Glycolic Pads

mimi1234

Has anyone used them?  Are they any good?  And brands you would recommend?  What exactly do they do?

They seem to be the rage these days.  The prices vary a lot though, some are a few quid (Aldi) and some are over the ten pound mark (Boots and Nip and Fab).

Emmia

You need to use a high factor sunscreen if you use a glycolic acid, and you should really only use them at night. Don't combine with retinoids / retinol products (which also exfoliate, and need sunscreen)

I use a pad (one of the normal Nip / fab ones) once every couple of weeks or so as a bit of a brightening exfoliant. I've previously used the Pixi glow tonic liquid on cotton pads, which is similar, although the Nip/Fab is stronger (I'll probably go back to the pixi when I've finished up the pot of pads)

My sunscreen of choice is a Biore factor 50 which is imported from Japan.