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Skincare routine for acne-prone skin

Cleansers, toners and enzyme powders with salicylic acid and glycolic acid help clear breakouts and blackheads. 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 for acne-prone skin removes sunscreen, makeup, and the day's oil, then treats the skin while it rests and is away from the sun. This 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.

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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 salicylic acid help clear out pores to manage breakouts and blackheads. These cleansers with glycerin, niacinamide, and centella asiatica extract help keep skin calm and hydrated, and they are used every morning and evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 2Hydrating Toner

Hydrating toners and essences with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and centella asiatica extract help calm breakouts and keep acne-prone skin soft and smooth. The hydrating toner step is used every morning and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Moisturizer

Moisturizers with yuja extract and niacinamide help control oil and brighten post-acne marks, while formulas with birch sap juice, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin deliver hydration without feeling greasy. These moisturizers are used every morning, every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 4SPF

The sunscreen step is used every morning to defend against UV damage on acne-prone skin. Sunscreens with zinc oxide and titanium dioxide help protect against UV rays, while formulas with centella asiatica extract and niacinamide help calm breakouts and post-acne marks.

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Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with camellia seed oil, squalane, corn germ oil, shea butter, jojoba seed oil, helianthus annuus seed oil, tocopherol, centella asiatica extract, low molecular hyaluronic acid, panthenol, witch hazel extract, allantoin, hyaluronic acid, beeswax, orange peel oil, mandarin orange peel oil, orange peel extract, grapefruit peel extract, glycerin, olive oil, caprylic/capric triglyceride, apricot kernel oil, cucumber fruit extract, aloe vera leaf juice, rosa damascena flower water, chamomile, green tea, and vitamin e help clear out oil-based debris and makeup. This makeup remover step is used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with salicylic acid help clear out pores to manage breakouts and blackheads. These cleansers with glycerin, niacinamide, and centella asiatica extract help keep skin calm and hydrated, and they are used every morning and evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Cleansing Toner

In the Lovi routine for this skin the cleansing toner step is used every evening. Cleansing toners with lactic acid, glycolic acid and salicylic acid help clear breakouts and blackheads, while formulas with panthenol, aloe vera and centella asiatica soothe the skin.

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Step 4Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide, ferulic acid, zinc PCA, vitamin B5, green tea extract, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, kakadu plum, vitamin E, salicylic acid, centella asiatica extract, and ceramides help target breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks while keeping oily skin balanced and calm. These treatments are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 5Moisturizer

Moisturizers with yuja extract and niacinamide help control oil and brighten post-acne marks, while formulas with birch sap juice, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin deliver hydration without feeling greasy. These moisturizers are used every morning, 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, corn germ oil, shea butter, jojoba seed oil, helianthus annuus seed oil, tocopherol, centella asiatica extract, low molecular hyaluronic acid, panthenol, witch hazel extract, allantoin, hyaluronic acid, beeswax, orange peel oil, mandarin orange peel oil, orange peel extract, grapefruit peel extract, glycerin, olive oil, caprylic/capric triglyceride, apricot kernel oil, cucumber fruit extract, aloe vera leaf juice, rosa damascena flower water, chamomile, green tea, and vitamin e help clear out oil-based debris and makeup. This makeup remover step is used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with salicylic acid help clear out pores to manage breakouts and blackheads. These cleansers with glycerin, niacinamide, and centella asiatica extract help keep skin calm and hydrated, and they are used every morning and evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Enzyme Powder

In the Lovi routine for this skin the enzyme powder step is used once a week, in place of the evening routine. Exfoliating steps and enzyme powders with salicylic acid, papain and rice bran extract help clear out pores, manage breakouts and reveal smoother skin.

Step 4Cleansing Mask

Cleansing masks are used once a week in place of the evening routine. Cleansing masks with Kaolin and salicylic acid help clear out breakouts and blackheads, while masks with centella asiatica and hyaluronic acid calm the skin and keep it soft.

Step 5Hydrating Toner

Hydrating toners and essences with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and centella asiatica extract help calm breakouts and keep acne-prone skin soft and smooth. The hydrating toner step 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, ferulic acid, zinc PCA, vitamin B5, green tea extract, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, kakadu plum, vitamin E, salicylic acid, centella asiatica extract, and ceramides help target breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks while keeping oily skin balanced and calm. These treatments are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 7Moisturizer

Moisturizers with yuja extract and niacinamide help control oil and brighten post-acne marks, while formulas with birch sap juice, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin deliver hydration without feeling greasy. These moisturizers are used every morning, 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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