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Helen’s note
If you have a fresh, inflamed breakout, put down the foaming cleansers, face scrubs and face brushes. Active spots are open packets of inflammation and bacteria: scrubbing pops them too early and drags live bacteria across healthy pores, spreading the breakout. Use a calming spot treatment instead.
Helen Ritchie, skin professional
Synergie Skin
Blem-X Spot Treatment
£47 15ml
For the spot you want gone now. Rather than drying it out with benzoyl peroxide, Blem-X calms it: fruit acids and salicylic acid clear the pore, lemongrass, lavender and manuka oils deal with bacteria, and liquorice takes down redness and steadies oil. It tackles all four things that make a spot. Dab it on spots only, not all over.
Key ingredients
Liquorice extract:
A potent anti-inflammatory and anti-irritant to reduce redness and calms sensitive skin. Liquorice extract helps to regulate the oil gland making it an ideal ingredient for acne and congested skin. Also helps to reduce the appearance of uneven skin tone and pigmentation.
Manuka oil:
A potent antibacterial agent used for centuries in Maori tribes for wound healing.
Lactic Acid (AHA):
A natural and biocompatible exfoliant for effective removal of epidermal dead skin cells, responsible for congestion.
Salicylic Acid (BHA):
A beta hydroxy acid that works on the uppermost layer of the skin and within the pores. It is excellent for acne sufferers as it is able to exfoliate and remove dead cells and debris trapped in pores.
Malic Acid (AHA):
A powerful antioxidant and humectant which has hydrating properties and leaves a protective, moisturising layer on the skin.
Aloe Vera:
A powerful anti-inflammatory which helps calm acne lesions and skin irritation.
Lemongrass oil:
Lemongrass is a natural antiseptic, astringent and antimicrobial which combats P.acnes bacteria and helps calm blemishes so they are less likely to leave marks.
Lavender oil:
Gently calms skin and acts as an antimicrobial agent to protect from infection.
If you need one product to clear the occasional spot or if you suffer from stubborn spots and need to bulk up your routine. If you want a fast acting spot serum.
What to expect
- Spots that calm and clear faster
- Less redness around a breakout
- Less risk of lasting marks
- No dry, flaky patches
How to use
Full ingredients
About Synergie Skin
Created by cosmetic chemist Terri Vinson Jones in Australia. Her stance: actives at the doses proven to work, in clean formulas, for clinical results. If an ingredient is questionable for skin health, it doesn’t go in.
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Where this fits
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Moisturise to lock it all in, and give skin what it needs to repair overnight.
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