How to Help Calm Breakouts with a Clarifying Facial Oil
Navigating skincare for acne-prone skin and can feel like a delicate dance—one misstep, and your skin might protest. Finding products that not only avoid triggering breakouts but actively improve your skin's condition is often a long and challenging journey. Enter our PLZ Clarify Facial Oil —a calming, blemish-busting blend designed to soothe and support your skin. This lightweight facial oil features a thoughtful mix of non-comedogenic ingredients to help moisturize and nourish the skin, while gently targeting clogged pores for those with sensitive complexions. We’re diving deep into all things clarifying face oil, from an exploration into ingredients to all of its skin-loving benefits, and how to implement it into your skincare routine. Let’s go!
What is a Clarifying Facial Oil?
If you struggle with breakouts, then facial oil may have you ready to run for the hills—but just hear us out! While some facial oils do contain ingredients that may be not-so-friendly to breakout-prone skin, a clarifying facial oil might actually be the product you’re missing from your acne-fighting routine. When it comes to tackling breakouts, calming visible redness, and bringing balance back to your skin tone, face oils can do it all. It might sound counterintuitive, but the right oils don’t clog pores—they may actually help clear them.
Like our clarifying face oil’s ingredient lineup, these formulas are packed with non-comedogenic ingredients that are gentle yet effective, so you get all the glow without the fear of waking up with an ingredient-triggered breakout.
Clarifying oils are made to help calm visible redness and combat blemishes without drying skin. Why does that matter? Because a hydrated skin is essential for achieving that healthy-looking, dewy glow. With our PLZ Clarifying Facial Oil, targeting blemishes doesn’t need to mean drying out the skin!
Can I Use a Facial Oil if I have Acne?
The short (really great!) answer? YES! You can use a clarifying facial oil if you struggle with acne. Acne and face oil may sound like a recipe for disaster, but, it’s really about using face oils with the right ingredients. When formulated the right way, facial oils can actually be a total win for breakout-prone skin. Our Clarifying Facial Oil is packed to the brim with skin-loving, non-comedogenic (aka won’t clog pores) ingredients, and is specially crafted to target breakouts without suffocating your skin.
The star of the show? 2% Salicylic Acid - a powerhouse ingredient that clarifies clogged pores and helps treat stubborn blackheads. It even goes the extra mile by helping to prevent new breakouts from popping up uninvited.
So yes, facial oils can be acne-friendly. With the right formula (like this one), you get all the calming, clarifying, skin-nourishing benefits—minus the clogged pores.
What are the Benefits of Using a Face Oil with Salicylic Acid?
So, what makes this ingredient such a glow-getter? First off, salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid (BHA) and is oil-soluble. It can dive deep into your pores to break up all that gunk—think excess oil, dead skin cells, and buildup that helps cause breakouts. At the same time, it helps to unclogs pores, making it harder for blackheads, whiteheads, and surprise zits to pop up. While we’re talking ingredients, we have to shout out two of PLZ Clarify’s other powerhouse ingredients, aloe extract and licorice derivative, aka the visibly calming and brighte ning dream team.
First up: aloe extract. You probably know it as your sunburn savior, but it’s so much more than that. This juicy plant is packed with anti-inflammatory vitamins that can help to soothe and calm the appearance of your skin. It’s like a big, cooling hug for your skin—hydrating, comforting, totally gentle—and is perfect for sensitive or stressed-out complexions.
Now let’s shine a light on licorice derivative: this multi-tasker helps to not only visibly brighten, but also even out skin tones. Dull-looking, stressed out, uneven skin? Not on our watch!
How to Add a Clarifying Facial Oil to Your Acne-Prone Skincare Routine
We love pairing our clarifying face oil with our Youth Boosting Blue-ty Sleep Night Oil. These face oils are the perfect duo for a happy and healthy-looking complexion. Adding this pair to your PM skincare routine, allows for visibly smooth and soothed skin, which means you’ll wake up with a healthy-looking, boosted complexion! Before applying any face oil, we recommend starting with a clean canvas—use your favorite gentle cleanser to wash away the day. Follow up with a lightweight gel moisturizer to lock in hydration, then bring in our clarifying facial oil to nourish your skin and target blemishes. Massage 3–5 drops onto your face (yes, just a few drops does the trick!). Don’t worry—the formula’s green hue absorbs fast and leaves behind a silky, non-greasy finish. No slick shine here, just calm, nourished, and soothed-looking skin.
Whether you decide to use this formula in in the AM or PM, make sure you apply some SPF before spending any time in the sun! Since this formula has an acne-fighting ingredient, your skin may be more sensitive than usual to the sun’s UV rays. Make sure to apply (& reapply) with our Suntouchable! Invisi-Stick, to help keep your refreshed skin protected all day long.
