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La Roche-Posay Effaclar Deep Cleansing Foaming Cream Cleanser Versus Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cleanser

Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
French Brand France
American Brand United States

Updated on July 18, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 2 ingredients in common

Suited For

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

Free From

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

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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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.

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When to use

343 Routines
46% use in am
54% use in pm
96% use every day
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349 Routines
46% use in am
54% use in pm
96% use every day
When to use See routines that use it ->

Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

La Roche-Posay Effaclar Deep Cleansing Foaming Cream Cleanser 12 ingredients

3.5 /5
from 2 ratings
Great Value (2) Drying (1) No Scent (1)
itspola's avatar

Pola 🐛

11 months ago
Review

Good if you want to prevent acne. Although it probably won't help if you're already broken out. Left my skin very tight and that's why I stopped using it

#great value
Katt135's avatar

Katt135

1 year ago
Review

It has not got rid of my acne and I think it dries my skin out. That said it is pretty good, also great value for money because the bottle is big and you don't need to use a lot of the product at a time.

#great value
#drying
#no scent

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cleanser 27 ingredients

3.0 /5
from 6 ratings
Light (2) Drying (2) Expensive (2)
Alodia's avatar

Alodia

6 months ago
Review

I honestly love this cleanser. I’ve been using it over the past 2 years morning and night. It really foams up nice like cushiony and smooth. There’s almost like a slip feel that makes it so nice, very elegant when rubbing on my face. Love this for second cleanser also after balm/oil on makeup days as it really does remove anything remaining and ensures the balm/oil residue is gone. No fragrance Show more

#expensive
#drying
#irritating
#light
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oldnina

8 months ago
Review

Cleansed fine but by the end of it I was just using it to get rid of it. Nothing spectacular, and not my preferred for dry skin

#drying
#light