If your skin is prone to acne and breakouts, you might notice it produces a bit more sebum, especially when you're working up a sweat. But don’t worry, we’ve got some friendly advice!
The real issue isn’t just the amount of sebum your skin makes. Acne happens when this excess sebum oxidises as it meets the surface of your skin, mixing with dirt and bacteria. This unfortunate combo can lead to ‘rotten’ sebum, resulting in blocked pores and inflammation.
Meet Sebopure, a fantastic new anti-acne treatment from UK skincare brand Clarol! It helps manage acne by keeping sebum production nice and pure, thanks to a patented ingredient derived from wild mustard leaf oil. By purifying sebum production, it reduces those pesky pore blockages and inflammation while allowing your body to keep processing sebum naturally. Sebopure features a unique natural ingredient called Pixalia ™*, which is made from a concentrated leaf oil extract from the Cleome Gynandra (wild mustard) plant.
Pixalia ™ has been scientifically shown to be a fantastic preserver, thanks to naturally derived Rutin and hydroxycinnamic acid found in the plant extract. Rather than fighting against your skin’s natural processes with harsh anti-bacterial agents or sebum-blocking products, Sebopure works in harmony with your skin’s natural sebum production. This keeps the sebum pure, helping to prevent acne and breakouts while being gentle and non-drying on your skin.
Sebopure is perfect for oily or combination acne-prone skin and is a vegan product that is FREE from parabens, perfumes, SLS, and MI. You can grab a 50ml bottle for just £14.95 at www.clarol.co.uk!
Expert comment; Dr Barbara Brockway, an independent skin Biochemist and former lecturer at Reading University Dr Barbara Brockway says; “It’s a common misconception that excess sebum is the cause of acne. But in fact it’s not sebum itself that’s the enemy, it’s rancid sebum. Rancid sebum is caused by the process of oxidisation when the sebum is mixed with oxygen on reaching the skin’s surface and starts to rot. To help prevent break outs, keeping sebum pure is key and there are new-generation skincare ingredients that can help do this. One example is Pixalia™, a polyphenol rich extract, whose function is to prevent the oxidation process of sebum, keeping sebum preserved and pure, resulting in less pore blockages and helping to prevent breaks outs.”
