🇫🇷France

Skincare routine for acne-prone skin

Cleansers, toners, and masks with salicylic, glycolic, and lactic acid clear out pores and help smooth blackheads and breakouts. Serums and moisturizers with niacinamide, vitamin C, and zinc PCA help fade post-acne marks and calm the skin.

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, then treats the skin while it rests and stays 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, blackheads, and post-acne marks.

Experimental Dermatology, 2019Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2023Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2004Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 2023

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 Matcha Green Tea, Centella Asiatica Extract, Niacinamide, and Salicylic Acid help manage breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks, while moisturizing components like glycerin and hyaluronic acid keep skin soft and hydrated. These cleansers are used every morning, every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best cleansers for acne-prone skin

Step 2Hydrating Toner

This step in your routine is used every morning and once a week in place of the evening routine. Hydrating toners with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and centella asiatica extract help hydrate your skin, soothe inflammation, and balance dry and oily areas.

Best toners for acne-prone skin

Step 3Moisturizer

Moisturizers with yuja extract, niacinamide, glutathione, and arbutin help brighten dark spots and manage breakouts for acne-prone skin, while formulas with ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin support hydration and repair. 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

Sunscreens with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide defend against UV damage in the morning routine, while versions with centella asiatica extract and madecassoside help calm breakouts and post-acne marks. Additional options with niacinamide and hyaluronic acid help keep acne-prone skin smooth and balanced.

Best sunscreens and spf moisturizers for acne-prone skin

Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with Camellia Seed Oil, Squalane, Corn Germ Oil, and Shea Butter help remove oil-based debris and hydrate skin, while those with Jojoba Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Tocopherol, and Centella Asiatica Extract help clear away sebum and soothe breakouts. This step is used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with Matcha Green Tea, Centella Asiatica Extract, Niacinamide, and Salicylic Acid help manage breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks, while moisturizing components like glycerin and hyaluronic acid keep skin soft and hydrated. These cleansers are used every morning, every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best cleansers for acne-prone skin

Step 3Cleansing Toner

In the Lovi routine for this skin the cleansing toner step is used every evening. Cleansing toners with lactic and salicylic acid help clear out breakouts and blackheads, while formulas with glycolic acid and aloe vera gently smooth skin and fade post-acne marks.

Best toners for acne-prone skin

Step 4Serum or Treatment

Serums and ampoules with niacinamide, zinc PCA, and propolis help calm breakouts and balance oil production for acne-prone skin. These treatments are applied every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best serums and treatments for acne-prone skin

Step 5Moisturizer

Moisturizers with yuja extract, niacinamide, glutathione, and arbutin help brighten dark spots and manage breakouts for acne-prone skin, while formulas with ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin support hydration and repair. 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

Once a week

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with Camellia Seed Oil, Squalane, Corn Germ Oil, and Shea Butter help remove oil-based debris and hydrate skin, while those with Jojoba Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Tocopherol, and Centella Asiatica Extract help clear away sebum and soothe breakouts. This step is used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with Matcha Green Tea, Centella Asiatica Extract, Niacinamide, and Salicylic Acid help manage breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks, while moisturizing components like glycerin and hyaluronic acid keep skin soft and hydrated. These cleansers are used every morning, every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best cleansers for acne-prone skin

Step 3Enzyme Powder

Enzyme powders with salicylic acid and papain help clear breakouts and blackheads, while formulas with licorice root extract and rice bran extract help fade post-acne marks and reveal smoother skin. This step is used once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 4Cleansing Mask

Cleansing masks with salicylic acid and blue tansy help clear out pores and soothe breakouts on acne-prone skin. These masks are used once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 5Hydrating Toner

This step in your routine is used every morning and once a week in place of the evening routine. Hydrating toners with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and centella asiatica extract help hydrate your skin, soothe inflammation, and balance dry and oily areas.

Best toners for acne-prone skin

Step 6Serum or Treatment

Serums and ampoules with niacinamide, zinc PCA, and propolis help calm breakouts and balance oil production for acne-prone skin. These treatments are applied every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best serums and treatments for acne-prone skin

Step 7Moisturizer

Moisturizers with yuja extract, niacinamide, glutathione, and arbutin help brighten dark spots and manage breakouts for acne-prone skin, while formulas with ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin support hydration and repair. 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.

Get a routine for your skin

Scan your face, and Lovi builds a morning, evening, and weekly routine around your skin and goals.