Baking Soda

I mix a paste of baking soda, water, and jojoba oil and then apply it to my face for 30 seconds max. dont leave it on too long. I also dont scrub it in, because I feel like that iritates the skin. just having the paste on top of the breakout spots is fine. then I wash it off and follow it with a couple drops of jojoba oil on a cotton ball (only at night). I've been doing this for 3 months and I have NOT broken out once in that time. I dont know if it's the baking soda, the jojoba oil, or the combination...but this is better than anything i've tried (including proactive, lactic acid, salicylic acid, and Rx).

i will keep useing it as i have seen how it does work. i hope that when it is all gone my skin is not going to breakout again.

I'm in my late 30's and have been suffering since my teen years. I was reading some of the posts on this site earlier tonight and just had to try this. So I went out and got me some baking soda and mixed it with lemon juice instead of water. I made a very thin paste and left it on for about 30 minutes. I had a mild tingling when it was drying but I LOVED the feel of my skin when I washed it off. My skin felt very dry when I washed and blotted dry my skin and I had also read that olive oil is a great natural moisturizer so I put that on as well. I also read that you should change your pillow case often. So I am trying all these things at once and I am hoping that the combination will be a winner for my long suffering. so here goes.

Has anyone experienced pinkish skin it totally clears your skin within a month of consistent use but it's left me with pinkish skin anyone know how long it takes to subsided? I came back to this to help people i feel like i owe to other suffers because i hated life during the time i had severe acne so i came to say after washing with it your face will be red compensate by applying aloe vera from a leaf for 10 minutes wash off and apply coconut oil for a few hours and wash off and apply lotion ..me personally i sleep with it on some people it clogs there pores but i dont feel like that and thats that im a very oily person all this will help the proccess. Eggg white mask !! They help as well

I use the Aveeno Positively Radiant Skin Brightening Daily Scrub all over my face, neck & in between my breasts, gently (except around my nostrils & that little dent between your bottom lip & chin, I give those areas a good scrub) then I apply, gently, baking soda all over my face & mix it in with the aveeno. I'll leave it on for a minute or two then I'll scrub my face under the water until it washes clean. When I get out of the shower I apply baking soda all over my face, followed by a super light layer of coconut oil, then one more layer of baking soda just to absorb most of the oil.. leaving it on all day.

Baking soda would leave my skin very dry if I didnt immediately put coconut oil on afterward. Since using it though, my skin has cleared up a lot. My method would probably make people shudder. -Coconut oil moisturizer -Baking soda wash -Spot treatment with wart remover. Yes wart remover. I apply it very fast, wipe it off, and cover it with coconut oil and its been working.

well , it was not a magical thing ,but i think it reduces the swell

It really does work. Although, your skin will be redder after you remove the mask. You need to be patient and wait, within an hour your skin should feel better, as well as look better. The key is patience. **** Again, this is my opinion, MY skin was redder after I removed it, but feel free to try it out yourself. :)

Baking soda is variable; as you continue to use it you will grow to understand its uses (when it is timely to use it, what you should use it for, what you shouldn't use it for and when) and you will become well-versed at applying it. To me, baking soda is an exfoliator as well as a protective mask I can use that will essentially give me a fresh layer of skin to work with after waking up and washing the mask off. I believe that one (not me, because I haven't yet figured out the right combination of the two) could expertly use baking soda and ACV together in some way to fully solve their acne problems, but I am still struggling. Personally, my face is tolerant to baking soda, less so to ACV. I believe in the future I can avoid the present malady I gave to myself by using more of the one and less of the other. In the end of the day it is not the substances which are causing problems for me, only myself. The bottom line therefore is that baking soda is a wonderful product that for most cases will only produce a negative effect as a result of human error.

I mix it in with my Cetaphil Daily Cleanser and saw great improvement right away. You should try it.