La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo Review

After hearing so much about this on Youtube, I finally caved when my breakouts reached an all time high as it had been hyped up as a wonder product. I had a little read up about the product, and their claims are pretty bold ...

"EFFACLAR DUO Corrective and Unclogging Anti-Imperfection Care helps reduce the appearance of imperfections and purifies pores. Effaclar Duo is a complete skincare solution that combines 4 active ingredients to act on the 2 major signs of skin with imperfections. Niacinamide and Piroone Olamine help reduce severe local imperfections by purifying the skin and protecting against breakouts developing. The LHA/Linoleic Acid combination helps unclog pores by eliminating dead cells responsible for their obstruction. These active ingredients are combined with soothing and anti-irritating La Roche-Posay thermal spring water. "

"Pores are purified, and imperfections appear reduced. Skin looks smoother and clearer. It appears to regain a long-lasting balance to help recover the qualities of more healthy-looking skin."

Who wouldn't want skin that looks smoother and clearer when your in a spotty situation, so I toddled off to boots and purchased this 40ml tube for £13.00. 

After using this for a few weeks now, I have noticed a small difference not anything too dramatic but I do feel it is helping keep blemishes at bay. Because it is so light weight and sinks in so quickly I find it fits in well with my usual skin care routine, due to it being ideal for layering under other products. 

I use this under my usual moisturizers as part of my morning and night time routine, as I have combination skin with a few dry patches I wouldn't want to use alone as I feel this has the potential to be quiet drying.It may work really well alone for those with more oily skin, but for anybody who does suffer from dry patches I wouldn't recommend using alone.

Used in conjunction with a more targeted blemish treatment this forms a really effective treatment against spots forming and clearing them up quicker. I have also noticed my pores seem a lot less clogged and almost smaller looking , my make-up application is smoother especially around my nose and cheek area so I am very happy about the results this is offering and will be repurchasing in the future.