yes___I mean no wrote:oh the pain not's not that bad. and the lactic acid's point while using mq and ret a is to remove the rest of the skin, which i'm happy to have demonstrated with simple tape. so no you can do without the peels it your using ret a.

yeah i have to use it on the rest of my body, it's the only thing i have that works

and the only size they come in is 20g your'll just need to buy a lot, good thing it's really cheap

yes___I mean no wrote:OK, glad your enjoying it

yes___I mean no wrote:i have to warn you all though, after the 3rd time the last thing you want to do is rub a loofah on your face. my face hurts by simply opening my mouth wide to eat. i can take the pain but the last thing i want on my face is acid or sand paper, now tape...

Alizee love wrote:Maybe you should go slower and use the mq every other day.

And I only use the loofah on my body, I use St. Ives Apricot scrub for my face once a day but I should ony use it 3x a week but I love it so much lol.

Alizee love wrote:I love that it isn not very heavy and it really has pieces of apricot seed in it which leaves a granny feeling while scrubbing but it doesn't feel rough. I love how easily it rinses off and leaves my skin soft and silky. It smeels good and contains 2% salicylic acid which is an acne treater, there is no oil so it will not clog the pores.

I use the blemish & blackhead control which exfoliates to prevent blemishes and cleans the pores; this is really great for anyone using hq and/or ret a which brings all the gunk to the surface. It says to only use it thrice a week but I use it twice a day and have never had problems. I may tone it down once I start my lightening regimen to once a day.



i think i might try it aswell, it seems to be doing wonders for u. its only for the face right? what do u do to scrub ur body? can i also use it in conjunction with the lightening regimen? why have u not started ur regimen yet?

You can buy it for like $3 and comes in a 6 oz( 170g) bottle, they also have a new green tea cleaner I might buy but we'll see.

Alizee love wrote:Yes it is for the face, for my body I use neutrogena body scrun which also contains salicylic acid which treats acne.

I have not started because I have not received my package but once I do and start I will start a thread

yes___I mean no wrote:you seem to have everything under control, soon your'll be giving advise, and yeah that will lighten you more than 3 shades

PorcelainSkin wrote:Hey Guys,

I need a second opinion. This what I propose as my skin lightening, blemish/acne/hypergimentation regimen to lighten me by 3 shades for a period of 3 months. Do you guys think this is achievable??

For my face: Wash my face with likas twice daily, put on ret a and MQ
mixture plus bio claire moisturiser twice daily. Exfoliate with St. Ivs Appricot Scrub (perhaps the blemish and blackhead scru that Alizee suggested..) three times weekly after washing with Likas. In addition, re-apply suncreen spf 50 or more every 4 hours daily and use an umbrella when am under the sun.

MAHARANI wrote:

PorcelainSkin wrote:Hey Guys,

I need a second opinion. This what I propose as my skin lightening, blemish/acne/hypergimentation regimen to lighten me by 3 shades for a period of 3 months. Do you guys think this is achievable??

For my face: Wash my face with likas twice daily, put on ret a and MQ
mixture plus bio claire moisturiser twice daily. Exfoliate with St. Ivs Appricot Scrub (perhaps the blemish and blackhead scru that Alizee suggested..) three times weekly after washing with Likas. In addition, re-apply suncreen spf 50 or more every 4 hours daily and use an umbrella when am under the sun.

okay great point taken, thank u so much.. in short, which regimen would you recommend for getting 3 shades ligher, for getting blemish/hypigmentation/oily free skin? what products do you recommend and how often how to use? and the regimen for my body too?

PorcelainSkin,
First thing I need to explain is that retin A is recommended to be used at night only as your skin will be sensitive to the sun when used in the day. When you do get it, you will have to get your skin used to this product, so Best to use every other day initially. For some, even every 3 days is needed. This is strong stuff and it is very very easy to overdo it.

You also to thave to take into account that MQ is fairly new to most of us and by most accounts, it is a slow process. Most of what people see in terms of lightening is the skin exfoliating sundamaged skin.

Whilst using the Retin A your skin will be exfoliating so there should be no need to use the apricot scrub. Again you will be overding things. When this happens it is easy for your skin to darken as the skin protects itself from all the harsh treatment. If you need to remove any flaky skin that you may see, then it is preferable to very very gently use a microfibre cloth, or you can let it exfoliate by itself, otherwise, again you risk causing hyperpigmentation.


Bio claire contains steroids and I would not recommend it for anyone. It causes skin thinning, stretch marks, dark marks, spots and all sorts of other problems. Please avoid.