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AS problem skin sufferers will already know, finding products that treat acne without leaving your face feeling like sandpaper can be a total mission.

Well regardless of whether you suffer from spots on the regular (sigh) or simply fancy having an emergency treatment in your beauty stash, acne sufferers have been singing the praises of a £16 lotion we could ALL do with investing in.

 While the solution has racked up hundreds of glowing reviews on Amazon, you can pick up the must-have product for £2 less on Beauty Bay
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While the solution has racked up hundreds of glowing reviews on Amazon, you can pick up the must-have product for £2 less on Beauty BayCredit: Amazon
  • Mario Badescu Drying Lotion, £16 from Beauty Bay -

Yes Mario Badescu's £16 Spot Drying Lotion has racked up some seriously glowing reviews from Amazon customers who say it's cleared up their spots in as little as four days.

The lotion's blend of calamine and salicylic acid means that this must-have piece of skincare effectively dries out spots without leaving your skin feel like the sandpaper we spoke about earlier.

Simply soak a cotton bud in the pink sediment at the bottom of the bottle (resisting the urge to shake) and dab over problem skin before you go to bed for the product to work its magic overnight.

Insisting this is the only skincare product they've found that "really works", one customer wrote: "This amazing solution saved my life. My acne disappeared in four days!

 One impressed customer posted a photo of her skin before she started using the solution alongside her glowing review
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One impressed customer posted a photo of her skin before she started using the solution alongside her glowing reviewCredit: Amazon
 The woman was delighted when her spots disappeared in a matter of days
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The woman was delighted when her spots disappeared in a matter of daysCredit: Amazon

"My skin is brighter and my pores are reduced. The more you used it, the better it is."

Meanwhile, another wrote: "I have spent hundreds trying out and testing different products for my acne and I swear since using this my confidence has come back.

"Honestly cannot recommend this product enough! My skin is nearly completely clear and I have only been using this a few weeks - absolute life saver!"

 One user said this £16 product has topped anything else they've ever tried
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One user said this £16 product has topped anything else they've ever triedCredit: Amazon
 Zoella included this affordable spot treatment in her December 2016 favourites
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 Zoella included this affordable spot treatment in her December 2016 favouritesCredit: YouTube: Zoella

But while this spot drying lotion has only recently jumped to the top of the Amazon's skincare best-sellers, it turns out this skincare treat has been one of beauty's best-kept secrets.

Back in , YouTuber Zoella was singing the praises of this affordable formula which made her spots "half the size" overnight.

She said at the time: "I love it. It's like it suffocates the hell out of any spot or blemish and the next day it's like it's not there anymore."

BRB off to go stock up on a lifetime's supply.

For more life-saving beauty products, Aldi has launched a £3 dupe of YSL's Touche Eclat.

And Maybelline's £5 Lash Sensational mascara has topped Amazon's best-seller list, with women saying its the "best they've ever used".

Plus acne sufferes have praised Tarte's Shape Tape concealer for covering their spots - and the pictures speak for themselves.

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