CaitlynF review for Tea Tree Purifine 95 Essence

This has been on my wishlist for ages bc I love approaching skincare in multiple ways: through acids, plant extracts, and new ingredients. This claims to help prevent and treat acne with tea tree water (very good it’s not the essential oil) in a non irritating and hydrating way. ༶I༶n༶g༶r༶e༶d༶i༶e༶n༶t༶s༶ ✨95% Tea tree extract: the more mild “cousin” to tea tree oil. It’s still strong and should be used with caution, but don’t think it’s 95% tea tree oil. ✨Witch hazel: it’s awfully high on the ingredient list, but only has the potential to be 5% of the formula. I think this causes some of the drying effect. ༶U༶s༶a༶g༶e༶/༶E༶x༶p༶e༶r༶i༶e༶n༶c༶e༶ ✨I stopped using BHA and all acids ✨ I tried to use with caution, only trying 2 times a week at first. Then I gradually got up to about 5 times. 🚨 See what was bad: When I first started using it, I was also using the matching moisturizer. And boy was my skin shocked by all the tea tree! ✨ I feel like I have to use it for a few months to see if it prevents breakouts. But I’ve noticed more breakouts 😣 my skin is sort of congested and BHA really seems to be the only thing to handle that. 🚨 I only break out between my eyebrows when I’m congested and I’ve had a few new ones pop up. ✨ My sebum is more balanced and I feel like other products absorb better afterwards. ༶T༶e༶x༶t༶u༶r༶e༶ ✨ Literally feels like water, but smells like tea tree ✨ Very “liquidy” (as you can see in the video) so you have to be careful not to get it in your eyes. ✨ The dispenser doesn’t grab that much product so that’s good for something you could overuse. ༶P༶r༶i༶c༶e༶ ༶&༶ ༶A༶v༶a༶i༶l༶a༶b༶i༶l༶i༶t༶y༶ 🚨 Around $27 USD on Stylevana for 50ml ✨ Not horrible for an essence/serum. Especially since everyone is looking for a miracle product for acne. 🚨 It doesn’t seem worth it for ME bc it didn’t stop acne at the source.