When I hit my 20s, I thought that my acne days were behind me. I was wrong. Like a lot of women in the U.S., I struggle with stress and hormone-related acne that can leave me with painful bumps and lingering marks. That's why I was perfect to try out Glo Skin Beauty's brand-new Acne Collection.
Designed to fight the acne of your adult years, this collection is formulated to reinforce your skin's microbiome. The delicate ecosystem of good bacteria living on our skin is essential to skin health, but when we treat acne, we're often disrupting that system without restoring its balance. That's where the Acne Collection comes in, seeking to gently treat and eliminate stubborn acne while keeping your microbiome strong and healthy.
Treating Adult Acne
When most of us first encounter acne, it's during our teens. Aside from a buildup of dead skin cells, oil and bacteria, teens are dealing with overactive oil glands that are stimulated by their raging hormones. As you can imagine, that means a lot of acne treatment is designed to address these kind of breakouts.
Cracking the code on adult acne hasn't been easy, but with the addition of the microbiome into the conversation, Glo Skin has done just that.
Adult acne is happening on adult skin, and that means skin with less collagen and bounce-back power than teens. So, the collection had to be designed with a gentler hand—one that's focused on the nourishment adult skin really needs while it's fighting off and recovering from breakouts.
The Acne Collection
I Tried It: An Honest Review of the Glo Skin Acne Collection
The Benefits
Acne treatment that refines wrinkles, plumps skin and helps you heal faster, the Glo Skin Acne Collection is a set of stellar performers. The main theme of the collection is balance, and that's a big benefit when it comes to the delicate microbiome. Ingredients like sulfur, lactic acid and hydroxy acids work to gently refine, cleanse and soothe skin without stripping it of essential moisture. 98 percent of users found themselves experiencing fewer breakouts after four weeks of using the PM Moisturizer, and 94 percent agreed that the Clarifying Moisturizer was shine-reducing and oil-controlling. Balancing targeted acne treatment with marine extracts and botanicals that reduce redness and take down inflammation, this collection is designed to level your skin out.
Shorter Recovery Time
Pro-tip: The Recovery Spot creams makes an excellent post-breakout companion, and I like to have it on me during the day to take down inflammation and irritation. I would love to say that I've never messed with a pimple, but I would be lying. That's a big reason why I'm a fan of the Recovery Spot Cream. It's safe to use on broken skin and helps speed up the healing process. It normally takes me a week or so just to see a significant change in my messed-with acne. But not this time. Just take a look at my two-day turn around post-breakout!
- Rowan Lynam: One day post-breakout
- Rowan Lynam: Three days post-breakout
"The Recovery Spot treatment came in handy to help remove the redness on my chin, and seriously speed up the healing on my cheek and nose," Rowan Lynam, Staff Writer.
Key Ingredients
Sulfur, willow bark, lactic acid, salicylic acid, marine extracts
