Neutralyze Mandelic Acid Face Wash with 2% Salicylic Acid, 5 fl oz | DuoClear acid system, fragrance-free gel cleanser for acne-prone, sensitive & combination skin. Step 1

This face wash is one of the best salicylic acid washes I've found that is fragrance free. It's gentle, effective, and cleared my active pimples within a week. A lot of the negatives reviews seem to be from people who didn't use it correctly, so I want to give some pointers so you can get the most out of this product:- DO NOT USE IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO ASPIRIN. Salicylic acid is from the same family of compounds.- DO NOT USE IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR TRYING TO GET PREGNANT. Salicylic acid is not safe for use during pregnancy.- ALWAYS DO A PATCH TEST BEHIND YOUR EAR. Even if you don't have a known allergy to any of the ingredients, it's better safe than sorry.Okay, so with all that out of the way, here's what I did to get the best results:- Don't use this as an actual "cleanser". It's a treatment face wash, and it's not really a good idea to use anything with Salicylic acid to remove makeup either, especially around your eyes. This is true whether you have sensitive skin or not. Instead, use a makeup remover (or cleansing oil or whatever) to remove the makeup first, then do a quick wash with a really creamy cleanser (I used CeraVe Hydrating), THEN use a dime-size amount of the Neutralyze and apply it like you would a face mask (avoiding the eye area, lips, nostrils, etc). Leave it on for 1-2 minutes and wash it off, then follow up with a moisturizer IMMEDIATELY on WET skin and let it dry. This will help prevent your skin from drying out since you essentially "triple cleansed". Even better if the moisturizer has ceramides in it. If daytime, follow up with sunscreen after the moisturizer dries. If nighttime, you're good to go. Maybe do another layer of moisturizer.- If you're not wearing makeup, you can do a spot cleanse with a creamy cleanser around your eyes and then apply the Neutralyze on the rest of your face.- Don't use it in the same routine as tretinoin/Retin-A, adapalene/Differin, or any retinol for that matter. They will inactivate each other and dry the crap out of your face for good measure. Use it the morning after retinol or maybe the next night, just not at the same time. You can use it with Benzoyl Peroxide, but tread with caution, since BP is drying as hell.- Start off with once every other day. If that works for you, great. If not, then you can slowly build up to once or twice a day. Not everyone needs to use this twice a day to see best results.- Active acne will calm down first, within a week or two. Blackheads and sebacious filaments will take a bit longer and any dark spots (post inflammatory hyperpigmentation or eythema/redness) will take the longest to go.- If you start breaking out worse with the use of this product, and you've done all of the above, and ruled out any allergies, you may just be purging, especially if you've never used Salicylic Acid before. This means whatever pimples were underneath your skin and were going to surface at some point anyway are coming up all at once. Again, this is true whether or not your skin is sensitive, and it doesn't mean that this is a bad product. Give it a chance and stick through it for 6 weeks, because that's generally how long salicylic acid takes to show best results and in most cases, it gets much worse before it gets better. Moisturize your skin, don't overwhelm it with too many active ingredients, and you should be fine.After going through all of the above, if you still hate it after 6 weeks, by all means toss it.Sorry for the wall of text, but I hope the above info helps someone!P.S. This is also amazing for softening up keratosis pilaris (AKA chicken skin or goose skin) on your arms and legs.Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this product and I hope they never change or discontinue it.

Hands down, this is the best face wash I have ever used. I've had acne for almost 15 years and have tried pretty much every product on the market; the whole Paula's Choice line, Curology, etc, and even things "customized" for my skin never really did what I needed them to. I bought this face wash after I saw a video saying Mandelic Acid is good for healing acne scars and discoloration, so I figured "why not?"I'm 26 and still have very oily skin, and many of the products I was using were too stripping/harsh. This led to a cycle of oil overproduction and more breakouts. With this product, my oil production has leveled out, my pores are visibly SO much smaller, my skin tone is more even (I used to have redness in my "t zone" every day), and my scars are indeed fading. It's insane to see this much improvement in two months, so much so that I'm shocked every time I look in the mirror. I can even eat dairy (something that would usually make me break out) all the time now, and barely any zits!! Your mileage may vary, but that's pretty cool. In the pictures, you can see the skin looks more glowy and even in the second photo, and it's not just the lighting :)I do agree with another reviewer that you should make sure this product is used on bare skin, not as a primary cleanser to take makeup off, as it's not really designed for that. I use micellar water first and then the face wash, and it works great.Please please never discontinue this product!! <3

Use it in the shower. Keeps face clean but wish there were scrubbers in it

INCREDIBLE face wash. No burn... none.... I use this, let it sit on my skin while I gargle and shower my body, then use my facial cleaning brush and scrub the dirt off and then rinse. I have looked for so long for some help with occasional breakouts. You can give me one zit and I am in meltdown central.... I need my skin clear. I was relying on 10% benzoyl products that dried me out with continued use and then the all so delightful peeling. Guys, Gals and everyone between.... this is really amazing. If they charged double, I would still buy it. I am on my second bottle and I have not had a single blemish all summer.... I live in NYC... the city traps heat because of the concrete... I sweat like any other guy does. I would normally have a spot or two every week... zero Z E R O. The slightest minute sense of burn the first few days and I mean hardly anything.... after the first week I feel nothing... but it is apparently unleashing some whoop azz on the bacteria because the results have truly surpassed my hopes. I would have settled for 1 -2 bumps a month. I am not noticing any drying of my skin, ZERO peeling.... I have been too focused on harsh products that abused my skin in order to reduce bumps. This stuff plays nice to your skin and stops the bumps from ever happening. i'll shut up now...and no I didn't get any freebies or work for this company in any way, shape or form.

I’ve been using this cleanser consistently, and I’m really happy with the results. It helped fade my acne marks, and my skin looks much clearer and healthier. It cleans my face well without making it feel dry or tight. My face feels smooth, fresh, and has a nice glow. I’m very satisfied with this product and will definitely keep using it. Highly recommend!

I've tried ordering the face wash (the best) 2 separate times and asked for a replacement and I keep getting the moisturizer instead (4 in total). I dont think this product is in stock anymore....

As a "mature" lady, who has had extremely oily skin since hitting puberty, I have tried almost everything that is available. Most don't work as advertised, and are extremely over drying and irritating to the skin. I've even tolerated the skin irritation to attempt to control the acne.I found this product, and the wipes of the same brand, and figured that they would be another disappointment. Within a week, the pimples were smaller. I still have pimples after 3 weeks of use, but they are MUCH fewer, and smaller, less cystic, and not painful, and they are pretty easy to hide with a little makeup.The reason I am giving the product 5 stars, even though my skin is not clear, is the texture of my skin has drastically improved for the better! My very large pores have shrunken to the point that they rival the skin of someone who is not plagued with oily skin.I am actually convinced that, given enough time, the acne/pimples will continue to decrease in size and number, to the point I might just get the occasional one. I have decades of dealing with the issue, and nothing has seemed to lessen the oiliness, or acne like this has.I do use the combo of the cleaner and wipes, morning and night, and in using both, my skin does not feel oily when I wake up in the morning, or at the end of the day, so the product is aiding the condition from the deeper skin structures to the surface, hence why I believe in time, I will continue to see even more improvement.It takes a small amount of the cleanser to clean the face, so it does last. There is no harsh smell, and what is there is pleasant.Most people have acne until they reach a certain age. I never outgrew the problem. (Darn it!) But this product has been the best I have found, for my issues. Maybe it will help those like me that have dealt with it for decades.

It’s really good, my skin doesn’t work with any cleansing, but this one does, less acne and skin more clear