Review: Clean and Clear Dual Action Moisturizer

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I am trying out several Clean and Clear products at the moment, and one of them was a Clean and Clear moisturizer called Clean and Clear Dual Action Moisturizer. This moisturizer is said to both give your skin moisture, and fight acne and breakouts at the same time, and since I have rather oily skin, and suffer from breakouts from time to time, I thought it could be worth a try, since I wanted to try a whole line of Clean and Clear products at the same time anyway.

I have to say I like the texture of this moisturizer, it is rather light and is absorbed into your skin rather quickly, which is always a plus for me, but the big con about the Clean and Clear Dual Action Moisturizer for me is that the moisture you get doesn't seem to last for very long. I mean, I am used to moisturizers that you apply once, and then your skin feels like it has moisture for several hours. The Clean and Clear Dual Action Moisturizer just doesn't do that for me, after around half an hour after application, my skin felt rather dry again, which I didn't like. So I found myself using this moisturizer more often than I normally do with other brands.

On the plus side, however, this moisturizer definitely does not leave your skin looking or feeling greasy, like some moisturizers do, and it is completely oil free, so it should not clog your pores either. And the good thing is that you actually feel the active ingredients in this working when you apply it, so it must do some good.

To be fair, I think this Clean and Clear moisturizer might not have been the right choice for my skin type, since I do not suffer from severe acne, and this is actually meant for Clean and Clear acne treatment, so it could be that this moisturizer was simply too strong for me. I was also not really able to see if the stuff against severe acne that this moisturizer is supposed to contain worked either, so I guess I would recommend others who have acne prone skin, and not simply oily skin that suffers from breakouts from time to time, to try this Clean and Clear moisturizer. I think it could be a good fit for that kind of skin type, but I do feel this was slightly too strong for my skin.

Review: Several different Clean and Clear products

One problem with liking beauty products a lot is that I rarely stick with an entire beauty routine, or line of products for a long time, and that can be a problem, since a lot of beauty products are actually meant to be used together for best results. But since I always run into so many new products I want to try, I often mix products, meaning I use a cleanser for my face from one brand, a moisturizer from a different brand, an eye cream from a third brand, and so on. And while that is okay, I think it could still be interesting to see how the results vary if you try entire lines together. So that's what I have decided to do the next few times I try new skin care products, to buy them in sets if possible, use them for a long period of time (it is said that your skin needs some time to get used to new products after all, and that it is normal to have your skin break out during the first week after you try a new product, so for the best results - and to avoid breaking out every week - I will try to stick with each line I try, for a month or two at least).

Some of the lines I really want to try are Bliss's skin care products (since I am a huge Bliss junkie, like we all know) as well as Dermalogica's lines. But I started off with some Clean and Clear products, since I had heard a lot of good things about the from friends, and also read a lot of really nice reviews about several of the products online. So I will be reviewing a Clean and Clear moisturizer, a Clean and Clear face wash (the daily variety), a Clean and Clear moisturizer, a Clean and Clear blackhead eraser mask as well as a Shine Control Facial Lotion by the brand in the upcoming posts, to answer the question: Does Clean and Clear work as well as people say?

So if you are thinking of getting this rather price worthy drug store brand, stay tuned to read some more about the products!