Lioele AC Control Trouble Patch Review

For some reason I tend to forget about my essentials when doing reviews. Lioele's Trouble Patch is one of the products, which I HAVE TO have and if I reach half of packaging I start panicking and immediately order it no matter how long until pay day it is. Pretty bad, huh? xD

Product description: Lioele's A.C. Control Trouble Patches help to relieve and care for troubled skin. It contains Salicylic Acid & Tea Tree Oil to help disinfect the area as well as reduce redness and assists with healing. If you feel a pimple arising, place a sticker patch directly onto the area. For best results, place onto the spot directly and leave for 8-12 hours (overnight while sleeping) then remove and continue with regular skin care routine.

Directions of use.

I came across this product accidentally, browsing some e-Bay stores with Korean cosmetics. I've tried many things to help my acne, but never heard of acne patches before, so ordered one sheet as a sample. Full size product contains five sheets of patches, each sheet has 12 patches.

The patches themselves are made of clear PU film, with one side sticky. They stick very very well - I already used up three full size packs (180 patches! 0o) and it happened to me only once that the patch didn't stick very well - when I put it next to my mouth corner on a day time, so every time I smiled or opened my mouth the patch was affected and started to peel off after few hours. During the nigh time they stick wonderfully. A few times I had forgot that I have any patch on and washed my face with the patch on - it still didn't peel off! But don't worry, even though they stick wonderfully they are easy to remove - it sometimes tricky to be able to catch the edge (a little bit like when you loose sellotape end!), but once you catch it, the patch pull out easily enough to not be painful.
Because they are made of film they are slightly shiny, what makes them visible, however I found that visibility depends on where we stick them. On "harder" base, like chin or forehead they are more noticeable, when they are on soft skin like cheeks they kinda blend better. I don't know why xD

Now the performance: for me this patches work absolutely wonders BUT they have to be used in the right way:
1. They work best on the spots that didn't "pop out" yet, the ones without white/yellow top. My biggest skin problems are nodules and cysts - painful form of acne forming under the skin, and these help to make them go away quicker.
2. The sooner you put it on the better they will work - I can usually feel nodule or cyst forming under my skin before it even discolour/bump surface of the skin. Just some part of my face would be sore to touch or mimics. These patches used early enough can even prevent the nodule/cyst from forming! :)
3. The longer you keep them on, the better they work - if for some reason you can't keep the patch on at least 8 hours it won't work as good. 8 hours is a minimum! Don't worry, they won't cause inflammation or anything like that - few times I kept them on longer than 12 hours and they did a good job.
Depending on the size/kind of spot it can takes me from 1 to 3 patches to heal the spot. 

I love this product and wouldn't be without it. It magic lays in Salicylic Acid - my skin seems to react well to it acne-wise. What I love most is that this stuff doesn't dry out skin - I got a very good medical cream for acne, but it dries out quite  badly and creates dry patches on my face, which are pain when it comes to make up. With this product I don't have dried out skin anymore - however if you want to use it in a day time you need to know that this patches don't go with make up very well. Because they are made out of PU material, the make up just don't stay on top of them, it impossible to put anything on top of them. And a foundation/corrector will form a circle around the patch. So if you can't be without the make up, it's better to use this patches at night time.

Price: you can buy single sheet as a trial for £1.80 or full pack of five sheets for £5.40 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ sticks well
+ clear - not very visible
+ used early enough prevent spot from fully forming
+ helps heal spots quicker
+ quite cheap

Cons:
- don't work with make up

I would strongly recommend this product to all acne sufferers, especially those with nodular acne.
Have you ever tried acne patches before? What are yours favourite brands of them? :)

Ingredients: Acrylates Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Water, Alcohol Denat., Salicylic Acid, Water/Butylene Glycol, Alcohol Denat., / Vitis Vinifefa (Grape) Seed Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Polysorbate 80, Allantoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phytosphingosine
Ingredients Analysis [HERE]