Bisabolol– the bit of chamomile that makes it calming, healing, soothing and more. Complete love for sensitive skin. The key to healthy skincare for your oily/combination skin type; steer clear from skincare with lots of alcohol – it’s drying and will temporarily make your skin feel fab. Super addictive. Then, alcohol high skincare does this, it eats away your skin’s natural barrier (think of it like the walls of your skin house), making your skin’s battery health bar plummet. Yiksey (!) Here’s the dealiO with uneven skin tone/hyper-pigmentation/acne scars/dark marks – they are areas of skin where your skin cells are suddenly over making melanin. That’s the pigment which gives your skin colour. The cells you have which make melanin get over activated/frazzled when; Beauty expert and journalist Sali Hughes has teamed up with Revolution Skincare to create “a simple, low maintenance but active routine for busy beauty lovers... great skincare, made easy.”

Peptides/matrixyl– perfect for mature skin that’s also sensitive (see section on age concerned/first signs of ageing for more info on benefits) Best Revolution Skincare for Sensitive skin

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CICA aka Centella Asiatica– soothing god. Will help reduce redness and inflammation of acne, spots and pimples. MELTING GEL CLEANSER – This luxurious cleanser melts from a gel to oil to milk to easily rinse away oils and residue leaving skin feeling soft, clean, and smooth. Formulated with Grape Seed Oil and Sunflower Oil to help break down oily residue on the skin, including makeup.

Revolution Skincare have ‘IT girl’ ingredients. There are some super specific actives I haven’t seen ANY other budget-skincare-which-works brand use (to date) – we’re talking trending actives like CBD oil, colloidal silver and CICA. Exciting, exciting, exciting! Revolution Skincare – it’s the NEW addition to the budget skincare which works family. Because spoiler alert – most skincare actives are pretty, crazy cheap. In fact – it’s the bottle and label printing which is usually THE expensive bit (!) Because rather than looking for a serum which shouts anti-ageing with big, bold lettering on the label – instead you’re going to find a 0.5% retinol serum. Ceramides are long chain fatty acids that make up around 50% of the skin’s composition – they’re essential for building structures in the skin, a glue that binds the skin together. There’s a whole load more fun here. While The Ordinary are ‘clinical’ Revolution Skincare are like what would happen if you crossed a doctor with a TopShop stylist. This means some Revolution Skincare formulas are not for everyone – for example, some Revolution Skincare products use small amounts of fragrance and essential oils, plus colourants. The Ordinary skincare do not. They are 0% here.

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Before we dive into skincare heaven, it’s worth taking a few moments to confront the especially super obvious question for anyone who’s used OG budget skincare brand The Ordinary. What makes Revolution Skincare different? Niacinamide (in Revolution Skincare Dark Spot Corrector)– also known as vitamin B3. Studied to help brighten skin aka reduce dark spots. Now’s to the juicy stuff my friend. The moment we get to find out which carefully selected Revolution Skincare products are THE ONE’s for you.