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CENSOR — Blemish Purifying Face Wash
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CENSOR — Blemish Purifying Face Wash

Three actives. Twenty-five ingredients in all.

Mate leaf·Iceland moss·Juniper

$25.00USD
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Not sure it's right for your skin? Four questions — Daddy will tell you.

Blemish washes have a reputation: benzoyl, sulfates, a smell like a pharmacy, and skin that's clean for an hour and furious by lunch. CENSOR is the other approach. A pH-balanced gel wash with sugar-derived surfactants that removes impurities and excess sebum, keeps the moisture balance where it should be, and leaves the face fresh, soft and comfortable rather than tight and about to retaliate.

The actives are plants that know the job: organic mate leaf for the purifying, Iceland moss and usnea lichen for calm, juniper callus for the clearer look. Kaolin and silica take up what the oil leaves. A rhamnose-glucose complex settles reactive skin on the way out; sodium PCA and glycerin keep it hydrated. It smells like green tea, not treatment. Gluten-free, nut-free, vegan.

First step in the blemish routine. The one that stops the cycle instead of feeding it.

What it does

  • Cleanses and purifies blemish-prone skin without harsh surfactants
  • Removes impurities and excess sebum
  • Maintains the skin's natural moisture balance
  • Soothes and promotes a smoother, clearer-looking complexion

What is in it

Sodium PCA

Part of skin's own natural moisturising factor. Replaces what washing takes out, and keeps the hydration from evaporating off again.

Betaine

Sugar-beet humectant. Draws in moisture and takes the edge off surfactants, which is why a wash built on it rinses without that tight, squeaky finish.

Mate leaf

Organic mate leaf extract. A caffeine-adjacent plant, reached for here as an antioxidant with a mild astringent effect on blemish-prone skin.

Iceland moss

Iceland moss extract. A lichen, not a moss — soothing and film-forming, calming skin that a blemish treatment might otherwise irritate.

Juniper

Juniper callus extract. Astringent and clarifying — the third leg of this formula's blemish-care approach, alongside mate leaf and Iceland moss.

How to use

Morning and evening. Apply a small amount to damp skin, massage gently over face and neck, rinse thoroughly. Follow with SICCUS, then CENSOR II. During a flare, twice a day; in between, alternate with PURGO or RUBOR to avoid over-cleansing. Once or twice a week, CLAY after washing.

Blemish washes have a reputation for punishing the face they're meant to help. This one doesn't. Twice a day, lukewarm water, thirty seconds, then leave it alone. Picking undoes everything.
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