Mario Badescu Drying Lotion Review

Hi there lovelies! So in my posting schedule post, I'd mentioned that when I had gone out, I was going to share some of the products that I got with you.
I know I had written a quick blurb about the Mario Badescu drying lotion, but I want to go in-depth with how it's been working for me with almost a week of continuous use, what's in it, what the ingredients do, etc.
Let's get glowing...

The Mario Badescu drying lotion has virtually changed the integrity of my skin in about a week. Here was my deal: I was getting bumpy like all over the place, which rarely happens to me (anyone know why something like that would happen?) and some of those bumps were turning into whiteheads. Even worse, right?
I was finding that for some reason, the only things that were helping my troubled skin were formulations for sensitive skin rather than acne prone skin. Which essentially made no sense to me, but hey, if my skin wants to be temperamental, there's not much I can do, right?
But I still needed a spot treatment! Personally, I'm one of those people that always needs to put a spot treatment on before bed because I like to think I'm using it as preventative maintenance. I decided to try the drying lotion because I've heard people raving about it on YouTube, their blogs...I just had to try it, so I picked it up from my local Ulta! Here's my experience:

The drying lotion is formulated with salicylic acid, isopropyl alcohol, Calamine, Colloidal Sulfur, Glycerine and other secondary ingredients that make up this separated product. It comes in a small bottle that looks like this:

And it's incredibly easy to use, and marketed for all skin types. Hooray! All you have to do is dip a cotton bud into the pink sediment at the bottom (the bottle is very eager to tell you not to shake the bottle or use just the pink sediment, the separation is part of how the product works) and pull it out, then apply the mixture to your skin. You don't even rub it in, you just dot it on, let it dry, and leave it overnight!
I wouldn't suggest using this every day because it is drying; I've noticed little bits of dryness on my forehead where I've been using it, however that's nothing a little bit of Celestial from LUSH won't fix.
However, I do appreciate that they put glycerine in it, because it helps lock moisture into the skin, however you're still getting the effects of the sulfur and the salicylic acid with the calming, anti-inflammatory effects of the calamine.
But overall, I've noticed a huge change in my skin. It's gone from bumpy and irritated with lots of little blackheads and whiteheads and enlarged pores to almost back to how it normally is. The bumps that I have are either completely gone or they have diminished in size by more than half overnight. The area surrounding where I put the product is a little bit dry, like I said, but I throw a little bit of moisturizer for sensitive skin over it and it's all good to go.

If I had to rate this product on a scale of 1-10 I'd rate it a 9.5, only docking the .5 for the dryness that you get but it's easy to deal with.
Hope this helps guys! If you try it out, let me know how it works for you!