...Use cleansers with salicylic acid or glycolic acid, and masks with bentonite clay.

Can you (or anyone else) recommend a good brand? I've used the St. Ives gentle apricot scrub but I think I need a little more. I have tiny broken veins too that I don't want to aggravate. I wear sunscreen every day, but no foundation. I prefer a very natural, fresh look.

Thanks

Drug store brand liquid acne cleansers containing salicylic acids are actually pretty good. Clean And Clear, and Neutrogena have sal. acid formulas. Murad products contain glycolic acid. Estee Lauder Fruition contains a mixture of AHAs - I don't remember which, it's very expensive but lasts a long time. It's not a cleanser, it's a treatment.

Avon True Pore-Fection Skin Refining Cleanser contains sal. acid, glyc. acid AND bentonite - I love it. Buy it online and buy multiples - Avon discontinues products and introduces new ones all the time.

Masks containing bentonite (it's the greenish clay - make sure the ingredients call out bentonite), include Queen Helene's very cheap Mint Julep mask. It smells like toothpaste and it's almost all bentonite so it's very strong. It sucks everything out of your skin. Too strong for daily use. On the other end of the price scale is Borghese's Fango Active Mud mask. A more refined mixture of ingredients but a lot more expensive too. Good thing is you don't need much.

Jen

If you have sensitive or very dry skin, the Queen Helene mask will be too drying, as will Fruition. You may want to try the mask just on problem spots and not your whole face. You can use an acid cleanser or cream as needed. You may want to alternate it with your regular cleanser or cream instead of using it each morning and evening.

While were on the topic, a couple years ago a I used a salicylic acid cleanser that had aloe in it. I remember not being able to find it when I ran out. Can't recall what brand it was though. Does any one know of a salicylic acid cleanser with aloe? I just loved it.