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Your Post-Workout Skin Refresh
If you’re someone who loves to exercise, odds are you’re probably all too familiar with that post-sweat splotchiness and annoying breakouts that always seem to form immediately after you finish.
While a dedicated skincare regimen is crucial to healthy, clear skin, a seven-step routine isn’t always realistic, especially when you’re on the go. Here are our favorite products to get rid of pore-clogging oils to refresh your skin, diminish redness, and kill acne-causing bacteria:
When you’re in a rush:
Our Mandelic Acid 5+ Re-texturizing Pads are about to become your go-to post-sweat product. These pads tackle and eliminate oil, acne, and any pore-clogging or breakout-causing bacteria. They’re perfect for cleansing your face without the water, and you can also use them to cleanse your back, bum, and chest if you don’t have time to change!
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When you have time to shower:
Do you usually save yourself time to shower at the gym? Our Mandelic Acid 5+ Antioxidant Cleanser is more than just a face wash. It can double as a body wash to stop breakouts on the face, arms, chest, back, and bum! The secret ingredients? Hops (to brighten the skin) and green tea antioxidants to soothe redness! It should be your go-to if you’re looking to refresh and rejuvenate your whole body post-sweat!
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When there’s time for a full skincare routine:
While mandelic acid is great for killing pore-clogging bacteria, it can sometimes leave your skin feeling a bit dry. Our Vitamin C+ Sheer Defense SPF 30 is more than just a lightweight sunscreen. We also packed it full of vitamin C to renew the skin’s natural moisture barrier, improve overall skin clarity, increase elasticity and firmness! You should always re-hydrate the skin, especially if you have time after you cleanse the skin post-workout!
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Your Secret Weapon for Beautiful Skin
Want the secret to beautiful, glowing skin? Of course you do...it's Vitamin C!
Why is this ingredient so special? Vitamin C is a super-powerful antioxidant that fights off free radicals, penetrates the skin and regenerates cells. Our Vitamin C products leave skin looking refreshed with fewer fine lines, sunspots, and scars. That's one amazing ingredient!
Our Vitamin C-20+ High Potency Serum has everything to bring back a youthful glow—vitamin C, l-ascorbic acid, hyaluronic acid, phytic acid, and vitamin E— packed into one convenient serum. This anti-aging antioxidant serum penetrates the skin and gets those skin cells moving! And by that, we mean regenerating to create new, fresh cells, and leaving skin looking refreshed with fewer fine lines, sunspots, and scars.
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Our Vitamin C+ Sheer Defense SPF 30 is a lightweight sunscreen that's loaded with potent antioxidants to fight free radicals, improve the appearance of aged, fragile skin, and discoloration. It creates a powerful shield to protect skin from UVA/UVB rays and renew skin’s moisture barrier, leaving your skin feeling silky-smooth. Vitamin C aids in skin renewal while powerful antioxidants help fight free radicals to improve the appearance of dull skin.
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Our Vitamin C with HQ Lightening Serum is a clinical strength brightening serum that reduces the appearance of skin discoloration and hyperpigmentation. This mix of hydroquinone 4%, vitamins C & E, alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) and 11 botanical oils has been proven to reduce discoloration caused by sun exposure or hormones. As discoloration lightens, the overall complexion brightens as a result of the acids and vitamins in this combo.
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☀️Summer Series ☀️ Get Glowing Skin
Have a big summer event coming up? Just need a skin pick-me-up? It's time to book our Rejuvenating Antioxidant Facial! This facial is like bling for your face and will leave you looking like a million with barely any downtime.
Luminous, radiant skin.
Dramatic Results Ahead.
Often dropping temps can leave your skin feeling dull, rough and ragged. Not to worry! We've got the perfect concoction for firmer, flawless skin.
Start with our Illuminate 7+ or Illuminate 2+ and then add our Radiance Tinted Moisturizer to your skincare routine for gorgeous, glowing skin.
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When used daily, our Illuminate 7+ smoothes and resurfaces rough texture, and clinical lab studies show an 80% increase in collagen production for firmer, suppler skin. This high potency formula decreases the overproduction of melanin, and diminishes fine lines and wrinkles. Sold only at beyond complexion at Flores Dermatology.
Illuminate 2+ is a powerful, over-the-counter strength skin lightening & anti-aging formula that aggressively targets skin pigmentation associated with UV exposure and hormonal changes. Lightening the overall complexion, it also improves and normalizes the cell renewal process. Plus, it will deliver a 52% reduction in melanin formation.
Our all-new Radiance Tinted Moisturizer is an antioxidant-rich, oil-free, fast-absorbing SPF makeup that reduces redness and evens skin tone. It also gives sheer-medium coverage with universal tint and is water resistant up to 80 minutes. Containing an innovative blend of ingredients, this moisturizer helps smooth and restore skin, making it ideal for all skin types including oily, sensitive and acne-prone skin.
The Science Behind Rejuvenation
Vitamin C20+ High Potency Serum
Learn what's inside...
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It's Time You Take Control.
Get clear, beautiful skin.
So, it turns out, acne is actually a disease. Yep, just like any other health condition, acne is sometimes just something you're born with in your genes (thanks a lot mom and dad!) You're also not in the clear just because you've graduated high school - the acne disease affects teens and adults. Here's what's great about knowing this though, it means, you can take control of it. Just like any other health condition that you would go to the doctor and get medicine for, your acne can be helped in the same way. Being knowledgeable about your condition, watching how and when it gets better and worse and using products that combat the issues gives you the BEST defense against acne and the BEST path to clear, beautiful skin.
Guess what else we suggest you put in your arsenal? Seeking help! Seeing a professional who can look at your skin, see what your issues are and prescribe you the medicine you need is KEY to success. Don't just peruse the drug store aisle hoping the next cleanser you pick out is the one that works. See someone who has studied skin and knows what will work, what won't and what to not waste your time and money on.
beyond complexion was founded to help people suffering from deep-rooted skin issues. Our medical-grade products are developed to go below the surface of your skin so your outer appearance can match your inner glow. Take control of your skin today and book an appointment with beyond complexion founder, Olga Valencia, or see below for the products we suggest to start getting clearer skin.
10% BPO Cleanser + Scrub
Our superhero cleanser uses a non-irritating form of benzoyl peroxide that clears acne-causing bacteria on contact and prevents future breakouts. This potent cleanser penetrates pores quickly and more effectively than standard benzoyl peroxide products and the irritation-free scrub will gently remove bacteria, dirt, and dead cells to clear acne, fast.
Mandelic Acid 5+ Re-texturizing Pads
Derived from almonds, Mandelic acid is a powerful acid that (gently) goes to battle with the oil, acne, and bacteria that disrupts the skin’s natural glow. The pads themselves provide a slight exfoliation, dislodging dead skin cells to allow this potent formula to get down to business loosening clogged pores while boosting cell regeneration and skin elasticity.
Vitamin A+ Exfoliating Therapy with Lactic Acid
High-potency vitamin A works synergistically with lactic acid to deliver maximum cellular turnover and loosened acne impactions with minimal irritation. This concentrated formula of Vitamin A propionate and lactic acid clears acne, rejuvenates skin and delivers clearer tone and texture.
How to Get Clear, Beautiful Skin
Get Clear Skin
And keep it clear.
Acne is something we've all had to deal with. It's not only painful (ugh, cystic acne!), but it can also really affect how we feel about the way we look. It's time to take control and clear your skin for good! beyond complexion's medical-grade products go beyond the surface and focus on the deep-rooted causes of acne and skin issues. See the products we recommend to get your skin back to glowing today.
10% BPO Cleanser + Scrub
Our superhero cleanser uses a non-irritating form of benzoyl peroxide that clears acne-causing bacteria on contact and prevents future breakouts. This potent cleanser penetrates pores quickly and more effectively than standard benzoyl peroxide products and the irritation-free scrub will gently remove bacteria, dirt, and dead cells to clear acne, fast.
Mandelic Acid 5+ Re-texturizing Pads
Derived from almonds, Mandelic acid is a powerful acid that (gently) goes to battle with the oil, acne, and bacteria that disrupts the skin’s natural glow. The pads themselves provide a slight exfoliation, dislodging dead skin cells to allow this potent formula to get down to business loosening clogged pores while boosting cell regeneration and skin elasticity.
Vitamin A+ Exfoliating Therapy with Lactic Acid
High-potency vitamin A works synergistically with lactic acid to deliver maximum cellular turnover and loosened acne impactions with minimal irritation. This concentrated formula of Vitamin A propionate and lactic acid clears acne, rejuvenates skin and delivers clearer tone and texture.
How Mandelic Acid Helps Your Skin
Why You Should Add Mandelic Acid to Your Routine
Powerful, yet gentle.
Derived from almonds, Mandelic acid is a powerful, yet gentle acid that goes to battle with the oil, acne, and bacteria that disrupts the skin’s natural glow. Mandelic acid also provides a slight exfoliation, dislodging dead skin cells to loosen clogged pores and penetrating the skin to boost cell regeneration and skin elasticity. What does all of this mean? If you struggle with blemishes, oily skin, dark spots, fine lines, acne or aging skin (so pretty much everyone!), then Mandelic acid is a must in your skincare routine.
beyond complexion Mandelic Acid Products
Mandelic Acid 5+ Re-texturizing Pads
An effective combination of Mandelic acid, green tea extracts, aloe leaf extracts and skin-firming peptides, these pads are an easy way to minimize the appearance of pores while exfoliating and brightening skin. A great way to tackle a range of skin woes, from acne to hyperpigmentation to aging.
Mandelic Acid 5+ Gel Cleanser with Green Tea Antioxidant
This face wash is a cocktail of alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) paired with hops, green tea to clean, clarify and rejuvenate your skin. The hops brighten, while the antioxidants in green tea soothe skin irritations and the mandelic acid minimizes the appearance of pores while also exfoliating the skin.
How to Correct Skin Discoloration
Correcting Skin Discoloration
Products to help even out skin tone.
Skin discoloration can be caused by a number of different issues - aging skin, sun damage, hormonal changes and others. Whatever the reason for your skin discoloration, there is one thing we can all agree on - we want to correct the discoloration! beyond complexion has high potency, clinical strength products that can help correct your skin and get it back to glowing for good.
Vitamin C with HQ Lightening Serum
This triple action, clinical strength brightening serum corrects and lightens hyperpigmentation while stimulating collagen production. A great solution for hyperpigmentation: including melasma, sun spots, liver spots, brown spots, freckles, and chloasma.
Illuminate 7+ (former HQRA+)
Our custom-compounded formula decreases the overproduction of melanin and diminishes fine lines and wrinkles. Illuminate 7+ effectively and aggressively treats discoloration from both hormonal changes and sun damage.Great for photo damaged skin, hyperpigmentation, sun spots and melasma.
Vitamin C-20+ High Potency Serum
Our high potency, antioxidant serum penetrates the skin with vitamins C & E, and hyaluronic and phytic acids to regenerate your skin creating new, fresh cells. This brightening and anti-aging serum will leave your skin looking refreshed with fewer fine lines, sun spots, and scars.