1. Breakouts + Irritation Acne treatments are typically made with ingredients like salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide, which don't just dry up a zit, but the areas around them too. Calm dry, sensitive skin, and banish your bumps at the same time by dabbing breakouts with a mask made of active charcoal (it purifies pores as well as it does tap water via a Brita!), then applying an anti-inflammatory mask (arnica, also an anti-bacterial ingredient, works wonders) everywhere else.