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December 25, 2008
Avene Restorative Skin Cream

In life, accidents happen and sometimes shit hits the fan. It could be at work, at home or after a skin treatment. For me, it was after a skin treatment – the laser was too harsh on my skin and I had a small spot on my nose as a reminder to not think that I know better all the time; because I don’t.

I picked this up at the store as soon as I realized the redness was not going to subside in hours; it had started flaking and was looking a tad inflamed. I applied this and hoped for the best. This turned out to be a bit of a skin saver.

After the first day, the burnt …


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October 14, 2008
Avene Acne Spot Treatment

Running around Tuscany and Paris, dealing with lost luggage, long days and underwhelming pseudo avant garde hotels left me with unwanted zits and spots across my face.

To combat both spots and dehydrated skin; with its high levels of Avene Spring water, I turn to this spot zapper from Avene.

This emergency spot treatment helps kill bacteria and relief the uncomfortable symptoms of zits; like redness and dryness. So you don’t have to pile on another moisturizer just to combat the dryness of the winter months.

This is definitely friendly on sensitive, dehydrated and oily ski dried out due to weather. Zap your zits, calm your skin and maybe tomorrow, you won’t have to go through the hassle of claiming …


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July 23, 2008
Avene Cleanance K

I find myself with the occasional zit and they pop up no matter how clean my face is. Since I sleep with the air-conditioner most everyday, I’ve been looking for a product that would keep the zits at bay and not add to the dryness of my skin at night. I found this 6 months ago and it’s great because it’s got both AHA and BHA which gently exfoliate the skin to lessen the marks left behind by those zits. It also has an extract of Cucurbita Pepo and Zinc Gluconate which help minimise sebum production while purifying the skin when used during the day. Along with Salicylic acid and Avene spring water, this handy moisturizer keeps the zits at …


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