BackorderedReserve yours · ships in 4–6 weeks. Your card is charged at checkout. Cancel for a full refund any time before it ships.The Routine

RAUS · Kit · One routine, one box

The Routine

Two minutes a day. Clears blackheads, kills the noon shine.

Clears blackheadsMatte finishNo tight after-wash

Delivery

Backordered: ships in 4–6 weeks. Card charged at checkout; cancel for a full refund any time before it ships. On repeat: choosing Put it on repeat means your box renews every 8 weeks at the repeat price until you cancel. We email you 3 days before each charge; skip, pause, or cancel online from your account any time. Terms.

Money-back guaranteeNo scrubs, no squeezingFree returns
What's in the box

In the box

  • 01 Degrease Wash, 150 ml
  • 02 Unclog Pads, 60 pads
  • 04 Day Job Gel, 50 ml

The daily system without the serum. $73 bought separately.

Why it works
  • Wash and Pads clear the pore morning and night and help prevent new blackheads forming
  • Day Job Gel kills the shine and keeps the acids from drying you out
  • Two minutes a day, no serum, no Sunday job: a routine you'll still be doing in week eight
  • Three products, one shelf. The simplest version that works
The guarantee

The RAUS guarantee. Use your first order for 60 days. If you don't see a difference, email support@raus.co within 90 days of delivery and we refund that order in full to your original payment method. No return, no photo. One guarantee refund per customer, on the first order only, whether it's a single or a kit. Subscription renewals and later orders fall under the standard return policy. Refunds post within 7 business days of your email. Full text.

Shipping

Backordered: ships in 4–6 weeks, and your card is charged at checkout. Cancel for a full refund any time before it ships. Orders over $49 ship free in the US; under that, $5.95. International from $12.95.

The RoutineOne box · $59 · backordered, ships in 4–6 weeks

What changes

What you get out of it

Nose
Stops being the first thing you check in a mirror.

Salicylic acid clears the plugs that are there and helps prevent new ones. Judge it at week four. The full read is week eight.

Shine
Matte finish that stays out of your way.

Oil is what packs a pore. Day Job keeps skin hydrated without adding any.

Comfort
No tight, flaky, over-washed face.

The gel keeps skin hydrated so you can keep using the acids long enough for them to work.

Habit
Two minutes. Something you keep.

Wash, pad, gel. Nothing to remember, nothing that takes a shelf.

Each one, and what it does for you

Not what's in it. What it changes

Degrease Wash
01 Degrease Wash

Shine that doesn't come back by lunch

Oil sitting in the pore all day is what packs a blackhead. Wash it out morning and night and the plug has nothing to build with. Your face stops feeling like a surface by two in the afternoon, and it never gets that tight, squeaky, over-washed feeling either.

Unclog Pads
02 Unclog Pads

The pore empties without you squeezing it

Squeezing spreads it and leaves marks. Salicylic acid gets into the pore and loosens the plug, and helps keep new ones from forming. No marks, no red nose in the morning, nothing you have to hide at breakfast.

Day Job Gel
04 Day Job Gel

Acids that don't wreck your face

Most men quit acids in week two because their skin goes tight and flaky. Day Job keeps skin hydrated and the shine down, so you can keep going long enough for it to actually work. Dries invisible. Nothing a beard or a hat notices.

What to expect with The Routine

Twelve weeks. Two minutes a day.

The timeline

No surprises.

  1. Week 1

    Matte finish from day one. Pads tingle the first few nights. That is the acid, not a problem.

  2. Weeks 2–4

    The nose empties. Pads clear the plugs already there. The gel keeps your face from going tight while they work.

  3. Week 8

    The full read. Pads help prevent new blackheads; the gel keeps the shine down. Box two lands here.

  4. Week 12

    Take the after photo. Want smoother-looking skin on top? That is a Night Shift job. Move up to The System.

How to use

One job on Sunday.

Morning routine at the sink
Degrease Wash→Day Job Gel

Sixty seconds. Wash, then the matte gel so your skin does not fight the acid.

Evening routine: one pad, then the serum
Degrease Wash→Unclog Pads

Ninety seconds. One pad over nose, forehead, chin, cheeks. Do not rinse.

No Sunday job in this box

Add Pull Patches ($16) when you want the weekly pull, or move up to The System.

Why this and not the drugstore aisle

What you've tried, and why it came back

Pore strips

Pull the top off the plug. The root stays. Two weeks later the pore has refilled and the strip has stretched it a little wider.

Scrubs

Sand the surface. The plug sits below the surface. You get red cheeks and the same nose.

Squeezing

Works once, spreads the rest, and leaves the marks that outlast the blackhead.

This box

Salicylic acid loosens the plug and helps keep new ones from forming; the gel keeps the oil down. Slower than a strip. It's the one that holds.

What we guarantee (and what we don't)
  • Full sizes, every piece. No samples, no travel minis.
  • No scrubs, no squeezing, no fragrance. No alcohol in the serum or the gel. If it only works on camera, it's not in the box.
  • A person answers. Within one business day, Monday to Friday.
  • No account needed, no fine print. Buy a box once, or put it on repeat for a few dollars off and leave whenever you like. That's the whole transaction.

What we don't promise: every face clear by week two. Judge it at week four; the full read is week eight. If you don't see a difference, the guarantee is the deal: email us and your first order is refunded in full, no return needed. Terms.

Shipping & delivery

United States: free on $49+. Under $49, flat $5.95. 7–14 business days, tracked.

Canada: free on $49+. Under $49, $12.95. 8–15 business days.

UK, EU, Australia, everywhere else: free on $49+. Under $49, $12.95. 8–18 business days.

The Routine and The System ship free. The Blackhead Kit is $39, so it ships at the flat rate, or add any single to clear $49. Orders process in 1–3 business days. Tracking by email the moment the label prints; the first scan can take a couple of days to show.

Drug Facts & ingredients

Degrease Wash and Unclog Pads are OTC acne drugs (salicylic acid 2%) with Drug Facts panels. Day Job Gel is a cosmetic.

See each product page for full Drug Facts, ingredients and warnings.

Acids, not abrasion

If the mirror doesn't change, we refund it

Backordered. Reserve yours; ships in 4–6 weeks. Use your first order for 60 days; if you don't see a difference, email us and it's refunded in full. No return, no photo. Terms.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers

Everything men ask before box one, and the honest version of weeks two to four.

Which box do I start with?

Blackheads only? The Blackhead Kit, from $35. Blackheads and shiny by noon? The Routine, from $53. Blackheads, oil, and texture on your cheeks? The System, from $99. Most men go System and don't come back down.

How long until I see something?

First Sunday: the patch shows you what came out. Judge it at week four. The full read is week eight. Anyone promising faster is selling a scrub.

Do the Pads sting?

A light tingle the first week is 2% salicylic acid doing its job. If it stings past a minute, go every other night for a week, then back to nightly.

My skin got worse in week two.

Normal with retinal. Skin can look worse before it looks better in the first few weeks. It passes. Drop Night Shift to two nights a week if it's rough. Don't stop.

Will it work with a beard?

Yes. Pads and Patches go on nose, forehead, cheeks. Night Shift and Day Job go into the beard without residue.

Is this a subscription?

Only if you want it. Put the box on repeat and save $4 to $10 a box; it renews every 8 weeks until you cancel. Or buy it once. Skip, pause, or cancel online from your account. No retention bot. No phone call.

What's the guarantee?

The RAUS guarantee. Use your first order for 60 days. If you don't see a difference, email support@raus.co within 90 days of delivery and we refund that order in full to your original payment method. No return, no photo. One guarantee refund per customer, on the first order only, whether it's a single or a kit. Subscription renewals and later orders fall under the standard return policy. Refunds post within 7 business days of your email. Full text.