Proactive has a massive advertising campaign but it has no secret ingredients that make it any better than any over the counter store brand.. Step 1: Renewing Cleanser Active Ingredient: benzoyl peroxide 2.5%. Inactive Ingredients: water (aqua), magnesium aluminum silicate, glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, disodium dimethicone copolyol sulfosuccinate, sorbitol, dimethyl isosorbide, polyethylene, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, tridecyl trimellitate, cetyl esters, anthemis nobilis flower extract, sodium hyaluronate, sodium PCA, propylene glycol, xanthan gum, imidazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, fragrance (parfum). Step 2: Revitalizing Toner Ingredients: water (aqua), glycolic acid, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosa canina fruit extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, sodium PCA, panthenol, glycerin, propylene glycol, allantoin, polysorbate-20, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium hydroxide, benzophenone-4, tetrasodium EDTA, methylparaben, propylparaben, imidazolidinyl urea, fragrance (parfum), blue 1, yellow 5. Step 3: Repairing Lotion Active Ingredient: benzoyl peroxide 2.5%. Inactive Ingredients: water (aqua), cyclomethicone, ethoxydiglycol, propylene glycol, glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone, panthenol, allantoin, carbomer, ceteareth-20, xanthan gum, triethanolamine, diazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, fragrance (parfum). Any acne cleanser with 2.5% peroxide and a bottle of witch hazel would do the same. A lot of acne treatments use Salicylic Acid in place of the peroxide. Clean and Clear products are pretty good.

I also have curly, sometimes quite frizzy hair. I’ve been wearing it curly only for the last year after straightening it for years. I am following the Curly Girl method as far as products go, so I don’t use any products with silicones in them. I liked products with glycerine until the weather got hot and humid (glycerine apparently sucks moisture from the air and made me frizzier), but I’ve switched lately to those without. I either co-wash or use low poo, then condition and rinse. I am using a little mousse only on my roots for volume and then gel everywhere. In the colder months, i will use a curl cream before gel. I let it dry all the way, and scrunch. I find if I touch it while drying it gets frizzy, and once the crunchy gel is scrunched out, I try not to touch it again throughout the day. Unfortunately most curly hair will have some frizz, but not touching it, using the microfiber towel or soft cotton t-shirt, and sleeping on a satin pillowcase will help reduce it.

I'm about a cherry chapstick, it adds little bit of color but I picked this up last year after seeing a You-Tuber mentioned she uses it. IT'S TINY!! But unlike chapstick, it adds a little of shine along with a little bit of color. I like how it looks when have a little bit of foundation over my lips then just add a little bit of the rose vaseline for color and shine. https://www.target.com/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-fragrance-free-rosy-lips-twin-pack-2ct-0-5oz/-/A-52465425?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000049427611&CPNG=PLA_Health%2BShopping_Local%7CHealth_Ecomm_Essentials&adgroup=SC_Health&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=c&location=9031321&targetid=aud-554348706659:pla-324196127945&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8P6hxKfX9AIVVRh9Ch08EQ27EAQYAyABEgIwSfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thanks for this thread. I used to swear by O'Keefe's Lip Repair. but this year I have the worst chapping problem I've ever had, and it's notworking at all. Pre-pandemic, I wore lipstick whenever I left the house, but for the past two years none of my lipsticks have even made it to my purse. I read the whole thread and just ordered the Burt's Bees Ultra Conditioning product and also Aquaphor Lip Repair. They arrive tomorrow from Amazon. Thanks, all!