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Cleanser--How important is it ?

Im trying to use up products I have  ( a lot lol) and scale down on what I use.

 

So how important is a facial cleanser? Can you just use something less expensive?

 

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Re: Cleanser--How important is it ?

@CherryHugs

 

I don't know that its the expense of the product.  I know people that use any old thing - bar soap on their face -- and they have no problems.  It's just whatever works for you.

 

I can't afford to buy really expensive products.  But I must buy fragrance free.  The fewer the ingredients and the more simple the better, for me.

 

I think if a person has little or no particular problems they are dealing with, then by all means use whatever you have on hand!  

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Cleanser? It's important but you don't need to spend a bundle.

 

Neutrogena makes GREAT cleanser and you don't need to spend a lot or use a lot of it. If you are scaling down, their product is easy to find and costs about five dollars. I love it. Comes in fragrance free, there is a gentle formula and a regular and an acne wash. Something for everyone. You only need a small dab, the size of a pencil eraser, too. Lasts a long time. 

 

I don't buy department store luxury line cleansers. A total waste of money. I buy one good moisturizer for night--the rest can come from the drugstore, if they have fragrance free and it works quite as well. 

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Re: Cleanser--How important is it ?

Another vote for Neutrogena Gentle liquid soap, have used it all my life.

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Re: Cleanser--How important is it ?

It is important to clean your face but expensive does not mean good and inexpensive does not mean bad. There are lots of good cleansers in the drugstore at affordable prices.

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I recently saw an article, possibly by a dermatologist, although I forget, that said you should spend your $$$ on creams and serums because the cleanser is only on your face for a short time.  I must admit that I always thought that was the case even before I read it.

 

The only caveat I'd add is that an exfoliator is important for me, although it might not be for your.  I just love Exfolikate.  It is the best I've ever found and really cleans off that top layer of skin.  It's too expensive, but if I could afford it I'd never be without it.

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I have been reading on these boards about the destructive-to-the-environment plastic beads used in the Exfolikate and similar products.  Just recently someone posted their being banned.  Possibly there is a safer product out there.

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Unfortunately, I cannot use a less expensive cleanser. Tatcha is my HG. Best my face has ever looked. I buy when it's on sale.

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Re: Cleanser--How important is it ?


@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

@CherryHugs

 

I don't know that its the expense of the product.  I know people that use any old thing - bar soap on their face -- and they have no problems.  It's just whatever works for you.

 

I can't afford to buy really expensive products.  But I must buy fragrance free.  The fewer the ingredients and the more simple the better, for me.

 

I think if a person has little or no particular problems they are dealing with, then by all means use whatever you have on hand!  


 

I agree with you 100%.  My mother had beautiful skin all her life and never used anything but bar soap as a cleanser, and it was always whatever was on sale.  I, on the other hand, have always had lousy skin and have to be careful about what I put on my face.  Fragrance free is pretty much a must for me too, along with what you say about the least amount of ingredients and as simple a routine as I can get. 

 

I find the same thing is true with food for me also: the simpler and few ingredients are best for me.

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@CherryHugs

 

I'm sorry, I don't remember who suggested this on another post, but I thought it a good advice.  They said if you want to know if a cleanser works, put whatever face makeup you use on your hand and then use your cleanser to see if it dissolves the makeup.  I thought that was brilliant!   In addition, I think it is important that my face doesn't feel "tight" after using a cleanser.  Those two guidelines (along with paying attention to the list of ingredients so they aren't scary) would be my goal.

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