The Acne Battle Book

Using Lemon On Your Skin Could Be A Bad Idea

A lot of people probably already know how I feel about using lemon juice on your skin, but that information is scattered about my blog posts, Instagram posts and YouTube videos so I thought it woul...

You’ve Made Your Bed—But Have You Washed the Sheets?

by: Amber Cozad   I’ve never had too big of an issue with bad breakouts on my face (my main issue is my back), but out of nowhere I started breaking out constantly on the right side of my face. The...

Ingredients Sensitive Skin Will Love

 Sensitive skin is very difficult to treat and deal with, as everything seems to irritate it. I always take a deep breath when someone approaches me with a skin condition rooted in sensitive/sensit...

Is Male Skin Different Than Female Skin?

If you're a male and you have skin issues or you're looking into skin care products, you probably feel under-represented. Skin care is an industry mostly geared toward the female demographic.  If ...

About Animal Testing

by: Lydia Hanicak Every year, over 100 million animals are injured and often killed in United States laboratories for the testing of cosmetics. The animals undergo debilitating tests including inh...

My Proactiv Experience

by: Lydia Hanicak When I was 13, I begged my mom to buy me Proactiv - so many of my friends with clearer complexions than mine were trying it and they raved about its results. I thought that once I...

Benefits of Salicylic Acid On Acne : Effectiveness & Side Effects

By: Lucille McClinn What Is Salicylic Acid? Salicylic acid is a BHA (beta hydroxy acid) exfoliant that is found in many facial cleansers. The largest amount found in cleansers is 2%, however, in se...

DIY toners for blackheads and acne

Toners are used right after cleansing as a way to balance the skin's pH and prepare the skin to absorb the skincare ingredients afterwards. Some toners can also do extra work like remove dead skin ...

Facials Once a Month

by: SarahJoyce I have oily-combination skin. What this means is that most of the time, my face is oily, shiny, with enlarged pores around my cheeks, and blackheads along with whiteheads. As much a...

Paleo Diet and My Acne

By Alyssa The paleo diet has been around for years but it was just recently when I decided to give it a try. Actually, at first, I was not aware that I'm doing the Paleo diet. I just went to see i...

Bad News: Chocolate Causes Acne?

  It's the news none of us wanted to hear - the news we were all dreading. Chocolate may just cause your acne problems! A new study found that, when 25 male acne prone subjects consumed 25 g of 99...

5 Reasons Your Skin May Break Out with a New Skin Care Product

Guest Blog By VeganAcneSufferers People are always afraid of trying new products. In the acne world it's like the scariest thing we can think of. Every time I suggest a product to someone, the firs...

Clearasil: Clear Skin or Compromised Moisture Barrier?

Guest Blog By VeganAcneSufferers Clearasil produces inexpensive and easily accessible acne treatments, but are they really effective acne treatments?  Clearasil is one of the best known names in a...

4 Reasons Antibiotics Are NOT The Answer to Your Acne

Guest Blog By Vegan Acne Sufferers Antibiotics are usually one of the first things that a doctor will prescribe you for your acne. In fact, you may be hard pressed to get any other prescription fr...

My Acne Struggle From The Beginning To Now

by: JYHeleneK   This year I will be turning 27 - Sad to say because up until today I am still struggling with Acne, but a different kind of Acne, not the puberty ones. Probably adult Acne, I am not...