Originally Posted by Kaimi

I just buy the dry clay for a cheap $5/pound at herbal accents. They have an online store if you care to look. I am pretty sure if you looked around on the internet you could find it elsewhere for a comparable price. Just add water and mix it well, I find that I get the best results by adding hot water to a tiny bit of the clay(maybe a teaspoon if that, a little really does go a long, long way)and letting it sit for a while before using it. In any case, it is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a premade mask from a spa.

Originally Posted by ngdawg

For a year and a half I took my daughter every two weeks to a dermatologist. She had horrible acne-red, huge zits..from her elbows to her forehead. They tried everything from oral meds to RetinA to chemical peels and it didn't get even a smidge better. When they recommended Accutane, she was handed this huge book about it, saw that she'd have to go for blood work and said "No way, Mom".
First we tried OTC versions of Proactiv but they didn't do much. Then I went and bought Biore products and Panoxyl cream. It worked. She still has some acne, especially on her torso, which she is attacking with the L'Oreal Adult Acne kit, with good results.
I myself still get pimples-I have oily skin and huge pores. I use a glycerin soap from Bath and Body Works as it's the only thing that doesn't make me feel like a dried leaf after washing. Even Neutragena's glycerin bar irritated my face.
Once or twice a month, I use the L'Oreal Glycol Peel kit for deep cleaning-the stuff that gets on the pad even after a good wash is amazing.
A little trick for those of us with oily skin-don't take the oil off, use it! When the shine starts to show, I just massage the oils back in as if they were moisturizer from a tube. Nothing beats natural.
Disclaimer: don't do that if you're in a dirty environment!