Mario Badescu's 2nd generation blemish blaster

It’s a total coincidence that I ended my last post with a mention of Mario Badescu’s cult favorite Drying Lotion. I noticed when I opened my running Word document to write today’s installment—which happens to be about the brand’s just-launched Drying Patch.

Any beauty junkie worth her salt (or salt scrub) has owned at least one bottle of the original spot treatment, and dipped her Q-Tip into the sediment at the bottom more times than she can count. Although this is one of the most effective blemish treatments I’ve ever tried, there’s a big drawback: Walking around with a pink dot on your face.

Our pimple-fighting prayers have been answered with the debut of the clear adhesive Drying Patch. Designed for day or night use (without anyone being the wiser) you get a concentrated dose of salicylic acid, niacinamide, vitamin C and hyaluronic acid to flatten and dry up pimples pronto without irritation. With these patches from sun up through sundown, and the original Drying Lotion overnight, consider your blemish situation sorted.