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Skincare routine for acne-prone skin

Cleansers, toners, and moisturizers with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin help calm breakouts and keep acne-prone skin comfortable. Exfoliating steps, serums, and masks with salicylic acid, glycolic acid, and vitamin C clear out blackheads and 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 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.

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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 redness, while cleansers with salicylic acid and tea tree oil clear out pores and reduce blackheads. This cleansing step is 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 hydrating steps with glycerin and hyaluronic acid help keep skin soft and plump, while formulas with niacinamide and centella asiatica extract help soothe breakouts and calm redness for 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 Yuja Extract, Niacinamide, Glutathione, and Arbutin help brighten dark spots and control oil while balancing acne-prone skin. Moisturizers with Birch Sap Juice, Glycerin, Hyaluronic Acid, and Allantoin provide light hydration, and these products are used every morning and every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with Camellia Seed Oil, Squalane, and sunflower seed oil help clear out oil-based debris and maintain skin hydration. Makeup removers with Hyaluronic Acid and Centella Asiatica Extract help soothe acne-prone skin, and 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 redness, while cleansers with salicylic acid and tea tree oil clear out pores and reduce blackheads. This cleansing step is 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 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 with niacinamide and propolis help target blemishes and breakouts, while versions with hyaluronic acid and madecassoside provide hydration and soothe the 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 Yuja Extract, Niacinamide, Glutathione, and Arbutin help brighten dark spots and control oil while balancing acne-prone skin. Moisturizers with Birch Sap Juice, Glycerin, Hyaluronic Acid, and Allantoin provide light hydration, and 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, and sunflower seed oil help clear out oil-based debris and maintain skin hydration. Makeup removers with Hyaluronic Acid and Centella Asiatica Extract help soothe acne-prone skin, and 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 redness, while cleansers with salicylic acid and tea tree oil clear out pores and reduce blackheads. This cleansing step is used every morning and every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Enzyme Powder

Enzyme powder steps with rice bran extract, salicylic acid, papain, and licorice root extract help digest dull surface cells and address breakouts and blemishes, while revealing smoother skin. This step is used once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 4Cleansing Mask

Cleansing masks with Blue Tansy, BHA, enzymes, Willow Bark Extract, turmeric, saffron extract, aloe vera, rosehip oil, zinc oxide, sulfur, camphor, salicylic acid, cica, Centella Asiatica, hyaluronic acid, glycolic acid, lactic acid, mandelic acid, cranberry seed oil, jojoba seed oil, ascorbyl glucoside, blue agave extract, licorice root extract, Artemisia Princeps extract, kaolin clay, and bentonite clay deep-draw oil and impurities to help purify skin, clear out blackheads, and combat breakouts. This step is used once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 5Hydrating Toner

Hydrating toners and hydrating steps with glycerin and hyaluronic acid help keep skin soft and plump, while formulas with niacinamide and centella asiatica extract help soothe breakouts and calm redness for 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 with niacinamide and propolis help target blemishes and breakouts, while versions with hyaluronic acid and madecassoside provide hydration and soothe the 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 Yuja Extract, Niacinamide, Glutathione, and Arbutin help brighten dark spots and control oil while balancing acne-prone skin. Moisturizers with Birch Sap Juice, Glycerin, Hyaluronic Acid, and Allantoin provide light hydration, and 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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