One product fights a breakout.
Two stop the next one.
The face wash clears the oil and grime that feeds a clog, twice a day. The serum stays on overnight and works inside the pore. Same active, two jobs — and neither can do the other's.
Why the spot treatment never wins
A spot cream treats the pimple you can see. The pores around it are already at the same stage. The routine that works treats the whole oily zone, every day.
- WASH
- Removes oil, sweat and sunscreen twice a day so the pore has less to clog with
- SERUM
- Stays on overnight and dissolves into the plug that has already formed
- BOTH
- 2% salicylic acid — the oil-soluble acid that can follow sebum into the pore
A wash is on your skin for a minute. A serum for eight hours.
Contact time decides how deep an active can work. The wash is a short, thorough clear-out that rinses away before it can dry the skin. The serum stays on all night and works on the plug the wash cannot reach.
Three steps make a pimple. The duo covers the first two — twice.
Sebum, sweat, sunscreen and the day's grime sit on the skin and drain into the pore.
Dead cells clump on the pore wall and sebum binds them into a plug — a blackhead if open, a whitehead if sealed.
Bacteria multiply in the blocked pore and the skin responds with redness and swelling. Fewer plugs means fewer of these.
Why the wash is pH balanced
Skin sits slightly acidic. Ordinary soaps and foaming washes push it alkaline, which loosens the barrier and, oddly, makes oily skin produce more oil to compensate. This wash is formulated close to skin's own pH so it cleans without starting that cycle.
Two products, one active, two jobs
2% Salicylic Acid Face WashIn the set2% Salicylic Acid SerumIn the setWhat actually happens, and when
Morning and night
Before you start
Treat the zone, not the spot.
2% Salicylic Acid Face Wash (175 ml) and 2% Salicylic Acid Serum (30 ml). Priced below buying them apart.
