Starface reviews and discussion

3.4

50% of reviewers would recommend to a friend

Reviews mention

  • Playful, confidence-boosting branding
  • Clever, mirrored refillable compact
  • Cute, expressive patch designs
  • Gentle, non-irritating hydrocolloid
  • Inconsistent, weak patch adhesion
  • Limited extraction effectiveness
  • Small, one-size star patches
  • Awkward, curling star points

Starface wins praise in reviews for playful branding, a handy refillable compact, and making acne feel celebratory, yet its classic Hydro-Stars often underperform versus competitors at extracting “gunk,” reducing inflammation, or staying put—especially overnight. While some users see quick results (notably with Micro-Cloud or blue salicylic acid stars), many cite weak adhesion, small one-size patches, and limited efficacy on early or cystic blemishes, making the brand better for pick-prevention and daytime cover than potent treatment.

AI summary based on Thingtesting reviews

328 reviews and posts

  • Pimple patches: Cute and work pretty well but there are pimple patches that are cheaper and more effective

  • Very cute but overpriced for what they are. Many other brands work just as well for half the price.

  • I wanted to love the patches, but they were just okay. Honestly I feel like the star shape kinda prevents them from being great.

  • The products are super cute but the main issues I have are that other brands' patches work better and when I'm peeling a new Starface sticker to put on my face, due to the fact that its a start sticker, it is hard to peel and therefore some of the sticker will stick to itself and not cover enough space on my face.

  • Adore the packaging. The patches work well for pimples that have come to a head and prevent me from picking at them. I like the blue stars with salicylic acid the best.

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    Great packaging and a cute product for acne.

  • Cute, but don't stick well and horribly overpriced for all it is.

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    At a minimum improve the adhesive

  • They're super cute but they don't actually do anything in terms of pulling things out of your skin. I use them for spots that I don't want to pick at and they're super cute, but that's it.

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    They don't actually do anything except look cute

  • I love acne patches, but in my experience, Starface doesn't do as good a job of actually extracting/healing the pimples. However, I love the aesthetic and they adhere well enough to keep me from accidentally touching and irritating a breakout.

  • They look cute but they don’t work very well! The patches are too small and don’t stick very well, so they don’t really work.

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    The patches are too small!

  • I like the reusable packaging and the refill system. The stars are fun and these patches are actually very effective and strong.

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    I love the design, the colors are always super fun! I have not tried the other products, only the patches and they work well.

  • I think the patches are super cute and make acne more “presentable” or “aesthetic”, but I feel these patches did absolutely nothing.

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    I think whatever is in the patches needs work

  • Love the aesthetic BUT didn't work as well for me as other products

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    wish that each package of 4 wasn't individually wrapped

  • I think the packaging is top-tier but I think the actual product itself is mid. I think other pimple patches work better, but Starface makes for really cute gifts and photos.

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    The pimple patches tend to shift easily I think because of the shape the edges can get lifted up more often than the standard circle pimple patch. Also, I weirdly love it when I can see the white stuff(?) that's getting absorbed, but since Starface is yellow and not transparent it's not as obvious + satisfying.

  • Adorable packaging, but the real star of the show is their face wash - Space Wash. Unscented, non-toxic, and cleans *so* well. I do a double cleanse with jojoba first and then the Space Wash. I love it, my partner loves it - highly recommended. I've used several different brands of pimple patches and I honestly don't know how well they work for me. Mainly I like them because they keep me from touching my face. The stars are super cute, but the edges of them can get bent in kind of easily.

  • Overall experience was great! I've tried the patches and facewash and both worked really well. I had a question about my order and CX was fast, attentive, and friendly.

  • So cute but so incredibly ineffective. They did absolutely nothing for my acne. I do use the compact mirror they came with all the time though! It’s really cute and magnifies pretty well. The mirror was worth the money, the patches absolutely weren’t. I one sheet and had so many left so overall felt pretty wasteful.

  • These are so cute but I can’t always tell how well they’re working. They also tend to slip off if I also have product on underneath which isn’t the best experience.

  • Starface is one of my favorite acne patches. I actually had someone at my workplace. Tell me the pimple patches are cool now and I really think that that’s funny. I love that way embracing our skin and our bodies changes instead of being horrified like we have been in the past. Love this brand.