Facial Cleansers
We abuse our faces. Every day we pile on creams and make ups to clog the pores. We expose the skin to
damaging sun and wind. Salty tears. Greasy foods. Dirty hands. All come in contact with our face to cause
problem with our skin.
And these are just the ones from the outside! What about those pesky hormones, ladies? They really love to mess with our lives don't they?
All the reasons why we need to carefully clean our face with cleansers that will remove those impurities but not strip the skin of necessarily oils.
My all time favorite cleanser - recommended by both facialists and dermatologists - is Cetaphil. It can be found at drugstores and grocery stores and is a bargain. I've tried other drugstore cleansers such as Oil of Olay, Dove and Aveeno but always come back to Cetaphil.
Do use Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser for all types of skins - it is mild and it makes the skin fell softer. It does not irritate your eyes. I often cheat and use this to remove my eye make up. I have more advice on eye makeup removers on another page.
I DO NOT recommend Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin. It is too much like a soap and even though I have oily skin, it is too drying and also irritates your eyes.
M.D. Forte Facial Cleanser is also a good cleanser which is good for acne prone skin. It contains glycolic
acid but it also contains alcohol so may be drying for some skin types. You can start out with M.D Forte Facial
Cleanser I and work up to M.D. Forte Facial Cleanser III with increasing concentrations of glycolic acid. It is
significantly more expensive than Cetaphil and I tend to think that you lessen the benefits of glycolic acid it
if is part of a cleanser that you wash off rather than a gel that you leave on your skin. I personally think you
get more benefit by using a standard cleanser like Cetaphil and then use a leave-on glycolic acid gel or serum.
More about these on my acne-prone pages.
Another cleanser similar to M.D. Forte is Glytone which gets good reviews from customers and is a little less expensive than M.D. Forte.
Some people like Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cleanser but I haven't tried it yet. If enough of my Blog participants like it I will give it a try and report back my results. Or if there are other cleansers you like please let me and my readers know in the Blog. Add your comments in the post about Favorites.
And these are just the ones from the outside! What about those pesky hormones, ladies? They really love to mess with our lives don't they?
All the reasons why we need to carefully clean our face with cleansers that will remove those impurities but not strip the skin of necessarily oils.
My all time favorite cleanser - recommended by both facialists and dermatologists - is Cetaphil. It can be found at drugstores and grocery stores and is a bargain. I've tried other drugstore cleansers such as Oil of Olay, Dove and Aveeno but always come back to Cetaphil.
Do use Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser for all types of skins - it is mild and it makes the skin fell softer. It does not irritate your eyes. I often cheat and use this to remove my eye make up. I have more advice on eye makeup removers on another page.
I DO NOT recommend Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin. It is too much like a soap and even though I have oily skin, it is too drying and also irritates your eyes.
Another cleanser similar to M.D. Forte is Glytone which gets good reviews from customers and is a little less expensive than M.D. Forte.
Some people like Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cleanser but I haven't tried it yet. If enough of my Blog participants like it I will give it a try and report back my results. Or if there are other cleansers you like please let me and my readers know in the Blog. Add your comments in the post about Favorites.
