Reddit reviews Clean & Clear Dual Action Face Moisturizer, 4 Fl Oz

Shower normally with hot water; this will soften the hair. I generally shave only at the end of a shower as other products might clog my pores.

Exfoliate; this will remove dead skin and dirt, which will help keep it from clogging the razor, promote the release of any ingrown hairs, and further soften the hair.

Lather with a moisturizing shaving soap or if you run out of shaving specific products, hair conditioner works in a bind. Let lather sit for a minute or two; it will further soften the hair.

Starting from the base of your ankle, shave in short strokes (maybe 3-4 inches) upwards against the grain, rotating around your leg; longer strokes evidently can clog the razor faster.

Rinse the blade after every rotation; not rinsing will force you to take multiple passes, and that is something you want to avoid.

The backs of the legs takes practice. I contort myself so I can see for the most part. Calfs are easy to see, but hamstrings are not. If you cannot contort yourself, lift your knee to your shoulder so you can see your hamstrings and shave downwards against the grain from the knee to the butt.

Go slow. A woman's legs are one of her best assets; take care of them.

Do not neglect your toes, thighs, arm pits and knuckles. Arm hair is optional, but even ciswomen can have hairy arms and not give a shit.

Rinse with cold water; as cold as you can possibly endure. This will snap shut your pores and help mitigate bacterial invasions. It helps stops razor bumps, ingrown hairs and acne.

Pat dry with a clean towel; never rub dry because you will exacerbate any micro cuts and make them worse.

Moisturize wherever the blade touched you. Even pros get get micro cuts, so you might want to invest in a medicated moisturizer.

The reward for being diligent?
Rub your freshly shaved legs together; it feels like heaven. It's really quite addicting.

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Edit: added stuff

Here is my unbiased, heavily researched answer. I'm a doctor and also struggled with blackheads/acne, and the below answers tend to work well for almost everyone.

Use a cleanser and a toner as directed on the bottles once in the morning and once before bed. In addition, the below advice works really well for clearing out and keeping out blackheads, as well as preventing and treating acne.

The reason products like Pro Activ tend to work is they force people into a schedule of doing something productive on a regular basis. You don't need to spend that kind of cash as long as you keep a good regimen going. So in addition to cleaner/toner, follow steps 1-2 below and consider adding #3 for a huge punch, #4 if you want to take it a little further and get rid of some scarring (over time) and really keep your skin looking young, glowing and cleared up. USE PRODUCTS AS DIRECTED when you buy them - don't let a peel sit overnight on your face just because you think it'll help more. That's like turning the oven on 500 degrees to cook your cookies twice as fast - it doesn't work out and you just ruin the cookies. Same goes with your face.

1. Use a pore strip (the Biore ones work well) to initially clear them out. You can do this 2x/week if you like. It's a way to remove without squeezing (squeezing = inflammation). This gets rid of most of the big ones. I use one on my nose and one on my chin.
   
   to prevent blackheads, follow remaining steps. Some product links at bottom
   
   
2. Use either a moisturizer with salicylic acid (Clean & Clear makes a great one - it's oil free) or benzoyl peroxide plus any other moisturizer on problem areas in the morning after you use a cleanser + toner. Problem areas are usually nose and chin. The acid eats up the blackhead a bit.
   
   
3. Clay based mask (any old kind, cheap, as long as it's clay based) once or twice every week for 15 min to 60 min (you don't have to be strict about the time). Do this far from the time you do the peel (see below). Yes, guys do this. My husband loves it. I do this right after I use a pore strip.
   
   
4. Consider adding a low to medium strength glycolic or lactic acid peel to your skincare every 3-4 weeks once. Follow the instructions meticulously. Don't get 80% stuff. Get lower percentages to try so you don't burn your face off. Don't do a mask within 3-4 days on either side of the peel. The next day or 2 your skin should be a little rough and dead-ish (because the top layer literally dies off faster than usual) and then boom your skin is brighter. This gets rid of the dead flaky stuff that encourages oils to stay in pores.
   
   
5. Finally, if these things aren't cutting it or you are getting to the wrinkle stage of life (or want to prevent them - usually mid to late 30s) consider a retinol based acne face serum or cream. This will increase your acne for a couple weeks because it pisses your face off. Get through it and then your acne should go down. Don't use this if you're female and in the child bearing stages.
   
   Pore strips:
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Biore-Deep-Cleansing-Pore-Strips/dp/B0009EILKS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1404574003&sr=8-2&keywords=pore+strips
   
   Moisturizer with salicylic acid:
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Clear-ESSENTIALS-Action-Moisturizer/dp/B000052YJM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1404574034&sr=8-2&keywords=salicylic+acid+moisturizer
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Burts-Bees-Natural-Solutions-Moisturizing/dp/B0027TSO5A/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1404574053&sr=8-4&keywords=salicylic+acid+moisturizer
   
   Masks:
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Anthony-Logistics-Men-Cleansing-Ounce/dp/B000J4K0YI/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1404573858&sr=8-30&keywords=clay+mask
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Freeman-FREEMAN241620-Facial-Masque-Purifying/dp/B00005NFBD/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1404573943&sr=8-3&keywords=clay+mask
   
   Lactic peels:
   
   http://www.amazon.com/LUMINEX-Skin-Brightening-Peel-Pads/dp/B00H8ZLVTE/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1404573483&sr=8-11&keywords=lactic+acid+peel
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Lactic-Acid-50%25-Gel-Peel/dp/B006ZBP8NM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404573664&sr=8-1&keywords=lactic+acid+peel
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Lactic-Acid-40%25--Beverly-Hills/dp/B00CMBS70U/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1404573483&sr=8-8&keywords=lactic+acid+peel

BHA = Beta Hydroxy Acid (Salicylic Acid)

BP = Benzoyl Peroxide

SA Cleanser

SA Moisturizer

Biore Sunscreen

Normaderm moisturizer

Mandelic Acid

Get some acne medication (salicylic acid) for the ingrowns. I'd go for a lotion like this. It's a lotion with a gentle amount of acne medication. It'll help with the inflammation from the hairs.

sorry to say I haven't used either one but if you're willing to try something else I have been using Clean & Clear Dual Action Moisturizer for years and love it. It's nothing crazy and im sure there are other moisturizers with better ingredients out there, but this stuff has been a god sent for me. Hope you find something you like!

What kind of problem do you think is causing your acne? Too oily skin or too dry? Personally I had a mixture of both from the harsh treatment I used on my skin in various places.

I've been fighting Acne for 6 years now (22 years old) and have been on Minocycline 100mg twice daily for 4 years. Nothing seemed to work until recently.

I started putting Clean and Clears spot treatment on my acne areas and drying them out heavily.

http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Clear-Advantage-Acne-Treatment/dp/B00027DDOQ

Around 30 minutes after applying this I moisturized the dry parts of my face with Clean and Clears 2 in 1 moisturizing cream. The spot treatment has heavy BP in it so it WILL dry out your skin, and the lotion has some salicylic acid in it but the moisturizing effect makes up for it (for me).

http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Clear-ESSENTIALS-Action-Moisturizer/dp/B000052YJM

On top of doing that routine 4 times a day (once in morning and at night, twice throughout day... probably a bit much but I'm obsessive) coupled with an exfoliate in the mornings and evenings and it totally cleared up after about 5 weeks. I feel ridiculous saying this because it's crazy to say but I haven't gone a day without at least 3 painful and hugely noticeable cystic pimples on my face in many years.

A lot of people will tell you that this is way too many times to wash your face a day, and for most people it probably is. but it's the only thing that worked for me after 6 years of trying different stuff people said to try online. Everyone's skin is different, I'm just recommending some products to try.

Pic below is current day, 7 weeks after starting this. still do same routine because I'm afraid to stop lol.

http://imgur.com/Nitkd6L

I've gone two weeks without a single pimple, and that's compared to 6 years without a single day away from the torture.

I'm not the other person, but all of Clean & Clear's products were tingly for me. Their face scrub, their cleansers, their astringent, their gel, their cream, really I used everything to try to get rid of my teenage zits — lol. Do you mean this, by the way?

Little did I know that meant it was upsetting my face, and not just making my skin feel all cool and tingly.

I went from having awful acne, to just hormonal acne, to now just about nothing. My recs are not drugstore, but honestly most of them cost about what you would pay for a drugstore product anyway.

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  I wash twice daily with this face soap from Mojo Spa, which is a local Chicago business that is just fabulous. ($10, one bar lasts me 3-4 months)
  
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  Then I follow up with this Clinique Acne Solutions clarifying lotion ($14, the bottle lasts forever)
  
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  Anything I have on my face that is looking like it may turn into/is already a pimple gets a salicylic acid spot treatment using ELFs Zip Zapper ($1, so far it has lasted me 4 months and isn't even 1/3 empty)
  
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  In the morning, I use Cliniques Dramatically Different moisturizer, because my skin tends to be dry. ($13 for 1.7 oz) In the evening I use Clean & Clear Dual Action moisturizer (It was around $5 for 4oz at Ulta).
  
  I know it sucks to spend a little more than you want but if you can find the right set of products for you, your skin will look amazing. I never imagined I could have the clear skin I have now. I also use Cliniques Acne Solutions foundation, which may also help.

I've been using this stuff by Biore and it's worked wonders for me. my skin has cleared right up. i also use a moisturizer by Clean and Clear

hi there, I am a little overwhelmed by all the information that I see on this subreddit. I'm a 20 year old that lives in California that's been struggling with acne problem for the past 7 years or so. The frequencies of breakouts have been lessening every year but I still have lots of red scarrings and consistent 1-3 pimples that I am dealing with all the time. I have an oily, blemish prone skin.

here is my current routine that I've been using for the past 6 months or so:

Morning

• kaiser permanente benzoyl peroxide (5%)
  
  
• avene cicalfate restorative skin cream
  
  
• clean & clear dual action moisturizer
  
  
• Biore UV Aqua rich watery essence
  
  
  Night:
  
  
• Same as morning minus the biore uv aqua rich suncreen
  
  

Yea I also do sunscreen in the morning, other than that not much. Also I’m a guy so I don’t use make up haha. But would a deep cleansing oil still help? As for moisturizer it’s really hard for me to find something good because I have super sensitive/oily skin. I tried Cerave when I first found this sub but that only made me break it more. This lotion that I use now is thin, not oily and doesn’t make me break out and pretty much the only reason I use it. If there’s something better out there I’d gladly use that instead.

the lotion I’m using

Hi everyone, I'm new here, and new to skincare in general. Hoping to get some help with my acne and blemishes.

For background, I am male, turning 22 in the fall, and I've never really had a standard skincare routine. I hate putting stuff on my face in general. I tend to avoid moisturizers and creams and lotions and all that. I don't like the oily feeling, but I'll try putting up with it to help my acne. Always thought it would start naturally clearing up around this time in my life and never worried about it too much or looked it up. It's gotten a bit better recently, but I still get a lot of breakouts and this chronic big one on my left cheek too.

Thanks for any help in advance!

Issues: Acne and acne-related blemishes. Occasional, but minor, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. (Just learned that's what that is from reading through the sidebar stuff!)

Skin Type: I have no idea. I read through the link provided and still not sure how to classify. Combination I guess? I think my skin is slightly dry in general, but I tend to sweat a lot (especially with the hot Californian summer sun), so it gets oily sometimes.

Current Routine/How Long: I usually just wash my face with water pretty regularly. For most of my life (since I was about 15) I would use these two St. Ives acne-face washes (Apricot Scrub and Green Tea Scrub) anytime I showered. In the past couple months I've switched to this Neutrogena Daily Scrub and this Clean & Clear moisturizer, but I still use them pretty much just after showers. For about the last week or so, I've been trying to get into the habit of using them both daily. Was going to start trying twice a day for the scrub.

Anything New: Definitely a big increase in the frequency I use my cleaners. Using moisturizer more in this last week than ever before in my life too. Not a lot has changed so far though. My skin has just become a little softer I think.

Location: California Bay Area


I feel like it should also be known that I teach martial arts so I spend a lot of time running around getting sweaty and dirty and also a lot of time on the ground, sometimes facedown on the mat or getting other peoples' hands across my face. I've also been a terrible picker for a lot of my life, but I've been pretty good about it lately.

Here's some stuff I've been looking at trying from my research recently, including looking through this sub's awesome sidebar info.

1. Stri-Dex Maximum Strength Medicated Pads OR
   
   
2. Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Night Cleansing Pads
   
   
3. Neutrogena Rapid Clear Stubborn Acne Spot Gel OR
   
   
4. Neutrogena Rapid Clear Stubborn Acne Daily Leave-On Mask
   
   
5. CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser
   
   
6. CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
   
   I also haven't looked into sunscreen at all because I have fairly dark skin and am pretty sun-resistant already. Other than Pokemon Go recently, I don't spend a lot of time exposed in the sun anyway. And when I do, it's usually early morning when it's not too strong, or around sunset when I go out after work. I hear it's kinda important though, so I would appreciate recommendations for that too.
   
   Please and thank you to anyone who can help me! Sorry for the long post.