3M Nexcare Acne Patch

3M Nexcare Acne Patch is supposed to be a water-based material that you paste over pimple/ acne and it will absorb the oil secretion and pus.

3 of the 5 bitches have tried this before and very mixed reviews.


Whiney - No rants, no raves. It doesn't fo any good for pimples, neither did it aggravate it.

Gentle - Loves this. Says it does good and subsides her pimples fast. She says it only works for pimples with pus or after you squeeze it.

Shitty - Is in a terrible state because of this. From a small pimple, to the monster below:

Shitty is so upset now. She went to see a doctor and have to go back for a review. If it doesn't subside, she will have to go to the hospital. Poor Shitty.... use this product with caution and may she recover soon.

Product Ingredient Listing

From my experience, it is helpful to learn to identify whether the cosmetic preparation contains irritants or incompatible ingredient content for your skin type. It will also help u identify if active ingredients(stated on product labels) are present in sufficient amounts to make the product effective.

In a nutshell, learning to read the listing can help you decide if this particular product is worth purchasing or its merely a run for your money.

Moving along..

A typical ingredient list has all ingredients, be it active or inactive, all listed together without any order of distinction.

1. Looking at your product label, you should be to figure out if any active ingredients are in the list.

2. Once you identify which are the active ingredients in the list, you need to find out if they are present in sufficient amounts. Normally the concentration are not stated on the label.

3. We will then look into the listing, the listing normally begins with the ingredient present in the largest concentration (typically water(aqua), oils(paraffin/mineral oils)) and moves downward, often ending with trace contents. In most cases, an active ingredient are not in the first or second spot. And if it is near the end of a long list, it is most likely present in a very small amount.

As much as we would think the active ingredients are supposedly to be present in larger concentrations in the skincare preparation, admittedly, some active ingredients, such as estrogens, work in small amounts.

But many require a reasonably high concentration to be effective. For example, L-ascorbic acid has to be at least at 10%, and alpha lipoic acid at least at 1%. The position of the ingredient on the list can give you at least a rough idea if its concentration is sufficient.

I hope these 3 basic steps will make skincare shopping more economical and it will better you to avoid buying products that contained irritants for your skin.

As for learning what ingredients are incompatible for your skin type, I would suggest you do your own personal research online as there are many school of thoughts when it comes to what skincare ingredients are incompatible. And it would also involve some trial and error with different products of different preparation.

The quest for beauty is never an easy task! Good Luck!

BEAUTEHUB INTERNATIONAL @ TELOK AYER

kept getting calls from them a complimentary vit. c facial, they sound ok initally, even send reminder sms before the appt time and also re-itierate the point that there are no terms and conditions involved in this complimentary facial.

arrived at the place at 6.30pm sharp after work, the place and ambience is normal, bit crowded in my opinion.

anyway, when the facial started, the therapist removed my MU, cleanse and scrub. standard procedures. thereafter she put the cotton wool over my eyes and on the bright fluorescent light.. i had thought she was going to proceed with the mask or something... BUT NO, she went on to comment about the flaws on my face and try to push me to get another "treatment" facial at $88 . that totally peeved me off cuz my face was cleansed, it had no moisturiser on it and it was starting to get very very dry with the aircon blasting on my face. i have combination skin but the lady gave a wrong diagnosis and kept insisting that my skin is very dry and need their treatments, another hard sell tactic.

i insisted a NO to the treatment, they went on to squeeze my face and it was done in a horrendous way w/o any toner applied right after the squeezing. and it hurts a hell lot as well. then the masking, and it was what i would say half-Fucked! the masking was not done properly on the whole face, only on certain parts of the red areas. there they end it off with a mediocre moisturiser.

when i got outta there, obviously unhappy, the lady boss still had the cheek to hard sell me her packages. she went on and on .. blah blah blah oxygen essence, serum using blah blah machines, all in mandarin that i dun really understand.

she kept saying her place only do TREATMENTS on the face and not mere facials, that's contradictory.. then why is the place promoting its complimentary facials? as for their complimentary service, it was done so poorly that i wont even wanna consider any of their other packages, least to say whatever crap treatment its offering.

it was definitely an unpleasant experience for me. the aircon was too cold and i wasn't even offered a towel over my legs.

Shitty - 2nd Reviewer

Upon the orders of Whiney.. here goes.
Yes, there are more of us.. with the current market awashed with many beauty products,more reviewers means we can actually cover a lot of products in the market.. hehhee, WE ARE PRODUCT WHORES!

Age: 27

Skin Type: Combination skin, can get pretty oily depending on the humidity. mainly oily on the T-zone, and dry ard the cheeks. also suffered from above average amount of pimples, acne and blackheads during teens.
Now, occasional pimples, some blackheads here and there, mostly squeezed out already, can't stand blackheads. generally ok skin with days of red flushes.. also dependent on humidity.

Slogan for Skincare: Rejuventing, Regenerating, Collagen, Deep Sea Minerals!!

Favourite Make Up: that's a difficult one, ermm.. everything?

Eating habits: Very fussy about quality, im a self-proclaimed foodie. even if it only cost $3, it has to taste at least decent!

Pain Threshold: Pretty low but not the lowest.

Tolerance for funkiness of product(s): it guarantees results!? im in!

Body Type: Not thin for sure, meaty on the thighs, arms, looking to tone up the body and to build biceps/triceps like Madonna.

Hair: Long. Below shoulders, straight with slight natural waves at the ends. plagued with dead hair end problems, coloured yes, rebonded no.

Other concerns: Left/Right uneven eyelids, slight droopy lids. Maybe a a higher nose bridge would be good too!