News flash.... I'm obsessed with my new BHA

If you know me, you know I do NOT typically use salicylic acid on my face. 

I originally launched this product primarily for you guys. 

(BHA is one of the most popular SKU’s in the industry.) 

Historically, using BHA on the face caused me to break out.

I’ll use the terms BHA and salicylic acid interchangeably in this post by the way. 

BHA can cause breakouts for a couple reasons;

One, it's just a harsh molecule. And two, it exfoliates inside the pores, which can break up debris that was otherwise dormant.  

It was also aggravating to me when I had cystic acne, BHA is not the ingredient I would ever recommend for cystic acne but at the time this was the go-to for acne. 

I WANTED to use salicylic acid though, because it’s the only acid that can exfoliate inside the pore. Which will shrink the appearance of the pores and smooth texture due to pores. 

I already knew I loved this formula on my body post shaving, but I did not expect to love it on my face.

However, due to the mechanism-this being a rinse off formula-to my surprise it resulted in no aggravation or irritation whatsoever!

I got all of the benefits with none of the downside. 

Sure you can pretty much rinse off any salicylic acid product, and I recommend trying that if you break out from yours!

But the Bauer Beauty one is specifically formulated to be rinsed off. Meaning it’s strong enough to be highly effective within the 2-5 minute window. 

This formula (water, alcohol denat, salicylic acid) is formulated like a true chemical peel. It doesn’t have any fluff, no neutralizers, nothing! Just super straight forward. 

Of course I asked to remove the alcohol, but my chemist said it was necessary for solvency and penetration. And actually most professional chemical peels contain this ingredient as well so I’m good with it now. 

I happen to love the design of this product as well. All of my other products are amber colored, this one is white as pictured above! 

 One fun fact about this product is I was not allowed to print “2% BHA” on this label. Apparently this is a drug claim and I would need FDA clearance. 

Another fun fact, we used a foil seal on this product and it created a chemical reaction resulting in basically rusting the seal. So if you see that on your seal, that's why!

We definitely would use a different seal in the future. 

Happy shopping!