acne-prone skin
Acne
We know that acne can feel relentless. Breakouts always seem to happen at the most inconvenient times and the products that promised to help seem to make things worse. More frequent washing only leaves your skin tight and still breaking out leading to further frustration. On this page we cover the different types of acne, which of our products can help, and how Dead Sea minerals support acne-prone skin.
Our hero acne products
Purity Mud Bar
Dead Sea mud and witch hazel in a cleansing bar. Lifts oil and impurities out of the pores without leaving skin tight and stripped.
From £14.00
Mineral Mud Mask
Dead Sea mud with aloe vera and zinc oxide. Purifies without drying the skin out the way a standard clay mask does.
From £32.00
The Clear Skin Set
The mud mask, konjac sponge and T-Bar massager together, with a Purity Mud Bar included. The whole routine in one set.
£45.00 (worth £61.00)
Konjac Sponge
Gentle daily exfoliation made for sensitive and acne-prone skin. Biodegradable, vegan and reusable.
£9.00
T-Bar Face Massager
Sonic vibrations to tone, lift and depuff. Two minutes that can turn a skincare routine into a spa treatment.
£20.00
Refining Body Scrub
Dead Sea salt with olive and grape seed oils. For breakouts on the back, shoulders and chest.
From £30.00
Getting the most out of our products
Many customers ask us what an acne routine should actually look like, and what it should involve. The answer, actually, is that less is usually more.
A routine could look like this:
morning & evening · 2 minutes
Cleanse with the Purity Mud Bar
Warm water, lather between your hands, then massage gently over the areas that break out. NHS advice is to wash affected skin no more than twice a day, because more often than that tends to make things worse rather than better.
with the mud bar · 1 minute
Konjac Sponge for gentle exfoliation
Used damp alongside the bar, it lifts dead skin without the scratching you get from a grainy scrub. Rinse it, squeeze it out and let it dry between uses.
two to three times a week · 10 TO 15 MINUTES
Purifying Mineral Mud Mask
Apply to clean dry skin, avoiding the eye area, and rinse after ten to fifteen minutes. Sensitive skin does better starting at ten minutes once a week and building up from there.
AFTER THE MASK · 2 MINUTES
Finish with the T-Bar Face Massager
Sonic vibration along the jaw and cheekbones to tone and depuff. This step gives the routine a treatment-like feel.
every day
Moisturise, even if your skin is oily
Something lightweight and fragrance-free which won't block your pores. Skin that is left dry after cleansing produces more oil to compensate, which is how a drying routine ends up causing more breakouts than it prevents
IN THE SHOWER · 2 TO 3 TIMES A WEEK
Refining Body Scrub for back and chest
Over half of people with acne get it on the back and around fifteen per cent on the chest. Dead Sea salt with olive and grape seed oils keeps those follicles clear, and in an independent consumer perception study 100% of respondents said it felt gentle even on sensitive skin.
not all acne is the same
Which type do you have?
Acne gets described in a lot of different ways but most of them describe where it appears and what it looks like rather than it being a separate condition.
Hormonal acne
Breakouts along the jaw, chin and lower face that track your cycle, usually worst in the week or so before a period when progesterone peaks and oil production rises. Tracking where you are in your cycle alongside your skin makes it possible to get ahead of a flare rather than react to one.
Blocked pores
Blackheads and whiteheads, most often across the forehead, nose and chin, without much redness. Blackheads are not trapped dirt, which is why scrubbing harder never shifts them. They are pores blocked with oil and dead skin that has darkened on contact with the air.
Inflammatory acne
Red, sore spots. Papules are the small tender bumps, pustules have the white centre, and nodules and cysts sit deeper and carry the highest risk of scarring. Anything deep and painful is worth a GP appointment alongside a skincare routine.
Back, shoulders, and chest
Sometimes called truncal acne, and far more common than people expect. Sweat trapped under clothing and friction from straps and collars both make it worse, so showering promptly after exercise does more good than most products.
understanding acne
Why does it happen?
Around 95% of people aged 11 to 30 get acne to some degree, and roughly 3% of adults are still dealing with it after 35. It is the most common skin condition there is, which does very little to make it easier to live with.
The mechanism is the same whichever type you have. Hormones tell the oil glands next to each hair follicle to produce more sebum, and at the same time thicken the lining of the follicle so that oil cannot escape. The pore blocks. Bacteria that live harmlessly on everyone's skin find the trapped oil a good place to multiply, the immune system responds, and the redness and swelling turn a blocked pore into a spot.
Squeezing feels like the solution but is the one thing most likely to leave a mark. Pressing on an inflamed follicle drives the contents deeper into the skin, which spreads the inflammation and raises the risk of a scar that outlasts the spot by years.
Why Dead Sea minerals are different?
Most products aimed at oily and acne-prone skin work by stripping oil out. They strip the skin's barrier at the same time, so it compensates by producing more oil, and round it goes again. Skin that has been over-cleansed for months can look oilier than skin that was left alone.
Dead Sea mud works differently. It is rich in magnesium, potassium, calcium and sulphur, and it draws oil and impurities out of the pores by absorption rather than by detergent action. This is one of the things that separates it from a standard clay mask which leaves skin tight. The mud mask also includes zinc oxide which soothes irritation and aloe vera to bring the redness down.
There is a substantial body of published research on Dead Sea minerals and inflammatory skin conditions. NICE guidance for acne is to avoid oil-based products and those that block your pores. Building a routine around calming skin rather than stripping it is the direction the evidence points in, and it is why the range is made the way it is.
sources
1. NHS, Acne. Prevalence figures, the types of spot, where acne appears on the body, and the guidance on washing affected skin no more than twice a day. nhs.uk/conditions/acne
2. NICE guideline NG198, Acne vulgaris: management, June 2021. Skin care advice on oil-based and pore-blocking products, removing makeup, picking and scarring, and the note on diet. nice.org.uk/guidance/ng198
Hormonal and acne-prone skin
“My go to mask when I feel hormonal or stress spots appear on my face. I love the
way my skin feels after 15 minutes. It's much brighter and softer.”
- Sonia R., Verified buyer
Ready to give it a try?
step 1
Select your products
Everything in the range is built on the same Dead Sea minerals, so it works together however it is combined. Some people begin with the mud bar and build up from there, others go straight to the full routine.
step 2
Receive your products
Delivered to your door in three days, with free UK shipping.
step 3
Get clear skin
Stop the daily struggle with your skin and step out with confidence. Because clear skin feels good.
questions
Acne and Dead Sea minerals
Most cleansers aimed at oily skin work by stripping oil out, and they take the skin's protective barrier with it. Skin responds by producing more oil, so the harder you cleanse the oilier it can become. Washing twice a day with something that cleans without stripping is what breaks that cycle.