Why You Should Add a Liquid Exfoliator to Your Routine

This Hungarian import is a cult favorite among skin-care obsessives and uses a potent blend of both alpha and beta hydroxy acids to dissolve dead cells and regenerate new ones. Translation: It keeps your pores clear and skin bright. 

There’s no sugarcoating it: Adult acne sucks. After a particularly rough few months of dealing with breakouts, we found this HG serum that uses dioic and glycolic acid (among others) to combat excess oil, clear clogged pores and even help fade old acne scars with continued use.

We call this one "glow in a bottle," because that’s exactly what it does for your skin. The key ingredient at work here is glycolic acid, which is commonly used to increase cell turnover. But what makes this formulation so special is its moisturizing properties (thank you, glycerin) so it’s less drying. 

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For the natural beauty: This nontoxic brand uses fruit and plant extracts (like mangosteen and red clover flower) in lieu of chemicals to gently slough away dead skin cells and protect against free radical damage.

A quick search of this product will yield thousands of fervent reviews praising how it transformed their skin from "congested and irritated" to "calm, clear and glowing." This can be attributed to the combo of salicylic acid and green tea leaf extract, which clears pores while soothing inflammation to balance everything out.