Neutrogena has a new collection of products for acne… an update to what they’ve had forever, some of which I grew up using. Actually, the Neutrogena Healthy Skin Lotion was the first face cream I ever bought for myself because it has glycolic and salicylic in it and I always had a backup bottle. It was $11 at the time.
But now there are more ingredients and allowing you to tackle acne from all the angles. There’s the Daily Serum which has 10% glycolic acid, mandelic and polyhydroxy acids in it too. There’s also a morning treatment with 2.5% benzoyl peroxide. Not too strong but a good starting point especially if you have a teen in your life who is just starting to see some breakouts.
What’s most interesting is that there’s also a mild retinol part of the line. I haven’t seen this kind of marketing from other brands although in the skincare space, Differin is often seen as an acne treatment (but talk to your doctor about it first). Everything is nicely formulated and works well together and you don’t have to have acne to use 3 of the 4 products I’ve shown. The only thing I’m not using right now is the AM treatment because that has the benzoyl peroxide in it.
The only thing that’s missing is sun protection and I think it would have been a nice touch to include a specific one for this line – especially since I think teenagers are going to use it and it would be good if they could have a sunscreen for their own, so to speak. Plus, all the products make your skin extra sensitive to the sun, and you should be wearing sun protection if you’re using them.
