Dr. Sam's - realskincares review for Flawless Neutralising Gel

My skin likes spot treatments that don't only attack the pimple, but that take care of the skin around it, and I think this should be the basics for everyone. 🧖 We tend to think we need to DRY the pimple, but we actually need to calm it down. How do we do this? Salicylic acid to help unclog the pore, plus nourishing and antiinflammatory actives. 👌 This one paricularly has some interesting ingredients, so this time I would like to break down the most important ingredients on the list: 👉Water💧, solvent, but if you're dealing with pimples, it's a great idea to reach to water based products in general 👉Propylene Glycol, this is usually used as a solven and viscosity controler, BUT it is also moisturising and can enhace product penetration 👉5% ✨AZELAIC ACID✨. I think we need more spot treatments with azelaic acid, this guy is antibacterial, antiinflammatory and helps calm redness (either if it comes from acne, rosacea, PIE) 👉5% Squalane, this is probably why this formulation has Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, it is a non greasy and lightweight oil, that is actually naturally found in our skin's sebum, so our skin will happily welcome it. It is emollient, helping keep moisture in 🛡️ 👉2% Salicylic acid. Need I say more? 🙈 👉0.5% Bakuchiol. Although it is thouhgt to be a retinol alternative, it is not, but may be the closest option if for some reason you can use retinol. Bakuchiol has antimicrobial, antibacterial and antioxidant properties 🙌 So all in all, this is one heck of a spot treatment. 💪 It has healed a potential pimple before it got to the surface, and didn't dry or irritate my skin at all. Also, the texture is so nice it really makes you want to spread it all over your face 🤭