--- title: Natural Solutions for Zits, Pimple, Acne, and Problem Skin date: 2009-03-16T15:12:20Z modified: 2009-03-16T15:12:20Z permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/natural-solutions-for-zits-pimple-acne-and-problem-skin/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 741 categories: - Recipes author: Elizabeth --- A few weeks ago I was in the ladies room in a San Francisco hotel during a seminar and overheard a woman passionately testifying about an acne product that had changed her life. I eyed her closely: ![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41QZ3Y1W0nL._SL110_.jpg "Kiss My Face Acne Gel") smooth attractive skin, not a blemish to be seen. Yet, she claimed she had suffered from terrible acne as a teen and had just experienced another breakout earlier in the week. You would never know it by the looks of her. The product she used? [Kiss My Face Organics Break Out Botanical Acne Gel](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FB5I7I?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001FB5I7I)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=lizoneandmore-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001FB5I7I) Around 300 companies have joined the [Campaign for Safe Cosmetics](http://www.ewg.org/featured/16 "campaign for safe cosmetics") and pledged to eliminate chemicals from their products that can cause cancer, mutations or birth defects. Promoted by the [Environmental Working Group](http://www.ewg.org), safe products come from companies including The Body Shop, Burt’s Bees, Kiss My Face, Aubrey Organics, Avalon Natural Products and TerrEssentials. While I haven’t tried the Kiss My Face product myself, a product I have used for years to control ![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/319X2bMZgDL._SL110_.jpg "Ecco Bella blemish control") sporadic blemishes and zits is [Ecco Bella Leave-on Invisible Exfoliant & Blemish Remedy](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000URVDI6?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000URVDI6)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=lizoneandmore-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000URVDI6) . Just last weekend I found myself with an unwanted, unattractive “clogged pore” on my chin at an inopportune time (aren’t they all?). I washed my face with a mild cleanser and popped the zit with kleenex-wrapped fingernails (ok, maybe I’m not supposed to do this step, but I think it’s helpful to get the pus out before the healing can begin. Check with your esthetician about this.). Then, I dabbed some of the Ecco Bella on the spot, let it dry, and within 36 hours there was nary a sign of the unwanted visitor.
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