18 September 2026
Oily skin: eight AURODHEA products and the order they work in
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You wash your face a hundred times a day and nothing helps. By noon your forehead is shiny again, and after the third wash your skin feels tight on top of it. It’s not about how often. It’s about what you use, and in what order.
AURODHEA has eight products for oily and acne-prone skin. You don’t need all eight at once, but it’s worth knowing which comes after which before you buy the first one: two of them explicitly require sun protection, and that isn’t printed on the front of the box.
Every day: four steps
1. Cleanse — Dermo Purifying Cleanser CR11B. With salicylic acid, 260 ml. The data sheet gives a time: massage your face for two minutes, then rinse with warm water. Not the usual ten seconds. The manufacturer describes the acid’s action as bacteriostatic and regenerating and aims the cleanser at skin with blackheads. More on the acid itself in a separate article.
2. Tone — CR26B. On a cotton pad, patted onto dry skin. You don’t rinse it off. Sage, burdock and nettle extracts, 150 ml.
3. Treatment gel — GEL01B. After cleansing, morning and/or evening, oil free. One line from the data sheet worth knowing up front: the gel is photosensitising, so don’t apply it before going out in the sun. If you’ll be outdoors during the day, use it in the evening.
4. Cream — Neem Oil Face Cream NM06B. Neem oil, aloe vera, hyaluronic acid. It absorbs quickly, and the manufacturer says outright that it works as a base under makeup. 50 ml.
Once or twice a week: one mask out of three
The masks aren’t three required steps. They’re a choice. One, sometimes two a week.
Salicylic mask AS01B: in the evening, on clean dry skin, 10 minutes, then remove with a damp sponge. Follow straight away with a moisturiser. Sage, lemon, witch hazel.
Green clay and neem mask NM09B: 10–15 minutes, avoiding the eyes and lips. The clay absorbs excess sebum, and the neem oil and nettle follow the same logic. Two practical notes from the data sheet: don’t apply it to irritated skin, and keep it away from a light-coloured towel, because the mask can stain fabric.
Peel-off mask AL11B: the longest one, 20–25 minutes, then it lifts away in one piece. Jasmine, liquorice, rosemary, aloe. Afterwards the data sheet suggests the toner, which is CR26B from the daily steps.
Why a sunscreen spray is on this list
This isn’t about the beach. The data sheet for the AS01B salicylic mask says the acid makes skin more sensitive to sun, so you need protection and should avoid sun exposure during the treatment and for the whole week after. The GEL01B gel has the same note, and the manufacturer itself recommends SPF 30 or 50.
Two of the eight require protection, which is why the SPF 50 spray SOL02B belongs to the line rather than standing apart. Apply it 15 minutes before going out, then again after swimming and several times a day. Alcohol free, water resistant, 150 ml.
Where to start if not all at once
The base is the cleanser and the toner. Without them everything else goes onto skin that isn’t clean. Add the salicylic mask once you already have SPF at home.
One more detail, about stocking up: after opening, all of these have a 6-month shelf life (the spray has 12). Three masks opened at the same time probably won’t get used up, so open them one at a time.
Who shouldn’t use them
Products with salicylic acid aren’t used on children under 3 or by people with salicylate intolerance. That’s in the data sheets for CR11B and GEL01B. All of this is cosmetics: it cares for oily skin but doesn’t treat anything. If the inflammation is severe, that’s a question for a dermatologist, not for a mask.
Seven of the eight are dermatologically tested, as their data sheets state. The spray’s data sheet doesn’t say so. Made in Italy.