If you only buy one thing this week…

The most important thing you can do to keep breakouts under control is to have a good skincare routine.

Before wearing a mask, cleanse your skin using a gentle cleanser. This will prevent bacteria becoming trapped and being pushed further into the skin. Choose a product with noncomedogenic ingredients that will hydrate and help to improve skin’s natural moisture barrier.

Look for a cleansing gel containing salicylic or glycolic acid, as these will penetrate oils on the skin’s surface and unclog pores, refreshing the skin and helping to normalise sebum production.

Try Pure Active Anti Blackhead Deep Pore Wash, £3.69 (super drug.com) or Simple Kind

To Skin Purifying Cleansing Lotion, £3.80 (boots.com).

It’s important to thoroughly rinse off the cleanser because the residue can be irritating. Use plenty of water and a damp face cloth as this will help remove the dead skin cells and oil and allow other products like serums and moisturisers to penetrate. Be careful not to over-cleanse.Too much or too vigorous washing can strip away the surface oils that keep skin supple, and make acne worse.

Gently exfoliate your skin once or twice a week. Exfoliating is key to luminous clear skin and for unclogging pores, dirt and dead skin cells.

MOST eye creams target puffiness or dark circles but Prai Ageless EyeTight Uplift Serum, £30 (marksand spencer.com) tackles the delicate area under the brow and on the lid. Using a clever new ingredient called Idealift, a lipopeptide, it works like a scaffold to help support and firm skin by boosting elastin levels.

Try Nivea Gentle Exfoliating Face Scrub, £2.66 (nivea. co.uk).

To treat existing spots Murad Rapid

Relief Spot Treatment,

£20 (murad.co.uk) reduces the size and redness of blemishes in four hours. It’s also invisible so is ideal to wear under

make-up.

Although most clinics are still in lockdown, you can still have a professional acne treatment at home. The new Lustre ClearSkin Solo, £49.99 (lustreclearskin.com) uses pure medical grade blue light, clinically proven to clear skin of mild to moderate acne, spots and blemishes with visible results in just two weeks. It works by directly targeting

After cleansing, add moisture back into the skin. Use a gentle, fragrance-free and non-comedogenic moisturiser. Try CeraVe Moisturising Lotion, £7.12 (boots.com), which contains ceramides and hyaluronic acid to protect the skin’s natural barrier and lock in moisture for 24 hours.