Mario Badescu Drying Cream

Wow!!! Incredible product that miraculously WORKS!! If you've EVER had a boulder-sized zit begin to rise beneath your skin, you know you're in for DAYS of "ugly." Mine seem to slumber until "that time of the month," then WHAM!....I've suddenly got one or two hideous and painful disfiguring red lumps percolating on my face. They've always been too deep to do anything about except endure-UNTIL NOW! The FIRST time I used it, I was stunned to see that Mario Badescu's Drying Cream had shrunk a disgusting, red and painful cystic "boulder" on my cheek by more than HALF by morning! The next night, I slathered the "boulder" again, and again-was amazed by morning. What had begun as another week-long (or longer) deep, painful, disfiguring giant red "zit," was little more than a minuscule "nothing,"- an invisible, internally dried, itty-bitty "bump," invisible-painless-gone! Whatever is in it-whatever the ingredients-this stuff WORKS! Amazingly so, and incredibly fast. Yes-it's expensive, but it WORKS!! Also, you don't need much, simple a q-tip full of this clay-like product (but be sure to slather it thickly) spread over the pimple. It dries in 10 minutes, working its bacteria and oil "slurping" properties as you sleep. I've never used anything that's come close to Badescu's Drying Cream-and I hope, hope, hope that those of you who either suffer from these painful, disfiguring "boulders" once a month, get them once in a blue moon, or worst of all-fight them all the time, will PLEASE give this product a try! It's that good-really!

This cream works excellently. It has cleared up my skin in the week I've been using it, and its tone also corrects redness. I've found that it also makes my makeup last longer. I'm 23 with very oily skin, and I've been using OXY products for years. After using the Mario Badescu Cream, I'm beginning to think OXY was part of the problem. This is not as harsh, and the difference is almost night and day. It does have an odor...somewhere between tarmac and bug repellant, but not nearly so potent. It's not the "rotten eggs" smell I was expecting from a sulphur-based product, and I actually don't mind it. As other reviewers have stated, the thickness and color of the cream, and the fact that it works by laying on top of your skin, can wash out your natural color. For me it's worked best applied in a thin layer at night or at least 20 minutes before applying makeup or sunscreen in the morning.

I really have not seen any difference it has actually been a bit of the opposite. Now it might just be my pregnancy hormones but it has not done much for me. The reason why I do love it is the smell. Yes I said it. Most people on the reviews say the smell is awful but to me it smells like wet dirt and wish I could eat it!! Like I said pregnancy. Anyway. Get it a small amount goes a long way.

I LOVE this stuff. It's seriously like magic. I can't say it makes my pimples go away, but it definitely reduces them in size, & makes them less noticeable. & helps me to clear up a lot quicker! I definitely cannot live without this stuff! All you need is a teeny tiny bit so this small amount really does last forever!! The only downside is that it smells terrible but I can over look that because it REALLY does work! I will continue to buy this for as long as I need it :) it's now my go to product! Better than proactiv's refining mask for sure!! Just my opinion though :)

I didn’t have high hopes for this stuff honestly. I’ve tried other Mario Badescu stuff and liked it well enough but wasn’t blown away by it. This stuff, however, is amazing. I’ve broken out horribly since I wear a mask all day. I had deep cystic acne and even just normal zits. I tried this on a Friday night and the next morning the deep cystic stuff was gone and so was the inflammation from it. It wasn’t as red either. It definitely calmed things down. The normal zits did even better with it. I will say I didn’t rub this stuff in and blend it per the instructions but rather dabbed it on the spots and let it sit overnight. The packaging leaves little to be desired because of the film on the top to open it, but that’s such an insignificant complaint. Those saying it smells bad clearly don’t know what sulfur is supposed to smell like. Buy it. You won’t regret it.

Alright so I saw people complaining about the smell. And it is SO WEIRD. It smells like an old apartment that someone smoked in but it’s been cleaned so it smells like covered up smoke. My husband said it smelled like old leather seats in a car. Either way, it’s just not a great smell to have on your face. I’d look past it if it was like amazing but I prefer the pink Mario blemish spot more than this. The only good thing is you can put this on a large area. It does help to try up small pimples. I don’t think it works great acne “postules” and doesn’t do anything for cystic acne. I use it for small little bumps and breakouts. And try not to smell myself.

Smells awful

I have an unusual case of Syringomas under my eyes I use this drying cream eveynight before bed and when I get up in the morning it doesn't remove them but it shrinks them to the point where they kind of get hidden under the skin it surprisingly works great considering I have tried everything under the sun!

Lo único que me ha ayudado a mantener a raya mi Acné hormonal. Cambió mi vida. Solo lo uso por las noches.

Effective

Sobrinas

Don’t buy

First time using, does have a very strong smell and layer of ‘oil’ on the surface not sure is this normal. Have tried on my acne, it does reduce in redness quickly.