This cleanser took 5 years for me to formulate. I took those years to watch hundreds of clients closely and understand precisely what herbs consistently cleared up acne for them. Six herbs made the cut as my go-to formula for all types of acne.
Use The Cure-ist at least once a day. Do not use any soap products once you start with my products. You will only set yourself back. I ask that for at least one week, hopefully two, you use nothing but my three acne products.
95% of clients report drastic improvement in their acne with 3 short days of using The Cure-ist and SHU Healing Moisturizer together.
Benefits of Each Ingredient
Oats: Oats have been used for skin maladies since 2000BC. They should not be forgotten as one of the original skin remedies. Oats contain sopanins which attach to impurities and gently remove excess oil from the skin with absolutely no drying or tightening of the skin. Colloidal oatmeal was recognized by the FDA as a skin protectant in 2003. It is one of the few herbs recognized in the United States for its natural properties. Oats 6 major components that are recognized as scientifically beneficial for skin. Avenanthramides (anti-itch, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-irritant), avenacins (sopanin and anti-fungal), flavonoids (anti-bacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory), phenolics (antioxidant), Beta-Glucan (sought after skin ingredient now because it is highly penetrative and has shown to have more ling term hydration protection than hyaluronic acid, speeds healing), lipids (work to protect the skin, antioxidant), and peptides.
Oats provide all those benefits and otherwise expensive components in one beautiful place.
Sucanat: Naturally occurring alpha-hydroxy acids? Yes, please! This is the only true "sugar in the raw" that actually exists. Sucanat is fresh pressed and dried cane juice without undergoing any removal of vitamins or minerals. Sugar is an easy source of alpha-hydroxy acids where other companies want to isolate and charge an arm and leg for them, I found them in their rawest form with the inclusion of nutritive vitamins and minerals.
Alpha-hydroxy acids: (as found in sucanat) are well-known to speed up cell regeneration and improve the smoothness and brightness of skin. Glycolic acid is the main alpha-hydroxy in sugar cane and this is the smallest of the acids and works to gently break the bond between old skin cells so they can slough away without irritation or rough scrubbing. Glycolic acid also increases the moisture level in the skin cells keeping them plump and healthy.
Yucca Root Powder: also known as "soap root." This is a wonderful natural cleanser and lathers slightly on it's own. Not only does it cleanse, it also contains a wealth of nutrition for the skin: calcium, potassium, Vitamins A, B and C, iron, copper, manganese, and phosphorus.
Cape Aloe Vera: Cape Aloe is the world's most active aloe vera with twice as many healing monosaccharides and up to 3 times the amino acid content of typical aloe vera. Cape Aloe is such a wonderful skin treatment because it can be applied to the most tender and sensitive skin with amazing results. Cape Aloe grows only in the lowest region of South Africa and was not available in the United States until recently.
Spirulina: Spirulina is one of the most complete forms of protein and nutrition. It is a concentrated form of vitamins, minerals, proteins and carotenoids -- a type of antioxidant. Spirulina contains vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin B complex, zinc, copper, iron
White Willow Bark: The ORIGINAL aspirin! This wonderful plant is not only used for pain relief, but also used for acne because of the salicin (similar to salicylic acid). It helps to erase acne as fast as possible while also helping the cells to better hold their own moisture, so it combats dry-skin.
Comfrey: A wound healing agent because it takes down swelling and causes fast collagen production.
Coffee: The caffeic acid in coffee is shown to help acne clear and heal.
Cornflowers: Such a wonderful soothing agent, cornflowers provide astringent clean while calming irritated skin.
Barley Grass: A very deep nutritive to feed ailing skin with phosphorous, vitamin C, copper, selenium, and much much more. This is also a wonderful "green food" for the skin to improve overall viability and strength of cells.
Calendula: One of our favorites around here! Calendula is an amazing flower that seriously helps the body make good quality collagen (yes, there are different types of collagen!) . In that, it helps repair blemishes by helping the skin heal them over faster with quality skin to prevent scars.
Meadowsweet: another great skin-soother. Included in this formula for its ability to reduce redness and be an anti-bacterial.
Burdock: as a hormone-regulator, burdock helps significantly with acne by tempering hormonal break-outs and deeply cleansing.
Essential Oils: Lavender, Frankincense, Rosemary
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Wonderful Product!
I have always struggled with acne, and face soaps make my skin feel miserable. When I discovered the Curist a few years ago, I couldn't have been happier! It is soothing and effective. My skin is sensitive and oily, and this product has changed my skin. I won't use anything else! It's the best.
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Brazen Bee + Skin Cycling= HEALING!
My skin type: sensitive & hormonal cystic acne. What helped to heal my skin: Brazen Bee Products + Skin Cycling. Even using EXCLUSIVELY Brazen Bee for 5+ years now, I found that doing too much for/with my skin at once was overload for my skin, so I pulled back to only necessary products combined with skin cycling and found MASSIVELY positive results. I will use this as my exfoliater on skin cycle day 1, and also use stiletto and/or chally ha as moisturizer on recovery skin cycling days to do "slugging" especially during Colorado dry winter when my skin needs extra moisturizer, or based on where I am in my monthly cycle/what my skin is telling me it needs. Courtney has been telling us about "slugging" LONG before it had the term. Slugging=putting on "too much moisturizer" Skin Cycling: Day 1-Exfoliate Day 2- Retinoid Product Day 3-Recovery MOISTURIZE MOISTURIZE Day 4- Recovery MOISTURIZE MOISTURIZE
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Will not use anything else
I have been using this for the past few years. I only get breakouts when I have put something in my body that I know I shouldn't have. However, when I sabotage myself, the pimple is small, not painful and goes away quickly! Thank you!!
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A must have!!
I use this in combination with Georgia Sweet Scent-Free and it's the best! I usually wash my face with Georgia Sweet in the morning and The Cure-ist in the evening. My skin is sensitive, oily, and acne prone. I will never go back to my old products again!
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Best results and fast
I use this in combination with Chally Ha and it is amazing! I have persistent and deep breakouts around my jaw/chin area, agitated even more since facemasks became the new normal and could only get minimal if any result from countless scrubs masks asnd cleansers until I started using the cure-ist which was showing significant shrinkage in the deepest set blemishes that had just been growing and digging deeper for what seemed like forever. The effectiveness at clearing out all of the gunk that had been congregating deep beneath my skin was also boosted exponentially when mixed with the chally ha oil cleanser. If you have deep/cystic acne problems I strongly recommend the two in tandem for an incredible and speedy recovery for even better skin than before.
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The BEST
Nothing says “fun” like being close to 50 and STILL dealing w/ hormonal acne! This cleanser/mask has almost completely done away w/ my monthly breakouts, while improving my skin overall. I never thought I’d like anything other than a liquid soap, but I won’t go back to those after seeing what a difference this scrub has made.
