help hydrate and calm acne-prone skin while reducing breakouts and dark marks. 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

Makeup removers with camellia seed oil, squalane, jojoba seed oil, and centella asiatica extract help lift away oil-based debris and soothe breakouts. This step is used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with niacinamide and ceramides help manage breakouts and calm oily skin, while formulas with salicylic acid clear out blackheads and pores. These cleansers are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best cleansers for acne-prone skin

Step 3Enzyme Powder

This step is used once a week in place of the evening routine. Exfoliating steps with salicylic acid and papain help clear out breakouts and blackheads, while formulas with rice bran extract and licorice root extract may brighten post-acne marks.

Step 4Cleansing Mask

Cleansing masks with clay and charcoal deep-draw oil and impurities to help purify your skin. These masks are used once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 5Hydrating Toner

This hydrating toner step is used every morning and once a week, in place of the evening routine. Hydrating toners with glycerin and hyaluronic acid help hydrate the skin, while those with niacinamide and centella asiatica extract may soothe inflammation and calm breakouts.

Best toners for acne-prone skin

Step 6Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide, zinc PCA, and plant extracts help reduce breakouts and control excess oil on acne-prone skin. These treatments are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best serums and treatments for acne-prone skin

Step 7Moisturizer

Moisturizers with niacinamide, ceramides, and hyaluronic acid help hydrate and calm acne-prone skin while reducing breakouts and dark marks. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best moisturizers and moisturizing serums for acne-prone skin

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.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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