Girl, Wash Your Face! (But Don't Spend A Fortune Doing It.)

Burt’s Bees is known for their clean and natural ingredients, and this facial cleanser is no different. Your skin will appreciate the amazing ingredients like sunflowers, beeswax, and seed oil.

Neutrogena Ultra Gentle Hydrating Daily Facial Cleanser is a fan favorite for a reason. Whether you have sensitive skin, dry skin, or are just looking for something not so harsh on skin — this is many people’s first choice. One reviewer said, “his product does what it is advertised to do: Gently cleanses skin without drying, no harsh, overpowering scent (A+), and easily rinses away without residue or over-drying. I have extremely oily skin, but I am also very sensitive to chemicals. I have to be so careful about products I use. This one is perfect: Does the job; inexpensive; leaves skin clean but not “mask-dry”; and does not create a “rebound” oil flow like so many harsher products.”

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser works miracles for almost any skin type — is that even possible? Just ask a few obsessed Amazon reviewers. “A beautiful gentle, non fragranced, non irritating, non foaming, non-stripping cleanser. It’s very mild and doesn’t leave skin tight or stripped. ” said one reviewer.Another customer raved, “I’m in my 30s, and I still have tricky skin …[This product] is amazing.  It doesn’t dry out my skin… and doesn’t make me break-out like some anti-aging cleaners do. I had never even heard of this brand before, but now I’m a fan.”

In an Amazon review that genuinely made me LOL, Jennifer K. shares how she almost didn’t find her new favorite cleanser. “Bought this on accident. Thought it was lotion. Was gonna send it back… But was too lazy… Now I’m obsessed with it. It’s lovely!” The gentle formula’s star ingredients—sweet almond oil, beeswax and plum seed oil—have powerful nourishing properties, and the brand has been a leader in using clean, organic products since 1921.

You’ve probably heard of CeraVe. It’s quite literally a cult favorite and has been for years. “It’s such a great face wash!” one of the thousands of reviewers raved. “I have struggled with my acne for years and have tried a billion different products and none of them worked like this one. It took about a month of consistent use but it made my skin look almost flawless.”

The Vanicream brand has been highly recommended by multiple dermatologists I’ve spoken to—both professionally for beauty research, and personally for treating my baby’s eczema. This gentle cleanser is free of dyes, lanolin, fragrance, masking fragrance (there’s a diff!), parabens, formaldehyde (and yes, that is an actual thing that you will find in a lot of skincare products) and other preservatives. It couldn’t get more free unless it was, well, actually free.

Remember when you were a teen, agonizing over your acne, and every adult in your life was like, “Don’t worry, it’ll go away when you grow up!” LOL—they lied. But even your worst breakouts (you know, the one that pops up the night before you’re taking the photos for your family’s holiday card) are no match for micronized benzoyl peroxide, the acne-fighting ingredient that’s proven to treat anything you’ve got (pimples, cystic acne, blackheads and whiteheads).

Dry skin? E.L.F. has got you covered! This cleansing balm is almost always sold out in your local Target (trust me, I’ve checked), so make sure to grab it online while you can! It has a 4.8 rating on their website — that’s near perfect, Mama!

At Sephora (where this product earned the coveted Clean grade), one reviewer with sensitive skin said this balm changed her life. “I had no idea how poorly regular cleansers were working for me until I switched to this,” she shares. “[It] leaves my skin squeaky clean, soft, moisturized.”

Using a delicious blend of rose extract, manuka honey, coconut oil, sunflower seed oil and geranium oil (I kind of want to eat it, you?), this balm is a soothing and hydrating way to remove makeup before your second cleanser. “Just a little bit melted off my heavy foundation and eye makeup without problems, then I followed up with my favorite toner to remove any extra oils,” says Amazon reviewer Elyse B.

Raise your hand if the only reason you’ve heard of manuka honey is because Kourtney Kardashian never stops talking about it. Apparently Kourt eats it (smoothies), sips it (tea), smothers her hair in it (masks), and—and here’s the important part!—rubs it on her face. Thanks to its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, this hard-to-harvest honey (it’s indigenous to New Zealand) can help zap zits and calm the redness that comes with them. Sustainably sourced and cruelty-free beauty brand Kiwi Botanicals makes it a star ingredient of their cleansing honey melts.

French pharmaceutical brand Bioderma makes one of the O.G. micellar waters—and it’s (still!) one of the absolute best. The brand makes a few varieties, so if you have sensitive skin be sure to snag the Sensibio option, which is free from fragrance (a common irritant).

This famed French brand is dedicated to treating sensitive skin with its own source of soothing thermal spring water. Fans rave about the dermo-cleansing fluid and the face mist…but my favorite has to be the micellar lotion, which makes me feel like I’m splashing my face with fresh water from a French spring. (Because, well, I am.) If you have sensitive skin, head’s up that this does contain fragrance:  According to an Amazon reviewer, “it smells fresh and clean and leaves a little glow.”

Please name something more annoying than struggling to remove stubborn eye makeup that won’t budge at the end of a long day. I’ll wait. Garnier solves that situation with a micellar water specifically designed to remove waterproof makeup—no harsh rubbing required.

If you’re ISO an ultra lightweight oil, this is it. Infused with bilberry, cucumber, sunflower and sea salts, this blend offers a light cleansing experience that everyone who uses it seems to be obsessed with. (See what I did there?) It’s got over 100 reviews on Amazon with an average rating of 4.7 stars. Impressive.