I really wanted to love this last step in Marcelle's AC-Solution line but I just couldn't. It has a lot of great things about it including that it's oil free, it helps maintain a matte look, it's hypo-allergenic, and it's designed to reduce breakouts. The problem is the second ingredient in this moisturizer: ALCOHOL. Ugh. I used this moisturizer as the third step in the Marcelle AC-Solution system for a couple of months despite the fact that there was such a high level of alcohol in it for two reasons. First, my skin tends to be oily and I was desperate to dry it out, and second it seemed like it was really helping with my complexion. Although this moisturizer did dry me out, it probably did more harm than good. My skin is a little sensitive on top of being oily and this moisturizer made the area around my nose and on my cheeks red, dry and itchy. After about a month of using this my skin seemed to fight back against the drying effect by producing even more oil.

Although I had minimal breakouts while using Marcelle's AC Solution, I wouldn't recommend using this "moisturizer". If you have acne prone skin but it's not terribly oily (like mine) I would imagine this would be far too drying. It's also quite irritating so if your skin is sensitive I'd stay away. I would suggest swapping out a different moisturizer if you want to try Marcelle's AC-Solution system as the cleanser and toner are great!