#cleansers

Brand: Youth to the People

Product Type: Cleanser

Price: $39 USD

Size: 8.0 fl oz

✔️Clean Ingredients  ✔️Sustainable Packaging ✔️Cruelty Free ✔️Vegan

Star Ingredients:

Chaga Mushroom and Ashwagandha: Adaptogens containing polyphenols known to soothe skin

Snow Mushroom: Hydrates skin

Oat Oil Lipids: Non-stripping cleanser than replenishes the skin barrier

Texture: Gel

Scent: 🌸

No added fragrance.

Results: This was lovely. I was able to use it twice a day without experiencing any drying. In fact, I think it helped my skin deal with the rough changes of being on a plane and adapting to a new environment well.

It wasn't that effective at removing makeup. I'd say about 30-40% of it came off on the towel I used to dry my face. It was okay, but I've seen better.

Whether it's worth the cost is debatable.

Comps: Undefined Beauty's R&R Cleanser is $24 and contains multiple adaptogens. Thayers Hydrating Milky Cleanser is $14.99 and contains snow mushroom and hyaluronic acid to hydrate.

Brand: CeraVe

Product Type: Cleanser

Price: $15.99

Size: 8.0 fl oz

Also comes in 3 oz, 12 oz, & 16 oz bottles! Plus a refill size!

✔️Clean Ingredients  ✔️Vegan

Star Ingredients:

Ceramides: Helps protect and restore skin barrier

Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates skin

Texture: Thin lotion

Scent: 🌸

No added fragrance.

Results: This cleanser has been around for ages, but no one really talks about it. Still, it is one of the safest, most effective formulas on the market, and gets recommended by dermatologists all the time. The formula is good for almost all skin types and is very gentle. I have very dry skin, so I found I needed a cleanser that provided a little more hydration. The CeraVe Oil-to-Foam Cleanser would probably have been a better choice for me, but I got stuck out of town, ran out of cleanser, and just needed whatever I could find.

I think one of the really nice things about this product is that the formula doesn't have a lot of actives. This makes it a great choice if you're using more heavy duty treatments because it won't interact with them or interfere. This product also has a lot of generics available, so you'll probably be able to find it at an even cheaper price than the brand name offers.

Brand: Peach Slices

Product Type: Cleanser

Price: $16.99

Size: 4.0 fl oz

✔️Clean Ingredients  ✔️Vegan ✔️Cruelty Free ✔️Sustainable Packaging

Star Ingredients:

Green Algae: Conditions, hydrates, softens, and detoxifies skin

Panthenol: Helps restore skin barrier

Allantoin: Helps soothe and protect skin

Rhodomyrtus: Fights blemishes and reduces signs of inflammation

Texture: Milky gel

Scent: 🌸🌸

There's no added fragrance, but it smells kind of unpleasant.

Results: Well, I thought I would give it a shot to help with my skin redness. It's definitely not my favorite. This is a drying formula. I know it says it's safe for sensitive skin, but every time I use it, it leaves my skin dry and I have to compensate with more hydrating products in subsequent steps. Definitely not what I wanted.

It's a very runny formula too. Once you pop the cap, there's no controlling how much product comes out and it comes out fast.

Also, the smell is...not great. It doesn't smell bad, per se, but it does smell weird. My guess is that's the smell of the algae extract.

I think I'd probably recommend this formula to acne sufferers more than I would people with skin redness.

that fresh skin feeling…

clean, soft, and balanced 🌿

nothing heavy, nothing complicated — just a simple step that makes everything feel better ✨

sometimes it’s the quiet routines that make the biggest difference 🤍

K-Beauty Shine 💫

Note: The information in this image is incorrect. They have since made the formula stronger. It is now 4% AHAs.

Brand: Cocokind

Product Type: Cleanser

Price: $18 USD

Size: 2.9 fl oz

✔️Clean Ingredients  ✔️Cruelty Free  ✔️Sustainable Packaging ✔️Vegan

Star Ingredients:

Hibiscus Flower Acids : Natural 4% AHAs that gently exfoliate

Fermented Grape Extract: Natural AHA + BHA to help exfoliate, decongest, minimize buildup, and decrease the appearance of pores

Betaine, Hyaluronic Acid, & Glycerin: Plump and soothe skin

Texture: Gel

Scent: 🌸🌸🌸

Smells sour and unpleasant due to the fermented grape extract. Vinegar-y.

Results: When I was wading through skincare blogs and articles, trying to figure out what might help my skin redness, chemical exfoliants kept popping up. When I found this cleanser, I thought I might as well give it a try. My makeup does look a lot better if I have some kind of intermittent exfoliant in my routine. Without it, dry skin starts to build up on the surface.

This is a pretty gentle AHA cleanser that I only use 2-3 times a week, alternating weeks with the Beekman 1802 Milk Bar, which also contains AHAs. This leaves my skin pretty dry. I have to do a lot of work afterward to put moisture back in. But it does do a good job exfoliating.

The smell, however; the smell is awful. It's vinegar-y. It's sour. Like wine that's gone bad. And I almost always wind up tasting some of it when I rinse off. It's not good. This is another product from Cocokind that just doesn't do it for me.

Brand: Beekman 1802

Product Type: Cleanser

Price: $12 USD

Size: 3.5 oz

✔️Clean Ingredients  ✔️Cruelty Free  ✔️Sustainable Packaging

Star Ingredients:

Goat Milk, Colostrum, & Milk Probiotic: Strengthens skin barrier. Contains natural AHAs.

Coconut Milk & Derivatives: Used instead of soap to produce rich, silky foam. Contains healthy fats and skin-soothing ingredients.

Texture: Solid-to-foam

Scent: 🌸

Results: I kept waiting to use this product because, as a bar, it was going to last a lot longer than my liquid cleansers, which all had an expiration date. Now, of course, I've finally gotten around to using it and the brand has discontinued it! What a bummer, because I really do like this product. You can still find it on clearance from sites like HSN though, so at least there's that.

This is a fat little bar soap that's kind of awkward to grip at first until you start whittling away at it. When combined with water, it produces a thick, silky foam to wash your face with. It works great at removing makeup and doesn't over-dry my skin, although I do still have to add moisture back with other products afterward.

The one thing I have to watch out for, as with all Beekman 1802 products, is that I don't accidentally use too many products with AHAs in them. My skin is sensitive and will over-dry if exposed to too many exfoliants, so I don't use this cleanser every day. I skip a day in between to let my skin recover.