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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.
Which Cleanser is Right for You?
Learn Which Cleanser is Best for Your Skin Type
It starts with a clean face.
To get your skin looking its best, you have to start at the beginning…and that means cleansing. Cleansing your face is step one to clear, beautiful skin, and what you use to cleanse your skin makes a big impact on the results. Not all cleansers are created equal though, and not all cleansers are for every skin type. We’re breaking down our cleansers so you know which is best for you.
All-New Green Tea & Pomegranate Antioxidant Cleanser
Meet our all-new cleanser! A powerful blend of antioxidants in a soothing cleanser designed to calm the skin and reclaim a youthful glow. The perfect cleanser for those with sensitive skin – especially after a peel or laser treatment. This is also a great addition if you are dealing with rosacea, puffiness or environmental skin damage (aka sunburn!) It’s the perfect everyday cleanser to add to your routine.
10% BPO Cleanser + Scrub
If you face acne and clogged pores (and let’s be honest, who doesn’t?!) then this cleanser is for you. This specially milled USP-grade micronized benzoyl peroxide penetrates the skin and opens up pores, letting the peroxide enter to clear out bacteria on contact. When combined with exfoliating beads, you get a potent cleanser that penetrates pores quickly and more effectively than standard benzoyl peroxide products.
Mandelic Acid 5+ Gel Cleanser with Green Tea Antioxidant
If you're concerned about more than just breakouts – maybe let’s say also with fine lines, wrinkles or skin discoloration (we won’t tell anyone!) - then this is the cleanser for you. 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. This potent combo leaves you looking rejuvenated.
beyond complexion Frequently Asked Questions
You've got questions. We've got answers.
The skin care questions you want answers to.
Working with patients and clients who deal with an array of issues from pre-teen breakouts to over-the-hill aging skin, we've heard almost every question out there about skin care.
Here are a few of the questions we get asked ALL the time and the answers to them...because we know you were wanting to ask them too! {By the way, keep coming back as we'll be updating with new questions and answers all the time!}
Can ice really help your skin?
Yes! Ice is an all around team player when it comes to great looking skin. Ice can help with inflammatory acne flare-ups, blemishes and can even help in the rejuvenation of your skin. In fact, look no further than your freezer to help with puffy eyes, and to help products sink into your skin even faster.
Ice is an easy addition to your routine. Once you've cleansed your face (check out our awesome facewashes here), ice for fifteen minutes by moving and lifting the ice cube every five seconds all around the face. The ice prepares your skin to absorb your skin care products even faster - helping to produce more peeling and thus more rapid clearing. A little trick we love is making ice cubes out of chamomile tea - as both the ice and the chamomile help calm inflammation.
If you've had extractions that day, up the time to 30 minutes to help promote clearing and to heal the inflammation.
If you are in the middle of peeling treatments, then we suggest using a soft cloth dipped in cold water to create a cold compress to place on the face to help with overall inflammation.
What is the difference between beyond complexion's BPO cleanser and other benzoyl peroxide products?
The Benzoyl beyond complexion uses is micronized - which means it is broken into very fine particles. This allows us to have a higher concentration without the irritation. When combined with exfoliating beads, you get a potent cleanser that penetrates pores quickly and more effectively than standard benzoyl peroxide products. This irritation-free scrub will gently remove bacteria, dirt, and dead cells to clear acne, fast.
Does the order of how you apply skin care products matter?
Yes. You should always go from thinnest to thickest after cleansing.
So, toner, then serums, then gels and then lotions. Want an example of an exemplary skin care routine? Check out our 6 Steps to Glowing Skin and get your skin in shape!
Is it worth it to buy expensive eye cream?
Yes! The price of the very good ingredients is high and that will increase the price of the product. For example, our Intensive Eye Complex is made from effective and powerful anti-aging ingredients such as Swiss apple stem cells—a revolutionary skincare ingredient from the rare Swiss apple—offering unmatched anti-wrinkle power to smooth fine lines and wrinkles.
Should you change skin care routine when the temps drop? If yes, then what updates need to be made?
Absolutely. There is less humidity and the weather is dryer in the winter, so the skin becomes more sensitive. Plus, heaters dehydrate the skin (ugh). It is normal to have flare ups, peeling skin and other issues because of these changes. If you are using beyond complexion's Mandelic Acid 5+ re-texturizing Pads twice a day, make a change to once a day. If you are using them once a day and they are still too drying, use them only three times a week. It is also very important to remember to always start the pads on the forehead, as it is the thickest and most stubborn skin on the face. Ultimately, you need to keep your skin extra moisturized. We suggest using beyond complexion's Daily Facial Moisturizer SPF 30 more than twice a day if necessary.
This is the Year to Take Care of Your Skin
New Year's Resolution
Take Care of Your Skin!
It's time for New Year's resolutions and we've got one that must go on your list - take care of your skin! It's time to say goodbye to dull, broken out skin and hello to the skin you've always wanted. We've got an all-new 6 step process to get your skin glowing in 2018.
5 Easy Steps to Clear Skin this Fall
Clear skin is your best accessory.
We've got 5 easy steps to get your skin looking great this fall.
Changing weather, a challenging work project, back to school, difficult exams...
There are a number of reasons fall can take a toll on your skin. Whether it's stress or the outdoor temps dropping, we've got a 5 step process that will help your skin look bright, youthful and clear this fall.
Say Yes to Vitamin C
Learn how vitamin C can boost your skin care routine.
While you might be hearing about vitamin C because we're getting into flu season...it turns out that the wonder vitamin does more than keep you from getting a cold - it can also help your skin!
We are absolutely in LOVE with vitamin C as it is a powerful antioxidant that can help your skin get a more youthful glow (yes please!). Tossing aside those pesky free radicals, our three awesome vitamin C products are able to penetrate the skin and regenerate cells, leaving skin looking refreshed with fewer fine lines, sun spots and scars.
So, not matter what your skin issues might be, the cure is vitamin C.
Our Vitamin C Products
Vitamin-C 20 High Potency Serum
A must product to add to your facial routine, our Vitamin-C 20 High Potency Serum contains 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 go-to serum stimulates collagen synthesis beneath the surface while also locking in moisture on the skin’s outer layer.
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Vitamin-C Sheer Defense SPF 30
Our Vitamin-C Sheer Defense SPF 30 is light, but loaded with potent antioxidants to fight free radicals, improve appearance of aged, fragile skin, and discoloration. These ingredients improve skin clarity, firmness and elasticity while physically blocking and protecting the skin from the sun.
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Vitamin-C HQ Serum
Our Vitamin-C HQ Serum is a clinical strength brightening serum that reduces the appearance of skin discoloration and hyperpigmentation, including melasma, sun spots, liver spots, brown spots, freckles and chloasma.
*This serum is prescription only and is sold at beyond complexion at Flores Dermatology clinics.
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