The Great Cleanser Adventure!

I get acne.  That's a fact of life that I've grown accustomed to.  It started when I was about 13 and has continued into my 40s.  I've tried so many cleansers, I can't even remember them all.  I took tetracycline and minocycline for years, and even that didn't help my acne very much although it did turn my teeth and the whites of my eyes blue due to a rare side effect to the medication.  I tried cheap cleansers, mid-price cleansers, and the really high end cleansers.  Some made my skin much worse, but none really helped my acne.

Younique entered my life in November of 2013.  They had a cleanser, but I didn't buy it right away because I thought it was too expensive at $39, and it wouldn't help anyway.   I had signed up as a presenter for Younique and was doing fairly well selling and recruiting, so I earned $250 in free Younique products.  That's when I decided to give their cleanser a try.

WOW

I noticed a difference in my skin the first couple of days.  I get those horrible huge pimples that hurt and seem to last for months - yet in a couple of days they seemed to be smaller and not so painful.  Well, okay, that was awesome.  I noticed I was getting some really small pimples that went away in a day, and then I noticed a huge difference in my skin.  Suddenly the redness I always had was fading, the horrible painful pimples stopped coming & the ones I had were getting smaller every day, and my skin started looking smoother.

This might not seem like a huge deal - but for someone like me that had never been able to wear the sheer types of makeup, it was a big thing!   So, what's in it you ask - here's what it has in it:

Licorice Root:  It helps get rid of redness and inflamatian, it helps with rosacea, psoriasis and drug induced skin erruptions - so for those of us on the pill, that means us!  It also has licohalone which helps control oil production which also helps acne-prone skin.

Aloe Vera:  Aloe is moisturizing but not greasy, so it's perfect for those of us with oily or acne prone skin.  Aloe also has anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce skin inflammation, so your skin can heal more quickly with minimal scarring.  It also has antiseptic properties that help rid the skin of impurities


Garden Chrysanthemum:       Chrysanthellum Indicum extract is a highly effective anti-inflammatory.  It also helps neutralize free radicals which slows premature skin aging.   It's also effective against rosacea

The cleanser was originally called Awake.  Just this week they brought the manufacturing to the US and changed the name to Illuminate Clear.  There is also an Illuminate Clean for those with normal or dry skin - but Illuminate Clear is the one I use.

I had a few moments of doubt last week and went back to use up one of my old cleansers I'd tried just because I hated to throw it out.  Less than 3 days later, my skin was back to where I started - painful huge pimples all over my chin!  I threw that out yesterday and ordered myself another Awake/Illuminate!!!!!

This is what my skin cleanser miracle looks like.  It's well worth the $39 to have clean, smooth skin that doesn't break out constantly!!!!!

If you want to check it out, go to:  www.youniqueproducts.com/elizabethbarber