I suspect that a lot of people probably have the same reaction that I did when I first head about using acids to exfoliate my skin, which was visions of chemical burns and basically my skin falling off. Luckily for my skin, I took a closer look at these types of products and found that not only are well formulated acid exfoliants less irritating and more gentle than traditional physical exfoliants, but they've completely changed my skin. Honestly, while my skin care routine has gotten pretty intense over the years, I can say without a moment's hesitation that regular use of acid exfoliants has been the biggest factor in changing my skin for the better over the past few years.

Though one of their products has been in my rotation for years, I recently had the opportunity to try out a whole bunch of different Paula's Choice AHA & BHA Exfoliants* and I wanted to take the opportunity to really talk about the two different types of acids, how they work, and who could really benefit from having them in their skin care routine.

I'm in my 30s now and I pretty much mourn the skin of my early 20s every time I let myself think about it. As we age we start to see the subtle ways that our skin changes and just doesn't bounce back the way that it used to, we see fine lines and texture imperfections more noticeably than we used to and some of us (about 80% of us actually) still suffer from the breakouts we were convinced as teenagers that we'd grow out of. Because of all of these things, I think this is really the point for most of us when we really start thinking seriously about skin care if we haven't started already. My particular skin issues tend to be hormonal breakouts as well as clogged and enlarged pores. I also have some acne scars and hyper-pigmentation, both of which are things that I tend to be quite insecure about. I'm consistently on the hunt for the perfect routine to give me the best skin I can have, so I was excited to try out these products from Miracle 10 that I won in a blog giveaway over at Lipstick And Laura. (Thanks again, Laura!)

I feel like I've given these a really solid testing period by now and am ready to give you my thoughts on all of the products. Miracle 10 promises to offer results in 10 Hours, 10 Days, and 10 Weeks, and I feel like I can definitely give my thoughts on the 10 Hours and 10 Days promises at this point. Keep reading for a look at the products included in this collection as well as my experiences and thoughts on each of them.