Hello, hello!
Thanks so a recent reaction to a primer, my skin experienced an uncharacteristic TERRIBLE breakout on my chin and cheek. I have sensitive skin, and a lot of acne treatment products are too harsh for me, and my skin reacts violently to tea tree oil. I was at Sephora and decided to try Kate Somerville’s EradiKate because I remembered that sulfur is effective for treating breakouts.
Here’s what it says on the Kate Somerville website:
EradiKate® Acne Treatment quickly calms flare-ups and is specially formulated to help prevent future breakouts while reducing the appearance of redness.
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Sulphur, an effective acne-fighter, aids in eliminating existing imperfections and keeping new ones from occurring
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AHAs are designed to reduce the appearance of enlarged pores
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Zinc Oxide, a natural mineral, provides oil control by absorbing excess sebum production
Basically, you just apply this thick pink liquid to clean skin with a cotton swab (q-tip) once daily.
My experience: This stuff stinks due to the sulphur content, and it does sting a little when I first apply it, but let me tell you, this stuff WORKS. It helped reduce inflammation and redness, and helped my skin to heal. I did experience some dryness on my chin after using it for a few days, but I was expecting that to happen.
Thanks for reading and have a beautiful day! ❤
Disclosure: I purchased this!
a brash attitude 
Zinc oxide is great for the skin! I don’t love sulphur though – stinky!
And yes AHA is my go to to exfoliate the skin. Do you ever use BHA or benzoyl peroxide for breakouts?
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Sulphur reeks, but it works.
My skin doesn’t tolerate bp at all – I get a skin burn type reaction from it. I have the PC aha treatment, and it is way too strong for my skin, it more than stings.
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I got the PC 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide and it burns. However, I got the Benzagel Spot On 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide, and it’s fine. So weird.
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I love this stuff ! It’s the only effective product that reduce the duration of my breakouts !!!
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I was surprised at how well it worked!
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The Mario Badescu Drying Lotion is better in my opinion but so hard to find in Canada 😦
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I’ve never seen it anywhere here either.
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I know 😦
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This sounds great, I’m going to have to check it out!!!!
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I warn you, it STINKS! But it works really well for my finicky sensitive skin.
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That’s okay I think I can survive it! It’s hard to find Cruelty Free Acne products that actually work!
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Yum
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Meant nice “autocorrect” 😂
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Hahaha! 😂
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Kate Somerville has some great products but I haven’t tried this one yet. Have you heard about her newest product. They are Q-tips that have the acne medication already in them so you just snap, apply and throw away.
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This is the first product that I’ve ever tried from her line. I did get a sample of ExfoliKate but haven’t tried it yet.
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I LOVE ExfoliKate. One of my favorites. I buy the travel size one because I can’t seem to fork up the $85 for the other one, even though it is worth it. The travel one lasts me a while since I rotate exfoliating products. 🙂
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Good to know – now that my skin has finally recovered from the primer reaction, I can test it out. 😘
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Hopefully it works out for you!
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This sounds really interesting. Glad it helped clear up your skin, though the smell must have taken a little getting used to.
xo Anne
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The smell is the worst, but since most acne treatment products are too harsh for my skin, or have tea tree oil in them, I am somewhat limited to what I can actually use.
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To be honest, it is a pretty new product for me and glad to know that it is very effective for break outs
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I tried it because I was unable to find the Mario Badescu one here. Thankfully it didn’t make my skin react!
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J i am reading backwards can you tell Lol
xxxxx
never heard of this
you know what
so funny
Mario has one that is supposed to zap it ovenight in a natural way
i forget the name xxxx
lemme know if u want me to look it up
#beautynerdcat
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I got the Kate Somerville one when I couldn’t find the Mario one here.
It works, but it really smells horrible due to the sulphur!
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wild timing or what xxxxx i am excited to see what You guys have in MTL xxxxxxx will u let me know ? xoxoxoxo
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I will if I make it there over the weekend. If it isn’t super cold I might walk down to the Saint-Denis store rather than go all the way downtown.
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Zinc oxide is in the diaper cream I use for the baby! It’s AWESOME stuff. He likes to smear it on his face when I’m not looking – guess he knows better than I do 😉
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Haha! Zinc oxide is so good for so many things – especially for skin irritations like when you have a cold and your nose gets sore from all the blowing.
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