I think Clinique Clarifying Lotion is the worst product ever of Clinique's. It certainly destroyed 3-step's reputation for a lot of people. No matter how clever they make it sound, this smells and feels like a bottle of alcohol, and it actually contains masses! That being said, it dehydrates skin as soon as you put it on, and all the flakes I cleansed off were back on again. Purely a waste of money.