Gluconolactone (PHA) for Gentle Exfoliation

AN-DEW is a powerful yet gentle serum featuring 10% azelaic acid and polyhydroxy acids (PHAs) to reduce redness, refine texture, and even skin tone. It is designed to help with breakouts, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, and skin sensitivity, making it a versatile solution for clearer, healthier-looking skin. It also helps with congestion and excess oil, and it is pregnancy-safe.

Azelaic acid calms inflammation and fades discoloration, while PHAs provide mild, gentle exfoliation. This combination helps unclog pores, smooth roughness, and support cell renewal, all while maintaining a strong skin barrier. Hexylresorcinol adds brightening and antioxidant support, and gluconolactone, a PHA, hydrates as it exfoliates, which suits sensitive or reactive skin.

AN-DEW is formulated to be well-tolerated by reactive or acne-prone skin types. It delivers visible results while keeping skin comfortable, making it a great daily serum for long-term skin health. Massage it over a clean, dry face, neck, and décolleté once daily, building to twice daily as your skin is ready.

With a short, targeted ingredient list free of unnecessary fillers, AN-DEW focuses on what truly matters: improving clarity, soothing redness, and restoring a more balanced, radiant complexion for consistent, long-lasting skin health. For even better results, follow it with AN-BALM to seal everything in. It suits combination skin dealing with breakouts, excess oil, and lingering post-acne marks.

Hale and Hush Clear Future Toner is built for oily, congested, and breakout-prone skin that needs effective pore clearing without aggressive stripping. Salicylic acid penetrates the pore lining while probiotics and a mushroom extract support microbiome balance and barrier health. It is the only Hale and Hush toner formulated specifically for acne and fungal breakouts.

Acne starts inside the pore. Salicylic acid is oil-soluble, which means it can penetrate the pore lining and dissolve the oil and debris that cause congestion, blackheads, and breakouts at the source. With consistent daily use, pores stay cleaner, congestion builds up less quickly, and breakouts become less frequent. Skin looks visibly clearer and more refined over time.

If your breakouts are small, clustered, and stubbornly persistent despite using standard acne products, fungal acne may be the cause. Unlike most acne toners that focus only on bacteria, Clear Future Toner contains mushroom extract and antifungal actives that target yeast overgrowth, alongside a probiotic blend that restores microbiome balance and creates an environment less hospitable to recurring fungal breakouts.

Acne-prone skin that is also sensitive or reactive needs more than just clearing actives. Clear Future Toner contains a neuropeptide that reduces inflammation and calms the skin's reactive response, alongside cucumber extract, mallow extract, and probiotic cultures that support recovery and barrier health. Skin that is both congested and reactive can use this toner without the flaring and irritation that harsher acne toners commonly cause.

Face Reality Mandelic Face and Body Wash is a multi-tasking cleanser formulated to tackle breakouts, rough texture, and discoloration on both the face and body. It is ideal for those dealing with acne or folliculitis in hard-to-reach areas like the back, chest, or shoulders. It is fragrance-free, vegan, and pregnancy safe.

This wash uses mandelic acid, a gentle alpha hydroxy acid that helps exfoliate dead skin, fade discoloration, and keep pores clear. Because it is oil-soluble, it can also target excess oil and buildup inside the pores, making it effective for both face and body. Gluconolactone adds mild exfoliation while hydrating the skin.

While active and effective, Mandelic Face and Body Wash is gentle enough to use daily on most skin types. It is especially well-suited for those who cannot tolerate stronger acids or are looking for a more even, smooth complexion over time. Grape seed extract provides free-radical protection and helps soothe inflammation.

This cleanser is an excellent option for acne-prone skin that wants more than just surface cleansing. It reduces buildup and refines texture while brightening and supporting a clearer, more balanced complexion with consistent daily or weekly use. Massage it into damp skin, rinse with tepid water, and use it after workouts or on hot summer days.

Hale and Hush Quiet Wash is formulated for sensitive, reactive, rosacea-prone, and barrier-compromised skin. It cleanses thoroughly without stripping, tightening, or triggering redness and discomfort. The updated formula adds three nourishing plant oils to the established calming botanical base, making it more hydrating while keeping what made the original a sensitive skin staple.

Quiet Wash is designed to calm the skin while it cleanses. Its botanical complex helps reduce the reactive response behind flushing, redness, and post-cleanse discomfort, which means the cleanse itself becomes a calming step. With consistent twice-daily use, skin becomes progressively less reactive at the cleansing step, setting a calmer foundation for everything applied afterward.

Sensitive and compromised skin does best with cleansing that respects the barrier. Quiet Wash uses glucoside-based surfactants that lift impurities without disrupting the skin's natural moisture balance, alongside gluconolactone and glycerin that maintain hydration throughout the cleanse. Skin feels genuinely clean, soft, and comfortable afterward, without feeling tight.

The biggest change in the updated formula is the addition of avocado, argan, and marula oils to the existing base. These oils blend into the gel texture to replenish the natural fats the barrier needs to stay protective, leaving skin noticeably softer and less tight. For dry or very sensitive skin, Quiet Wash is now a more nourishing daily option.

Hale and Hush Refine Polish is a gentle weekly polish built around the needs of sensitive, reactive, and easily irritated skin. Most exfoliants cause more problems than they solve for this skin type. Refine Polish was formulated to change that, combining non-abrasive jojoba beads with barrier-repairing peptides, probiotic actives, and soothing botanicals that leave skin smoother and calmer rather than red and compromised.

Sensitive skin does not have to avoid exfoliation entirely. It just needs the right approach. Refine Polish uses perfectly spherical jojoba beads that glide across the surface rather than scratching it, lifting dead cells without causing the micro-tears that make sensitive skin react. The formula cleanses and polishes at the same time, so skin is left smooth and comfortable rather than aggravated.

Redness and uneven tone in sensitive skin are not just cosmetic concerns. They are signs of ongoing low-grade inflammation that most products aggravate rather than address. Refine Polish contains a clinically studied alpine botanical that works specifically to calm skin hypersensitivity, reduce visible redness, and even out color irregularities caused by inflammation. Skin looks noticeably calmer and more even with regular weekly use.

Most exfoliants weaken the skin barrier with repeated use. Refine Polish does the opposite. While the jojoba beads clear the surface, peptides and probiotic-derived actives are working to restore the skin's microbiome balance, reinforce its natural defenses, and rebuild the barrier's ability to retain moisture. Skin that was once easily irritated becomes more stable and resilient over time.

Hale and Hush Soothe Essence Serum is a lightweight calming serum formulated for reactive, sensitized, and rosacea-prone skin. It reduces redness, restores hydration, and supports barrier repair in a fragrance-free, essence-like texture that absorbs immediately without heaviness. Pregnancy safe, oncology safe, acne safe, and appropriate for all skin types. Suitable for use morning and evening as the first serum step.

Reactive skin that flushes from weather changes, stress, or new products needs a serum that actively interrupts the inflammatory cycle rather than simply avoiding irritants. Soothe Essence contains botanical actives that reduce the skin's reactive response and visibly calm redness on contact. With consistent daily use, skin becomes progressively more settled and less likely to flare in response to everyday triggers.

A compromised barrier loses moisture faster than it can be replaced, which is why reactive and sensitized skin often feels persistently tight and dry despite regular moisturizer use. Soothe Essence replenishes barrier lipids and delivers two moisture-binding actives that draw hydration into the skin and hold it there throughout the day, improving overall comfort and resilience with consistent use.

Environmental stress from UV exposure, pollution, and temperature changes is one of the most common triggers for reactive and sensitized skin. Soothe Essence provides antioxidant protection alongside its calming and barrier-repair actives, helping to neutralize the oxidative damage that contributes to ongoing inflammation. Used twice daily, it builds a cumulative layer of defense that makes skin progressively less reactive over time.