St. Ives : Blemish Control Green Tea Gel Cleanser

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Active Ingredient: Salicylic acid (2%). Inactive Ingredients: Water (Aqua, Eau), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Propylene Glycol, Salicylic Acid, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Fragrance (Parfum), Sodium Hydroxide, Menthyl Lactate, Peg-150 Distearate, Disodium Edta, Phenethyl Alcohol, Limonene, Ppg-2 Methyl Ether, Linalool, Epilobium Angustifolium Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Leaf Extract, Ascorphyllum Nodosum Extract, Alteromonas Ferment Extract, Methylisothiazolinone, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Yeast Extract (Faex, Extrait De Levure), Green 5 (Ci 61570), Yellow 5 (Ci 19140), Red 4 (Ci 14700), Red 33 (Ci 17200), Blue 1 (Ci 42090).

Items marked with orange can be irritating and over-drying, especially to acne-prone skin.

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July 20, 2012

Pros:

worked first two days . skin was soo soft

Cons:

then stared to burn my face , i fricking hate it , i started to peel . and its been a week and my face is still irritated and stings

DO NOT BUY . it f**ks ur face UP
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May 30, 2012

Pros:

smells nice
good packaging
lathers pretty well

Cons:

made these weird bumps on my forehead
made me break out like i never had before
harsh

See, I had used St.Ives products before and loved them. So the other day at Target I had to get some more and they were out so i got the green tea cleanser (which I had never used). The next day i woke up, and had these weird bumps that were weird on my face and more pimples, My face was also turned slightly red! The bottle said it was supposed to clear redness and my face was never red then turned red! I am never EVER buying this product again!!!!!!!!!
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March 2, 2012

Pros:

It's cheap
Smells nice
lathers up

Cons:

It didn't clear up my acne
Made my face oilyer
Caused my face to be a bit worse
had to keep using it

It wasn't the best product for me. It worked for a while than i started to get more small bumps. Then when i didn't use it for one night i grew like 5 bumps.
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April 10, 2011

Pros:

Leaves skin feeling clean
Removes makeup
Reduces redness & breakouts

Cons:

None

This product was the only thing that cleared up my severe cystic acne caused by a PDT treatment. I use the green tea scrub morning and night and most of my acne has gone away. My skin is extremely oily with some dry patches and this helped exfoliate my dry skin and keep it less oily. I absolutely love it.
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February 5, 2016
St. Ives Blemish Control Green Tea Gel Cleanser: As Good As it Gets for an OTC Product
I have had issues with hormone-driven acne for many years. St. Ives Blemish Control Green Tea Gel Cleanser applied at night followed by Clean & Clear Continuous Control Benzoyl Peroxide wash in the morning kept me clear 90 percent of the time until early last year when I began experiencing "breakthrough" cystic acne. When my OTC methods began to fail, I consulted a dermatologist for the problem for the first time since my 20s, when I went on Accutane and largely eliminated the problem until I hit my 40s. The dermatologist placed me on Differen gel to no apparent benefit whatsoever. When that didn't work, she proposed a stronger dose of Differen and added a daily, prolonged regimen of antibiotics. All the while, she told me not to use Salicylic acid products so I switched over to a non-medicated facial cleaner. I began breaking out worse after I began to use a "gentle" cleaner and it didn't quit. Nonetheless, I was unable to tolerate a stronger dose of Differen and the antibiotics were leaving me with other "problems" that women can get from antibiotic overuse. This product was the intermediate solution for me between too-strong Differen and too-weak Differen. As luck would have it, I stocked up on a bunch of these blemish control green tea facial cleaners prior to use of the Differen and so in lieu of embarking on the antibiotic over-use route I added this cleanser back in to my thus-far ineffectual Differen routine. Between the re-introduction of this OTC cleanser and the Rx, I have acne control without antibiotic over-reliance. Unfortunately, my stash of St. Ives Blemish Control Green Tea Gel Cleanser is about to run out and I know of no other comparable product to stand in for the fact that THE MANUFACTURER HAS DISCONTINUED THIS FACIAL CLEANER :-(. I do believe the synergistic aspects of this formula, which includes green tea, olive extracts and Salcylic acid, will be difficult to duplicate. If anybody knows of a substitute for this facial cleaner, I'd like to hear about it. With the sole exception of Clean & Clear's Continuous Control facial wash, I've never had such good success with an OTC blemish-control product. It's too bad St. Ives didn't consider running a proper advertising campaign before they discontinued it. Without this product, I will be left with antibiotic use and the unpleasant side effects of being on too much Doxycycline for too long.
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HappyE33
June 4, 2016
Where are you located? The product you are talking about is currently available in Vancouver BC, Canada.
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hell_ch
September 16, 2016
Have you found another cleanser that works like these? I live in Costa Rica and they discontinued the selling of this product, my acne is coming back. If you find something please write to me to hellen_chinchilla@[link removed]
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SkinCareQueen
April 14, 2018
I really hope you all consider doing all organic products for your face. Visiting Etsy and supporting great organic, handmade manufacturers. The products include all ingredients that you can pronounce and see clearly. And many manufacturers have reviews to vouch for the products' results. Also, know your skin type. Knowing your skin type gives you more options. I LOVE this face wash too but there are better things.
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SkinCareQueen
April 14, 2018
I love Alba Botanica as well! They have a pineapple gel facial cleanser/line and a coconut milk collection. I LOVE milk cleansers. They also have a seaweed collection which was AMAZING. The moisturizer leaves you GLOWING.
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June 2, 2011

Cons:

Dryed out my face
skin felt tight and uncomfortable

didnt really notice much of a difference using this. my skin wasnt bad to begin with but right now my skin is breaking out more than ever! I'm going to quit using this product and try neutragena rapid clear. i hear good things!
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August 30, 2011

Pros:

Smells great
Cheap
Has sacylic acid in it a affective acne treatment
Feels nice
Didn't dry out skin
Cleared my pimples

Cons:

Sometimes my face feels hot or looks red

I love this cleanser!!! Definitely re-buy it! :)
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August 6, 2011

Pros:

-Smells Nice
-Nice refreshing feeling
-Lathers well
-Clears breakout with weeks

Cons:

-Doesn't really reduce redness
-Packaging is pretty bad (if thats a con)
-Dries the skin out
-Can cause flaking

This product is great! The cleanser lathers very well and it smells really great (: After you wash this product off, your skin will feel very refreshed. You can fix the dryness of the skin with a good moisturizer as well. Overall a great product with some fixable problems
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July 27, 2011

Pros:

-Cleanses well
-smells great (not chemically)
-prevents breakouts
-helps breakouts
-evens skintone
-not over drying

Cons:

-NONE

i use this everyday along with the st. ives scrub...and my skin looks great. they work well together...with the ponds moisturizer. WONDERFULLLLL
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August 9, 2010

Pros:

Smells nice, WORKS! Makes skin smooth and soft.

Cons:

None.

Bought it once and saw great improvement, but it ran out....Then I started breaking out again. Recently decided to buy it again, and my skin looks better!
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