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Skincare routine for acne-prone skin

Cleansers, toners and masks with salicylic acid and glycolic acid help clear blackheads and breakouts. Moisturizers and serums 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, then treats the skin while it rests and is away from the sun. The weekly routine takes the place of the evening routine once a week and adds the deeper steps.

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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, glycerin, and tea tree oil help reduce breakouts and excess oil for acne-prone skin, while formulas with niacinamide and ceramides support the skin barrier. These cleansers are used every morning, every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 2Hydrating Toner

Hydrating toners with black snail extract, niacinamide, centella asiatica extract, and glycerin help soothe inflammation, calm breakouts, and improve texture on acne-prone skin. This step is used every morning and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Moisturizer

Moisturizers with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and snail secretion filtrate help hydrate and keep your 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 evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 4SPF

The sunscreen step in this routine is used every morning. Sunscreens and lotions with zinc oxide and niacinamide help protect against UV rays and calm breakouts, while formulas with hyaluronic acid and centella asiatica keep the skin hydrated without feeling oily.

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Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers and cleansers with camellia seed oil, squalane, hyaluronic acid, beeswax, and orange and mandarin orange peel oils help dissolve makeup and clear away excess oil for acne-prone skin. These products are used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with salicylic acid, glycerin, and tea tree oil help reduce breakouts and excess oil for acne-prone skin, while formulas with niacinamide and ceramides support the skin barrier. These cleansers are used every morning, every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Cleansing Toner

Cleansing toners with glycolic acid and salicylic acid help clear out pores and address breakouts on acne-prone skin. This step is used every evening.

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Step 4Serum or Treatment

Serums and treatments with propolis, niacinamide, and benzoyl peroxide help reduce breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks, while formulations with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and madecassoside provide soothing hydration and calm inflammation. This 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, glycerin, and snail secretion filtrate help hydrate and keep your 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 evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Once a week

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers and cleansers with camellia seed oil, squalane, hyaluronic acid, beeswax, and orange and mandarin orange peel oils help dissolve makeup and clear away excess oil for acne-prone skin. These products are used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with salicylic acid, glycerin, and tea tree oil help reduce breakouts and excess oil for acne-prone skin, while formulas with niacinamide and ceramides support the skin barrier. These cleansers are used every morning, every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Enzyme Powder

This step in your routine is used once a week in place of your evening routine to digest dull surface cells and reveal brighter, smoother skin. Exfoliating steps with rice bran extract, salicylic acid, and papain help address acne, blemishes, and blackheads, while soothing ingredients like allantoin and green tea extract help keep skin calm.

Step 4Cleansing Mask

Cleansing masks with salicylic acid, zinc oxide, and willow bark extract help deep-draw oil, clear out pores, and combat breakouts on acne-prone skin. This step is used once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 5Hydrating Toner

Hydrating toners with black snail extract, niacinamide, centella asiatica extract, and glycerin help soothe inflammation, calm breakouts, and improve texture on acne-prone skin. This step is used every morning and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 6Serum or Treatment

Serums and treatments with propolis, niacinamide, and benzoyl peroxide help reduce breakouts, blackheads, and post-acne marks, while formulations with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and madecassoside provide soothing hydration and calm inflammation. This 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, glycerin, and snail secretion filtrate help hydrate and keep your 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 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.

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