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L'Oreal Revitalift Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Micellar Water Versus Clinique Acne Solutions Cleansing Gel

Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
French Brand France
American Brand United States

Updated on June 28, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 4 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain hyaluronic acid

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin and brightening skin

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances, oils, parabens or silicones

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

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Benefits

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

Learn more about Glycerin

Disodium EDTA plays a role in making products more stable by aiding other preservatives.

It is a chelating agent, meaning it neutralizes metal ions that may be found in a product.

Disodium EDTA is a salt of edetic acid and is found to be safe in cosmetic ingredients.

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Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Sodium Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid's salt form. It is commonly derived from the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid.

Like hyaluronic acid, it is great at holding water and acts as a humectant. This makes it a great skin hydrating ingredient.

Sodium Hyaluronate is naturally occurring in our bodies and is mostly found in eye fluid and joints.

These are some other common types of Hyaluronic Acid:

Learn more about Sodium Hyaluronate
BHT
Antioxidant, Masking

BHT is a synthetic antioxidant and preservative.

As an antioxidant, it helps your body fight off free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells.

As a preservative, it is used to stabilize products and prevent them from degrading. Specifically, BHT prevents degradation from oxidation.

The concerns related to BHT come from oral studies; this ingredient is currently allowed for use by both the FDA and EU.

However, it was recently restricted for use in the UK as of April 2024.

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When to use

15 Routines
40% use in am
60% use in pm
87% use every day
23 Routines
39% use in am
61% use in pm
91% use every day

Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

L'Oreal Revitalift Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Micellar Water 9 ingredients

3.7 /5
from 3 ratings
Great Value (2) Hydrating (2) Light (2)
Elapidae's avatar

Ela

5 months ago
Review

I reviewed the product again cause I thought maybe it’s not that bad as I think it is (I have personal issues with L’Oréal). Nope, it’s worse. Hence it went down from 3 to 2 stars. It’s cheap and it’s good for sensible skin (that’s why 2 starts), but I actually did a test. I cleaned my skin with it very thoroughly. Went over my face 3 times with it till it showed nothing. Then I used another Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
Khang69's avatar

K

5 months ago
Review

Cleanses well, it does brighten and cooldown my face. No redness after applying and hydrate

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#light scent

Clinique Acne Solutions Cleansing Gel 21 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 1 rating
No Scent (1) Works Well (1)
allywally's avatar

ally <3

5 months ago
Review

This cleanser is the only one that i’ve found that didn’t dry out my skin,, despite it containing SLS, it’s gentle on my skin and cleanses effectively. I would really recommend if you have sensitive or dry skin and even though it is on the pricier side,, one bottle lasts me about 3 months ―୨୧⋆ ˚

#no scent
#works well