Cleansers
When I first started to write my book, Secrets of the Beauty Insiders, I wanted to feature a lot of information on the best products. The book eventually took a different direction, and expanded to feature a lot more information. Since my lists got cut, I decided to offer them here. Each category features three lists:
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers
3) The Best According to The Beauty Bunch: These are the top picks of the beauty experts who appear in my book, also known as The Beauty Bunch. (You can learn more about this genius team of experts by clicking on the About the Book tab, and then clicking on "Who are the Beauty Insiders.").
So here's the first list, of the Best Cleansers out there. Check back every Sunday for a new list of top products!
The Beauty Insider's Picks
1. Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser Normal/Oily Skin: This is a staple in my medicine cabinet—even my husband uses it. It’s effective, easy on the skin, and leaves your face feeling soft and smooth. The only con: it’s not an excellent makeup remover. $7 (approx.)
2. Yon-Ka Gel Nettoyant: I love this refreshing yet gentle botanical face wash. It easily erases makeup and other impurities while leaving skin soft and clean. $35 (approx.)
3. Jan Marini Bioglycolic Facial Cleanser: This seriously effective, non-lathering cleanser comes in a hygienic pump bottle. The silky texture easily removes makeup and, with regular use, helps breakouts disappear and skin become more even-toned. $23.75
4. Ole Henriksen On-the-Go Exhilerating Cleanser: This fabulously fruity cleanser looks orange and smells, appropriately enough, like oranges. It cleans thoroughly without drying, rinses clean, and swiftly removes makeup. $18
5. Fresh Umbrian Clay Face Treatment: This is an interesting texture for a cleanser—it’s a clay-based product that goes on more like a thin mask than the typically foamy face wash. Once on, it easily eliminates impurities and leaves skin refined, matte, and virtually poreless. Plus, it doubles as a mask and a spot treatment, making it a must for travel. $45
6. Komenuka Bijin Facial Clean Powder: This product is cleverly packaged: one plastic jar contains thirty small packets of cleanser, and each packet is good for three uses. That makes this very hygienic and convenient for travel: Just toss one in your bag and go. The granulated rice bran turns creamy when it touches water, and gently exfoliates, purifies, and protects with over one hundred antioxidants. $36
7. Philosophy Purity Made Simple Cleanser: In one step, this gentle cleanser with sage, chamomile, and carrot infusions whisks away dirt and makeup, leaving skin soft and balanced. $20
8. LORAC Skincare Oil Free Face Wash: Gentle yet thorough, this fragrance-free cleanser removes makeup without drying, rinses easily, and leaves no residue behind. $24
9. Chanel Purifying Cleansing Gel/Rinse Off: This refreshing, water-soluble cleanser cleans quickly and leaves skin with a smooth, matte finish. $35
10. Cellex-C Betaplex Gentle Foaming Cleanser: This invigorating, lemon-yellow, cucumber-scented cleansing gel lathers lightly and exfoliates with alpha and beta hydroxy acids. $29
The Popular Vote:
1. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser
Price: $7 (approx.)
2. Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser
Price: $6.50 (approx.)
3. Philosophy Purity Made Simple
Price: $20
4. Sage Facial Shampoo
Price: $17.50
5. Purpose Gentle Cleansing Bar and Gentle Cleansing Wash (tie)
Price: $4-7 (approx.)
6. Aveeno Clear Complexion Foaming Cleanser
Price: $7 (approx.)
7. Kiehl’s Gentle Foaming Facial Cleanser
Price: $10.50
8. Alpha Hydrox Foaming Face Wash
Price: $7 (approx.)
9. DHC Deep Cleansing Oil
Price: $24
10. L’Oreal Hydrafresh Foaming Face Wash
Price: $6 (approx.)
The Best According to The Beauty Bunch:
Enessa Lavender Cleanser, $26: Michelle Ornstein
Bior Sage Milk, $40: Julie Hewett
Body Bistro Pineapple + Lime Cleansing Wash, $25: Galit Strugano
Peter Thomas Roth Anti-Aging Cleansing Gel, Chamomile Cleansing Lotion, $30 each: Peter Thomas Roth
Peter Thomas Roth Sensitive Skin Cleansing Gel, $30: Danielle Browning
Eve Lom Cleanser, $80: Mala Elhassan
Haven Daily Cleansing Milk, $30: Gabrielle Ophals
Catherine Atzen AM-PM Cleansing Gel, $31: Vanessa Talabac
June Jacobs Pore Purifying Facial Bath, $51: June Jacobs
Avance Foaming Cleansing Gel, $22: Dee DeLuca-Mattos
Pevonia Botanica Phyto-Gel Cleanser, $32: Meg Thompson
Pevonia Botanica RS2 Rosacea Gentle Cleanser, $31: Shauna Raisch
Cetaphil, $7 (approx): Hara Glick
L’Oreal Pure Zone Skin Clearing Foaming Cleanser, $6.50 (approx.): Wende Zomnir
The Vital Image Grime Fighter, $18: Linda Deslauriers
Sircuit Skin Cosmeceuticals X-Trap Daily Gentle Face Wash, $38: Shan Albert
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers
3) The Best According to The Beauty Bunch: These are the top picks of the beauty experts who appear in my book, also known as The Beauty Bunch. (You can learn more about this genius team of experts by clicking on the About the Book tab, and then clicking on "Who are the Beauty Insiders.").
So here's the first list, of the Best Cleansers out there. Check back every Sunday for a new list of top products!
The Beauty Insider's Picks
1. Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser Normal/Oily Skin: This is a staple in my medicine cabinet—even my husband uses it. It’s effective, easy on the skin, and leaves your face feeling soft and smooth. The only con: it’s not an excellent makeup remover. $7 (approx.)
2. Yon-Ka Gel Nettoyant: I love this refreshing yet gentle botanical face wash. It easily erases makeup and other impurities while leaving skin soft and clean. $35 (approx.)
3. Jan Marini Bioglycolic Facial Cleanser: This seriously effective, non-lathering cleanser comes in a hygienic pump bottle. The silky texture easily removes makeup and, with regular use, helps breakouts disappear and skin become more even-toned. $23.75
4. Ole Henriksen On-the-Go Exhilerating Cleanser: This fabulously fruity cleanser looks orange and smells, appropriately enough, like oranges. It cleans thoroughly without drying, rinses clean, and swiftly removes makeup. $18
5. Fresh Umbrian Clay Face Treatment: This is an interesting texture for a cleanser—it’s a clay-based product that goes on more like a thin mask than the typically foamy face wash. Once on, it easily eliminates impurities and leaves skin refined, matte, and virtually poreless. Plus, it doubles as a mask and a spot treatment, making it a must for travel. $45
6. Komenuka Bijin Facial Clean Powder: This product is cleverly packaged: one plastic jar contains thirty small packets of cleanser, and each packet is good for three uses. That makes this very hygienic and convenient for travel: Just toss one in your bag and go. The granulated rice bran turns creamy when it touches water, and gently exfoliates, purifies, and protects with over one hundred antioxidants. $36
7. Philosophy Purity Made Simple Cleanser: In one step, this gentle cleanser with sage, chamomile, and carrot infusions whisks away dirt and makeup, leaving skin soft and balanced. $20
8. LORAC Skincare Oil Free Face Wash: Gentle yet thorough, this fragrance-free cleanser removes makeup without drying, rinses easily, and leaves no residue behind. $24
9. Chanel Purifying Cleansing Gel/Rinse Off: This refreshing, water-soluble cleanser cleans quickly and leaves skin with a smooth, matte finish. $35
10. Cellex-C Betaplex Gentle Foaming Cleanser: This invigorating, lemon-yellow, cucumber-scented cleansing gel lathers lightly and exfoliates with alpha and beta hydroxy acids. $29
The Popular Vote:
1. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser
Price: $7 (approx.)
2. Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser
Price: $6.50 (approx.)
3. Philosophy Purity Made Simple
Price: $20
4. Sage Facial Shampoo
Price: $17.50
5. Purpose Gentle Cleansing Bar and Gentle Cleansing Wash (tie)
Price: $4-7 (approx.)
6. Aveeno Clear Complexion Foaming Cleanser
Price: $7 (approx.)
7. Kiehl’s Gentle Foaming Facial Cleanser
Price: $10.50
8. Alpha Hydrox Foaming Face Wash
Price: $7 (approx.)
9. DHC Deep Cleansing Oil
Price: $24
10. L’Oreal Hydrafresh Foaming Face Wash
Price: $6 (approx.)
The Best According to The Beauty Bunch:
Enessa Lavender Cleanser, $26: Michelle Ornstein
Bior Sage Milk, $40: Julie Hewett
Body Bistro Pineapple + Lime Cleansing Wash, $25: Galit Strugano
Peter Thomas Roth Anti-Aging Cleansing Gel, Chamomile Cleansing Lotion, $30 each: Peter Thomas Roth
Peter Thomas Roth Sensitive Skin Cleansing Gel, $30: Danielle Browning
Eve Lom Cleanser, $80: Mala Elhassan
Haven Daily Cleansing Milk, $30: Gabrielle Ophals
Catherine Atzen AM-PM Cleansing Gel, $31: Vanessa Talabac
June Jacobs Pore Purifying Facial Bath, $51: June Jacobs
Avance Foaming Cleansing Gel, $22: Dee DeLuca-Mattos
Pevonia Botanica Phyto-Gel Cleanser, $32: Meg Thompson
Pevonia Botanica RS2 Rosacea Gentle Cleanser, $31: Shauna Raisch
Cetaphil, $7 (approx): Hara Glick
L’Oreal Pure Zone Skin Clearing Foaming Cleanser, $6.50 (approx.): Wende Zomnir
The Vital Image Grime Fighter, $18: Linda Deslauriers
Sircuit Skin Cosmeceuticals X-Trap Daily Gentle Face Wash, $38: Shan Albert
posted by The Beauty Insider @ 7:50 PM
1 Comments:
At March 26, 2008 4:44 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Cetaphil is one of the greatest skin products beacause its great for any skin type. Whats even better is its already cheap but if you want to get it for even cheaper then buy your stores generic its EXACTLY the same. Well most stores generics are exactly the same just compare ingredients, if there exactly alike then well so is the product..your just paying for the brand and the bottle really. The only con is yes it can leave some of your makeup behind so what I do is use a toner to make sure all the makeup dirt and oil has been removed. I like to stick with the natural products on my face so I use Witch Hazel as my toner/astringent. If you look in alot of products that are toners and astringents you will see the main ingredient that makes it such is witch hazel so why buy the more expensive for the brand & it has added junk your skin doesnt need like fragrance and artificial colors and additives.
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