I have had annoying reddness flare up on one of my cheeks for over a year and tried a multitude of products to no avail. Finally, I decided to try the Clinique Redness Solutions Daily Relief cream and it has worked miracles on my skin. I can not believe this is the same skin that was so sensitive and flared up no matter what I tried. I am very pleased with the product. I still use the foaming facial wash and Skin Type 1 toner before applying the cream. They all appear to work together very well. I have combination T-zone shiny skin and these 3 products keep me well hydrated as well as shine-free. I couldn’t be happier after a year of agony!

Thank you Clinique!

I had my first IPL treatment today and it went OK, much better than I had expected, not so painful ( I had been expecting really stinging pain). Tonight my facial tissue is slightly swollen and the open pores and wrinkles are more apparent – but I was expecting more swelling, redness and discomfort than I have experienced so far. And I have really fragile and thin skin. One down, 4 more to go. The heavier veins must be lasered! So I have to not use makeup for a few days, no exercise that would make me red faced (as if!), no hot baths, absolutely no sun for 3 weeks, always
wear factor 40 SPF etc.
The dermatologist was realistic in what could and could not be achieved – that is, there might be a general improvement in tone and colour rather than the disease’s effects being entirely eradicated. Can’t be worse than what I’ve got, I much prefer small gains! All in all I’m really delighted.

The Urgent releif cream is NOT for people with rosacea!! It is for reactive redness only which is completely different.

I have found that the instant relief mineral powder is absolutely the best!! It really gets rid of the red! Despite its yellow color, it blends well and doesn’t give you a yellow look- just gets rid of the red!

The cleanser is good for dry or combo skin. I have very combination skin and I don’t think it does well on my oily chin, so 2x/week I use a different cleanser on my oily areas only.

I’ve always had a hard time finding a moisturizer that didn’t cause breakouts of both rosacea and/or acne. The daily relief cream is a great moisturizer on all skin types. I’ve had no problems on my oily areas and works really well on the dry areas- but you do have to use it 2x/day for dry areas.

The sunscreen (daily protective base spf15) is good, although I wish it was a bit higher spf. I have really bad breakouts of rosacea from most sunscreens, and this is one of the only ones I can use that doesn’t cause breakouts and redness. Plus the green tint really masks the redness without turning you green. I don’t use it everyday, just when I know I’ll be out in the sun. There are however other sunscreens on the market that use only zinc oxide or titanium oxide that typically don’t cause flare-ups and are a lot cheaper with higher spf (check out burt bees sunscreen).

Overall, I recommend the redness solutions line as one of the only lines that does work for individuals that have rosacea. Realize that all skin types are different, and depending on if you are dry, normal, oily or combo- skin type you may have a different effect.