The Acne Battle Book

What It's Really Like to get a Facial

What It's Really Like to get a Facial By: Lena Getting a facial is a rare, luxurious occasion, but the first time you go can feel a little like going to the dentist if you aren’t sure what to e...

Three Beauty Tips I wish I knew Growing Up

Three Beauty Tips I wish I knew Growing Up By: Lena Everyone has things they regret or wish they knew in the past. Despite growing up with a ridiculous collection of Seventeen magazines, I rema...

Why does acne or pimples form and are there any treatments?

Why does acne or pimples form and are there any treatments?   By: Nell S. In the skin surface, we have thousands of openings called pores. These pores are the openings of follicles that are un...

How My Acne Affected Me

  My Acne Story By: Lauren Phillips Since the age of thirteen, acne has always played a huge role in my life. I'm the girl who is surrounded by flawless friends, the girl who is stuck looking like ...

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Honey Sugar Lip Scrub Recipe

Get soft lips with these easy DIY lip scrubs.  1. Honey Sugar Lip Scrub A honey sugar lip scrub exfoliates the lips by scrubbing off the dead skin and moisturizes at the same time. The brown sugar...

Average Acne Sufferer? Try Band-Aid Bandit

    Average Acne Sufferer? Try Band-Aid Bandit By: Megan I was in 5th grade, reaching my awkward stage of life. Looking in the mirror I saw a tall, blonde haired, tan skinned girl with buckteet...

Follow my 10 Year Acne Journey: Banish Roller

By: Rachel Mazza My Acne Story: Banish Roller I’m a really impatient person. So while the coconut oil is great for fading scars and the Tetralysal is preventing breakouts, I wanted the scars ...

My 10 Year Acne Journey: Tetralysal/Lymecycline

By: Rachel Mazza The first few months after I moved to London, I wasn’t using anything on my skin except a basic cleanser and water and no surprise, my skin got a lot worse. I think stopping the ...

Follow my 10 Year Acne Journey: Post Peel

By: Rachel Mazza My Acne Story: Post Peel After the peel, my skin was less oily and it reduced the frequency of my acne breakouts, but I was still left with scarring. To help fade the scars...

Follow my 10 Year Acne Journey: Ages 19-21

   By: Rachel Mazza My Acne Story: 19-21 During my college years, I finally caught a break. My acne seemed to have stopped on its own and since there were no more continuous breakouts undoin...

Best Acne YouTubers

Best Acne YouTubers

  By Sophia 1. Heyitsfeiii.  Fei Yang also known as heyitsfeiii on youtube has some of the most popular acne youtube videos.  Fei has had acne breakouts for years, and documented most of her skin j...

When Old Acne Treatments Stop Working

By: Sylvia Harnarain I honestly feel like I have tried everything under the sun that has been put out on the market to treat acne. Low end, high end you name it, odds are that I have tried it. Whe...

What Chemical Peels Did to my Skin

What Chemical Peels Did to my Skin

  As I have mentioned in one of my other articles, I used to go for a facial every 3-4 weeks. I also got some chemical peels done from time to time. My experience with chemical peels was that they ...

Why Cut Out Products With Mineral Oil

  By Ophelia I have heard a lot of positive reviews about Banish so far. I really really hope that this will work on my skin, because I have tried so many things, and spent so much money, that if...

DIY treatments Can Be Bad For Your Skin

By Ophelia I am a person who already wasted so much money on different skin care products for acne scars, acne, dry skin, etc and every time I read a new article online on how something worked o...