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Stay Clear Beauty is a clinical skincare line founded by Cora Nelson, a licensed esthetician based in Boise, Idaho, specializing in acne-prone, sensitive, and reactive skin.

For the Skin That's Already Tried Everything Else

If you're reading this, you've probably already been through the cycle.

You tried something that was supposed to work. It didn't — or it helped just enough to keep you trying, but never enough to actually fix it. Maybe you've seen a dermatologist. Maybe you've done Accutane. Maybe you've spent more money than you want to admit on products that promised results and delivered disappointment. Maybe you've gotten so used to managing your skin that you've quietly stopped believing it could actually be different.

I founded Stay Clear Beauty because of it — and for every person who's quietly given up.

I'm Cora Nelson, Founder of Stay Clear Beauty.

I've spent over 15 years working exclusively with problem skin — acne, rosacea, acne scars, sensitive complexions that react to everything. The clients who found me had usually already tried everything. What I learned, over and over, is that most skin problems aren't mysterious. They're misunderstood. The wrong acid on a compromised barrier. A "gentle" cleanser that's actually stripping. Fungal acne being treated like bacterial acne for years because nobody looked closely enough.

I've seen what happens when someone finally uses the right thing. Their skin changes in ways they'd stopped expecting.

Why these products exist:

After years in the treatment room, I kept running into the same gap: I knew what worked, but I couldn't find products on the market that matched what I was seeing work clinically. So I founded Stay Clear Beauty — sourcing the best certified labs and professional formulators I could find, guided by some of the most respected mentors in skincare in the United States. The labs, the formulators, the packaging — those are the tools. The craft is knowing exactly how to use them. That's what 15 years of real outcomes and thousands of real skin cases gives you. Every formula is held to one standard: what would I actually recommend to a client sitting in front of me?

Not what's trending. Not what photographs well. What works — for skin that doesn't have room for error.

What makes this different from what you'll find at Sephora or Ulta:

The products on those shelves may have been sitting in a warehouse for months. Ours ship fresh. And the person behind them isn't a brand team — it's a licensed esthetician who has spent 15 years watching what actually clears skin, what doesn't, and why.

You're not just buying a product. You're getting the judgment behind it.

What you can expect:

No hype. No ingredient trends chased for marketing value. Full transparency about what's in each formula, why it's there, and what it's doing. And if something isn't right for your skin, I'd rather tell you that than sell you something that won't work.

I see clients in my clinic in Boise, Idaho. I work with people online. And I founded this line so that wherever you are, what I know is available to you.

Your skin has a reason it's not cooperating. Finding that reason is what I do.

Questions about your skin? Reach out at info@stayclearbeauty.com — I read every one. Or browse the line and start where it makes sense for your skin.