Skin Perfecting 6% Mandelic Acid + 2% Lactic Acid Liquid Exfoliant.

"They also have Paula's Choice a 6% mandelic acid plus 2% lactic acid that is also great for kind of helping with uneven tone and those who are acne-prone. I'm loving the fact that there are more products with mandelic acid because it's just such an underrated product and really ideal for those who are more sensitive, acne-prone, and struggle with hyperpigmentation, too."

"I started using this from Paula's Choice. This is the 6% mandelic acid and 2% lactic acid. My skin likes lactic acid. It likes mandelic acid, which is very gentle. In the past I was just trying to get my skin to like harsher exfoliants. It just doesn't like it, just does not. And then I remembered that back in the day my skin really responded to lactic acid. So I was like, 'Oh, I might as well just like try this slightly more gentle liquid exfoliant.' I just put it out on a cotton pad and wipe it on my face. It's quite nice. It's gentle enough. I've seen definitely like an increase in positivity in my skin. It does a really good job of like just managing breakouts. And because it's nice and gentle, it's been like a very good counterpoint to my increase in tretinoin."

"I also like Paula's Choice 6% mandelic plus 2% lactic, so that's 8% but of gentle AHAs. They're great for skin of color and the trick is to remove enough dead skin cells to see young, juicy, glowing skin. You want to make sure you're getting hydration into the top layer, so you want humectant in the actual chemical exfoliator, and ideally want gentle tyrosine inhibitors that can go deep into the skin and can help to calm down the melanocytes, the cells producing the pigment melanin. You want all this to happen but in a very anti-inflammatory way."

"Mandelic acid is one of the larger alpha hydroxy acids and because it's a larger size it doesn't penetrate as deeply into the skin, so it's usually my preferred exfoliant for people with sensitive skin. It's really a great ingredient for people who want to exfoliate but also have sensitive skin. Then you add lactic acid which is slightly moisturizing and you put it in a time-release formula and this is really a great product for people who have sensitive skin but want to exfoliate. Smell this product. To me it smells like alcohol, really like vodka, and even though there's no alcohol in it I'm really enjoying the sensorial experience. It's completely fragrance free but I'm loving the smell of the ingredients. It's like wine tasting for me. It could be the bayberry fruit extract, the chocolate vine stem extract, or the cherry blossom extract. It smells slightly cherryish, almost like a wine smell. Very good for sensitive skin."

"This is the Paula's Choice 6% mandelic acid plus 2% lactic acid liquid exfoliant, so this has a blend of 8% AHA and this is what I go with when my skin is dry and flaky but it's also so sensitive, my skin is a little bit compromised. This is the one I am going with and this always does an excellent job to remove flaking, keeping my skin comfortable. It doesn't feel overly exfoliated where I have that tingling sensation to my skin. I don't experience that with this at all. In my opinion this is very, very gentle because of that 6% mandelic acid, but then of course there's only that 2% lactic acid in here and the combination just pairs so nicely together when your skin is dry and it's irritated at the same time. It's a toner so of course you can put some into the palm of your hand and apply it to your skin that way or of course you can just put some on a cotton ball or a cotton round and then apply that before your serums. This can be used daily or again just once or twice a week but it's very gentle like I said, it can really help to soften and fine lines."

"Relatively new although I have been using this for a bit from Paula's Choice, the Skin Perfecting 6% Mandelic Acid plus 2% Lactic Acid Liquid Exfoliant. This is clearly the AHA sibling to their unicorn tear BHA liquid exfoliant so this has a lot to live up to but it really really does it for me. I personally love that this is a combination of mandelic acid and time release lactic acid. As many of you know I have been a fan of mandelic acid since the beginning. My sensitive reactive skin, especially back in the day, was just not comfortable with a lot of the glycolic acid formulas out there that were just so harsh. Mandelic was so much easier to tolerate for my skin. I think for winter too this is such a great exfoliant. It's kind of counterintuitively when we really need to exfoliate because our skin is just so dull, dry, flaky and parched. This is great because it is super hydrating but also it does not irritate my skin at all. The mandelic acid molecules are of a larger size but also there's that time release element to it as well. So I use this in the evening and by morning my skin just feels so juicy and smooth. As per usual exfoliation for me is always done as needed so on a weekly rather than daily basis."

"I was so scared when I first got this because my skin is pretty sensitive, but I have to say I'm not at all disappointed, it's another good product from Paula's Choice. Mandelic acid is a more gentle AHA, as is lactic acid, and six percent and two percent are great levels. It's fragrance-free, still an exfoliant, but a good choice for sensitive skin. It's great that Paula's Choice came out with this since otherwise they have quite a lot of rather strong exfoliating options."