Nuance Age Affirm Glycolic Cream Cleanser

Salma Hayek Glycolic Cream Cleanser
$15.99 CVS Greenwich Ct.
(less expensive anywhere else)

I recently remembered how much I used to adore the benefits of Dr. Jeffrey Dover's Glycolic Cleanser, when a colleague I recommended it to informed it has vanished from the shelves.

It was perfect. And it was cheap. (Aging inventory still exists on Amazon. Tick tock...)

With that bee back in my bonnet, I purchased Peter Thomas Roth Glycolic Acid 3% Wash at Sephora.  I was relieved to wake up with normal vision the next morning after this "foaming" cleanser, that in reality was a drippy liquid mess, seeped into my right eye.

'Nuff said.

Salma Hayek's Nuance  skincare line, was created exclusively for CVS. The Botanical skincare, is based on the natural recipes and remedies her grandmother used to cook up.

Perricone No Mascara Mascara

Perricone No Mascara Mascara
$30

I've had a weak week at Sephora...First the Peter Thomas Roth Glycolic Acid 3% FacialWash that nearly blinded me and now a huge NO to No Mascara Mascara from Perricone.

Credit thy debit please...

I read about the latter from one of my absolute must read blogs, Musings of a Muse. I love Isabella Muse's reviews and I urge you to check them out.  She writes about a prodigious amount of product each week and also includes photo swatches.  I was shocked when she told me this is not her full time job...I have no clue how she finds the time--particularly when important things are happening, like the season finale of Game of Thrones...

Like me, Isabella is always on the hunt for her "Holy Grail" of different product categories.  When she declared No Mascara Mascara,  (one of Perricone's first forays into cosmetics from skincare,) as her new Holy Grail mascara, with impressive pictures to match, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Additionally, it is a full lash treatment and I'm all for hardworking twofer's.

Peter Thomas Roth Glycolic Acid 3% Facial Wash

Peter Thomas Roth
Glycolic Acid 3% Facial Wash
432

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME...or anywhere else for that matter...I'm hoping I don't go blind...

A colleague of mine likes to catch up with me every few months to pick my brains about my latest product loves and have me weigh in on her current skincare routine. (Besides Diva, my other alias at work is Dr. Deb.)

She reminded me that in the past, I had turned her on to Yale educated, Dr. Jeffrey Dover's Glycolic Cleanser   She's right; it was an outstanding rrecommendation...to begin with, Dr. Dover's line was sold exclusively at CVS so it was cheap and cheerful.  It also had an amazing gel texture, was infused with just the right amount of glycolic acid and left both of our faces dewy and glowing. I had long forgotten it..

Sadly, its been discontinued and even Dr. Dover doesn't sell it on his website.  I did a quick scan of both EBay and Amazon and assured her that plenty of product is still out there...just not to wait years to purchase it.

Naturally, it planted a little bee in my bonnet about the virtues of glycolic cleansers, so while I was at Sephora today getting a new Clarisonic  Mia brush head, I picked up Peter Thomas Roth Glycolic Acid 3% Facial Wash. PTR is well known for his Glycolic pads and I have used and liked them myself, so I figured his cleanser would be a safe bet.

Wrong...