The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment: Guru Score 65%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Yay

"Salicylic acid treatment from the INKEY List. A lot of people don't know that salicylic acid is anti-inflammatory. It's related to acetyl salicylic acid, AKA aspirin, and applied topically it can actually help to take down inflammation as well as exfoliate the scalp skin. And our scalp has a lot more sebaceous glands, basically those oil glands, than the rest of our body. These are great options if you feel like your scalp is inflamed."

All 2 takes from Cassandra Bankson

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"Salicylic acid treatment from the INKEY List. A lot of people don't know that salicylic acid is anti-inflammatory. It's related to acetyl salicylic acid, AKA aspirin, and applied topically it can actually help to take down inflammation as well as exfoliate the scalp skin. And our scalp has a lot more sebaceous glands, basically those oil glands, than the rest of our body. These are great options if you feel like your scalp is inflamed."

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"I found some things that were like exfoliating or nice for my curls from the Inky List like this salicylic acid exfoliating treatment. It was good for getting the crusties out of the way, but I don't feel like this helped regrow my hair."

Mad About Skin

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~Nay

"There was a lot of talk about this product, Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment, with people saying this was just bad marketing. This product relies on sulfur to deliver the spot fighting benefit, but sulfur isn't sexy, so it's Salicylic Acid, let's make that front and center to sell the product. A lot of people called them out on it and said it's fancy marketing over actual quality formulations."

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"They had the Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment, a great product which I absolutely loved, but again they focused down on that salicylic acid because it sounded new, innovative, sexy, like it had that appeal, but actually it was in a very low concentration. It was a lot of the other ingredients that were actually doing the heavy lifting."

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"There was a lot of talk about this product, Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment, with people saying this was just bad marketing. This product relies on sulfur to deliver the spot fighting benefit, but sulfur isn't sexy, so it's Salicylic Acid, let's make that front and center to sell the product. A lot of people called them out on it and said it's fancy marketing over actual quality formulations."

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"The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment is a product that I completely bought into the hype of when it launched. I still suffer with adult acne and breakouts, and this was my go-to treatment when I saw that pimple emerging, slap some of this on and it worked really well to just calm it, soothe it and kind of stop it in its tracks. Now the issue with this is it's gone up in price a lot recently and you don't get a lot of product. I also think The INKEY List were guilty of over promise and under delivery when it came to this product. They really hyped it, it was probably the best on the market until about six months ago."

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Frequently asked.

What is The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment?

A topical spot treatment with salicylic acid, designed to calm and treat blemishes and breakouts.

Is The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 65%.

What is The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment's Guru Score?

The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Blemish Treatment holds a Guru Score of 65%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.