What It Is

Our daily acne lotion with Salicylic Acid helps reduce the appearance of blemishes and helps prevent new ones from forming. Apply lotion on a daily basis or as needed to reveal skin that appears clearer and more even.

Paraben-free and fragrance-free.

What It’s Good For

Key Ingredients

SALICYLIC ACID

Salicylic Acid is a beta-hydroxy acid that helps to refine skin texture and reduce blemishes within our formulas.
VITAMIN B3

Niacinamide, the form of Vitamin B3 used within our formulas, is known to help brighten skin. When used in topical skincare formulas, Vitamin B3 can also help balance skin’s surface oil.
ALOE VERA

Widely used for centuries in traditional and herbal medicine, Aloe is known to hydrate and soothe skin. Our Aloe is sourced from the leaf of the Aloe Vera plant.

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How to Use

Apply acne lotion with Salicylic Acid liberally to clean, dry skin
Avoid the immediate eye area
In case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with water
Reduce number of applications if drying or peeling occurs
Explore our other acne skincare products like our targeted spot treatment

Kiehl’s Environmental Impact Scores

As part of our Kiehl’s Mission Renewal journey, we are providing the Environmental Impact Score to help you make informed decisions about the formulas you use. Kiehl’s is committed to continually improving the impact of our products throughout the product lifecycle, including the production and usage phase. This tool is designed to help assess the relative environmental and social impact of Kiehl’s Products compared to other L’Oréal Group products in the same category in 2020.

The calculation method was developed with the help of independent scientific experts and Bureau Veritas Certification, an independent auditor. The score takes into account 14 environmental impact factors all along the product's life cycle.

Learn more about the methodology, here.

Overall environmental impact

Compared to other similar L’Oréal Groupe Products sold worldwide in 2020

Carbon footprint

4.9¹g per average amount used

67g per 10mL

Water footprint

5.7² per average amount used

78 per 10mL

Every consumer product has some impact on the environment. A good score here does not mean a product has a positive impact or no impact on the environment. The letters and colors used in this tool are designed to help you make comparisons to other L’Oreal Groupe products in the same category around the world in 2020, so you can make more informed choices.

This product currently has a less favorable impact than we aim for, so we have set out an action plan to improve its environmental and social performance over the coming months. The letters and colors used in this tool are designed to help you make comparisons to other similar products in L'Oréal's global portfolio, so you can make more informed choices.

*Compared to other similar L’Oréal Groupe Products sold worldwide in 2020

This impact score is based on the simulated usage of 1 product and 4 refills.

Manufacturing Conditions

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98%

Renewable energy:

100%

Packaging Facts

% of cardboard/paper certified
FSC^TM or PEFC:

100%

% of tube made of recycled material³ including colorant:

18%

Refillable or reusable:

N

Social impact of the product

The ingredients and components of this product are sourced from suppliers committed to respect the Fundamental principles of the UN on labor standards.

1 or more suppliers committed to the social inclusion of people from vulnerable communities contributed to making this product.*

¹Grams of CO2 equivalent ("face care" category average = 9.6g)

²Water index including water quality + water scarcity (m3) - "face care" category average = 1.9

³Excuding pumps and/or caps

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