I have always been lucky with most skin care and makeup products. I’m born with a skin that suits every skin care range from hydrating to whitening to brightening as well as anti-aging, which I felt blessed with despite having a not so perfect complexion. While I have been introducing you to beauty products that are good and works on me, I however do stumble upon highly raved products that does not do a bit good on my skin as claimed.

I had a beauty stash spring cleaning early January so I have thrown away most of the not-so-good products but I kept these three products.

Hiruscar Post Acne Gel For Acne Scar and Dark Marks

Oh man. This Hiruscar product is epic I tell you. You have no idea how many times Hiruscar people said I talk bad about their gel but heck, I bought it with my money and it really does not work on me so I’m not going to lie to my readers saying it works like a magic!

Anyway, this Hiruscar Post Acne Gel For Acne Scar and Dark Marks could be a hit or a miss product for different individual. Some of my friends experience a good lightening effect while some said it doesn’t work on them. For some reason my skin’s reaction towards the gel is a bit different. Not only it doesn’t work with lightening my acne marks, for some weird reason I experienced a series of breakout. Take my experience on the gel with a pinch of salt. We all have different skin type and allergic reaction towards certain products.

Oh look. The nozzle tip just melted off and broke when I took this out for a photo. Now it’s in the trash bin.

Urban Decay De-Slick Makeup Setting Spray

Urban Decay is a personal favourite brand and their makeup setting spray range is a favourite among everyone too. I have tried their previous setting spray and I’m not too fond with it because it doesn’t control oil as claimed. So when Urban Decay relaunched their makeup setting spray and came up with different type and so on, I jumped right in and bought the Oil-Control version. I think this setting spray would probably work better on normal to maybe combination skin type in Malaysia because this spray did nothing on my combination to oily skin. It doesn’t set my makeup, instead it melts off my setting powder and it certainly doesn’t control oil sebum on me.

Again, this could be a hit or miss product for different individual. Now I just need to mist my hearts out to finish the bottle. Thank goodness I bought the trial size bottle

Clarins Beauty Flash Balm

Another cult product that was highly raved by every corner around the world in the beauty scene. I have tried almost all Clarins products except for Super Restorative range which is meant for very mature skin but yet no BA ever sell me this. I have some Metrojaya voucher to spend and I was introduced with this Beauty Flash Balm by my friend at Clarins counter. This product is not famous here in Malaysia. I suppose no one knew what it is for eh?

So what is this for? I was told it’s a makeup primer. Most people from colder country use this before makeup and they claim this instantly brighten, moisturize and wakes up their skin. Initially I did use this as primer and I can still vividly remember two of my bosses commented that I looked “tan” and they ask me if I apply bronzer all over my face. It turns out Beauty Flash Balm oxidize my makeup making me 3-4 tone darker. I tested out the product for a few days in a row and the result is all the same. I have darker face comparing to the rest of my body. I can conclude that this product is not suitable on combination to oily skin.

Not knowing what else to do with this product, I am now using it as a quick 10 minutes mask. On a brighter note, I do see instant brightening result after that but because this is so costly to use as a quick mask, I only use it whenever I remember I have a tube. Pathetic I know.

Do you have a “sorry” beauty products to share? Do spill the beans so that I don’t waste my money on it

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No you did not read wrong. This product that I’m about to talk to you today is a post acne gel specially formulated to treat our number #1 enemy – acne scars and dark marks. But why the title is about breakout? You are about to find out.

While Mederma doesn’t work at all for me, I was hoping this Hiruscar Post Acne Gel For Acne Scar and Dark Marks works better since it’s especially for post acne scars. I purposely drove to the nearest Watsons in the neighborhood to get this. There is a few variant and I settled with the most expensive and most promising one.

At the point where I bought this…my skin was in one of the best state I ever had. Breakout wave stopped for a good few weeks which I was happy about it. Previous acne marks on both jawline faded but there is still just a tiny bit of darker marks to take care of. Which is why I wanted to give this gel a try.

At RM38.80 this comes in a white plastic tube. When the tube was new and plump I need not to squeeze too hard to get the gel out. The gel also doesn’t ooze out when I unscrew the cap. As you can see the silver strip on the tube has faded gradually.

This gel is advised to apply ONLY on closed acne wound. If you had “freshly” pop a zit please avoid applying this gel on the wound. I am not sure why but when the product direction said so means there’s a reason for it. Apply on the acne scars 2-3 times a day in the morning and before bed. This can also be applied after any skin treatment products and under makeup. In fact is is recommended for better result.

Another advise is to wash your hands before and after using. Below is the ingredient list.

As the name suggest, Hiruscar Post Acne Gel is in clear gel form. It is quite thick with a strong medical scent. It’s definitely not herbal, not smelly but a scent is present. I cannot figure out what is it but it is familiar. You only will need just a teeny weeny bit of the gel. Just a thin layer will do. The gel is easily spread. It absorbed in almost immediately. It doesn’t look or feel like you had this gel on.

So. Let’s go back to the breakout thing that I mentioned in the title.

Within a few days after I used this I started to have breakout. I didn’t really suspect this gel because this gel is for acne scars and marks. But then I didn’t use any new skin care products at that time so I continue using until it hit the second week. By second week the break out is far more worse than when it started. It was huge, red and painful. What I notice is the more I apply (twice a day) the more worse it gets. I had posted my breakout pictures in this post.

The breakout beginning to subside when I finally realized it was Hiruscar Post Acne Gel that cause all the breakout and I stopped using immediately. Within a few days I didn’t get any new breakout. Then it was time to focus on getting rid of all the scars and marks….AGAIN.

I started off with a clear, good skin but because of this my skin gotten so much worse. All this happen before I started my whitening journey with Guerlain Blanc de Perle.

Could it be that one or more ingredient doesn’t suits me? I don’t know. This is a product that I regretted buying because it does more harm than good to me.

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored review. I bought the product on my own.

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