Inside the jar · Clear Skin Acne Exfoliant
Clear the buildup. Reveal smoother skin.
If you are tired of blackheads, bumpy texture and the marks breakouts leave behind, this is where it starts. This exfoliant helps smooth the look of scars, acne scarring and blemishes. Here is how clearing away dead skin works, and which ingredients do it.
The key ingredients
- White willow bark
- Clears pores, gently.
- Tea tree
- Goes after acne-causing bacteria.
- Neem oil
- Keeps breakout-prone skin clear.
- Witch hazel
- Tones and soothes.
Why exfoliate
Breakouts start under a layer of dead skin.
- 01
Dead skin piles up
Skin sheds dead cells all day. When they stay, they mix with sebum, your skin’s natural oil, and pack into pores. That is where blackheads and breakouts begin.
- 02
The polish lifts it
Willow bark loosens the buildup and the finely ground shell lifts it away, along with pore-blocking impurities, so the skin underneath can breathe.
- 03
Skin resurfaces
With the top layer of dead cells gone, texture looks smoother, and with regular use the look of scars, acne scarring and blemishes begins to soften.
- 04
Everything after works harder
Clear, resurfaced skin takes in your mask, serum and day cream better, while tea tree and neem keep working on breakouts and marks.
The main ingredient
White Willow Bark
Salix alba
Bark extract · Europe
Salicin, nature’s salicylic acid, from the bark of a tree.
- For acne
- Loosens the dead surface cells that block pores and helps clear the build-up where blackheads form.
- Exfoliates
- Salicin converts to salicylic acid on the skin. It loosens dead surface cells and clears pores.
- Smooths
- Smooths thickened, uneven texture.
- Calm
- Calms redness and helps balance oil.
- Tone
- Tone looks more even.
A chemical exfoliant that comes from a tree. We use it where walnut shell would be too much.
Around it, the ingredients that clear and calm
Tea Tree
Melaleuca alternifolia
Distilled from the leaf · Australia
The acne leaf, for the pores you have just cleared.
- For acne
- Goes after acne-causing bacteria and calms the redness and swelling of breakouts.
- Bacteria
- Targets acne-causing bacteria.
- Swelling
- Reduces the redness and swelling of breakouts.
- Oil
- Helps regulate oil so pores stay cleaner.
- Soothing
- Soothes itching; antifungal. Used in balanced amounts so it never dries the skin out.
Medicinal and bright. A little is enough.
Neem Oil
Azadirachta indica
Pressed from the seed · India
A bitter leaf oil with a long history on troubled skin.
- For acne
- Helps keep breakout-prone skin clear and fades the look of dark spots over time.
- Clear
- Antibacterial and antifungal, it helps keep breakout-prone skin clear.
- Spots
- Its regenerative compounds help fade the look of dark spots over time.
- Protection
- Vitamin E and carotenoids protect against oxidative stress.
- Calm
- Calms inflammation and does not clog pores.
We keep it because it works, and because every acne tradition on earth has used it.
Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Distilled from bark and leaf · eastern North America
A natural astringent, distilled as a water.
- For acne
- Tones and soothes the irritation around breakouts, so pores look tighter and skin feels settled.
- Tone
- Tones and refreshes, so pores look tighter.
- Soothe
- Soothes irritation and reduces puffiness.
- Protection
- Antioxidant; helps even the look of tone.
- Gentle
- Distilled as a water, which is gentler than the alcohol-based kind on a shelf.
Cool and clean, with a faint woody scent.
Walnut Shell
Juglans regia
Finely ground shell
Finely ground shell, the gentle polish.
- For acne
- Lifts dead surface cells and clears build-up from pores.
- Smooths
- Texture is smoother, and everything you put on afterward absorbs better.
- Use
- Use lightly, with a light hand.
- Allergy
- Contains nuts: not for anyone with a nut allergy.
Fine grit, like sand on a good beach.
Also in the jar
- Jojoba oil
- Balances oily skin.
- Rosemary
- Keeps pores clean and tight.
- Aloe
- Cools and calms redness.
- Rose water
- Cools and tones.
How to use it
- Twice a week
- In the evening, after cleansing your face.
- Then the mask
- Follow with the Charcoal Mask for the best results.
For a radiant and glowing complexion, it is best to use the product twice a week in the evening after cleansing your face. Applying the Mask after using the product will give you the best results.
Ingredients:
Organic Aloe Leaf Juice (Aloe Barbadensis), Organic Walnut Shell, Organic Coconut Oil (Cocos Nucifera), Organic Ylang Ylang, Glycerin, Emulsifying Wax (Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Organic Basil, Polysorbate 60), Stearic Acid, Organic Jojoba Seed Oil (Simmondsia Chinensis), Organic Aloe, Witch Hazel Water (Hamamelis Virginiana), Vitamin E (Tocopherol), Organic Aloe Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil (Helianthus Annuus), Organic Neem Seed Oil (Melia Azadirachta), Organic Rosemary Leaf Extract (Rosmarinus Officinalis), Organic Sunflower Seed Oil (Helianthus Annuus), Phenoxyethanol, Organic Cucumber (Cucumis Sativus), Rose Flower Water (Rosa Damascena), Organic Tea Tree, Organic White Willow Bark Extract (Salix Alba), Organic Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
