- Hello, and welcome back to the Adore Beauty
YouTube channel.
My name is Amy, I'm the senior editor here at Adore Beauty.
And, today, we are talking about...
Ta-da!
Affordable cleansers.
If you are looking for a place
to save a bit of money in your skincare routine,
I highly recommend looking for affordable budget cleansers.
They're only on the skin for quite a short amount of time.
We pop them on, massage them in,
and then rinse them off.
I would spend a bit more on your serums,
treatments, moisturiser,
and save with a cleanser.
And it has to be said that everyone's definition
of what is affordable is different.
For the purpose of today's video,
we are talking under $35.
Ooh, hair in my mouth. - [Woman] Classic.
- Another cleanser question that I get a fair bit is,
"Okay, but what's the difference between
a $35 active skincare cleanser
and my $4 supermarket cleanser?"
Some cleansers you might find in the pharmacy,
they are really effective at actually cleansing the skin,
so you get that squeaky (imitates squeaking sound)
kind of feeling afterwards,
but they can also be quite stripping
because, either they contain a lot of surfactants,
which is the agents that make them foam up
and feel really fresh,
but they really strip a lot of the moisture
and the oil from the skin.
So, all of these cleansers here,
they're gonna remove your makeup,
they're gonna remove your sunscreen,
they're going to cleanse the skin,
but, they're also not going to strip it.
So, first up, we have the GOAT,
the greatest of all time when it comes to micellar waters,
it's the Bioderma Micellar Water.
And so, a 500 mil of this is actually 29.99.
You can actually get a 250 mil as well for, I think, 21.99.
What this one is for is amazing for removing makeup,
sunscreen, as your first cleanse.
It contains these little micelles,
and they grab onto oil, greasy things,
and kind of bind to them and whisk them away.
So, just kind of like a staple
that I think everyone can benefit from having
in their routine.
Whack a bit of this on a cotton pad.
Great time-saver.
Multi-use product.
Next, we have probably the most popular affordable cleanser
on Adore Beauty.
It's The Ordinary Squalene Cleanser.
This one is 13.90.
This product is super popular.
It sells out all the time.
And I think the reason why is because
it's extremely inoffensive for all skin types.
Especially if you have dry skin,
it kind of has this, like, cream to then oil texture,
that's gonna grab onto your sunscreen and your makeup,
whisk it away,
and then you go in with a water-based foaming
or a cream cleanser afterwards.
Next, cab off the cleanser rank for dry sensitive skin
is actually a gel cleanser.
And I know what you're thinking,
"Yeah, but you're not meant to use foaming cleansers
if you have dry skin."
This one's a bit different.
So, it's from the same brand as this dude.
It's the Bioderma Sensibio Soothing Micellar
Cleansing Foaming Gel.
And it's specifically made for sensitive skin.
Say you were gonna do your first cleanse with this one.
This would be your second cleanse.
So, it doesn't contain any soaps, any fragrances,
nothing like that.
So, it's just gonna effectively cleanse your skin
without pissing it off, essentially.
And even the description says,
"For sensitive or intolerant skin,"
which I take to mean skin that, you know,
is a bit moody, gets a bit angry.
It has a low tolerance level for (beep).
This cleanser is really great.
Now, let's talk about some affordable,
under 30 cream cleansers.
So we've got the La Roche-Posay Toleriane Dermo-Cleanser.
And we've also got,
if you're more into a Korean skincare vibe,
the Laneige Moisturising Cream Cleanser.
So both of these have a cream formula,
so they're not gonna foam at all,
but really good if you have dry skin,
because there's nothing in this
that's gonna strip any of your skin's natural moisture
or oils, all of that.
The Toleriane range is actually specifically made for,
you know, dry, sensitised skins,
but, you can pretty much guarantee
that anything from the Toleriane range
is not gonna make your skin sad.
The Laneige one,
which is one of our most popular Korean skincare brands,
if you want something that's effective but gentle,
but still also has a bit of like a,
a nice bougie feeling to it,
you know, smells nice,
feels really luxurious on the skin.
I mean, this one has the slightest,
subtle kind of floral scent,
and also the packaging is very cute.
Moving on to gel cleansers.
So, gel cleansers, actually,
I feel like they get a bit of a bad rep,
but gels typically tend to be great for normal to oily
and combination skin types
because some of these cream ones
can feel a bit too heavy on a oily or combination skin.
Whenever we talk about affordable skin care,
Skinstitut tends to come up.
Gentle cleanse is just a gentle gel.
So this can be used on all skin types,
including delicate and sensitive skin.
And then when we're talking about gel cleansers
for that oily or combination, blemish-prone skin,
I actually have a couple of favourites
from Korean skincare brands.
This one you can see is quite well loved.
I'm just gonna put my hands here
to cover the shower grime on this one.
COSRX Low-pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser.
It is also really popular in a lot of Reddit threads,
beauty Facebook groups.
It's a gel foaming cleanser, but with a low pH,
which means it's not going to strip your skin.
My partner also says it makes his face
feel very fresh in the morning.
Hence, why it's the Good Morning Cleanser.
If your skin concerns are blemishes,
skin texture, pore size,
then the Salicylic Acid COSRX Daily Gentle Cleanser
bargain, 25 bucks.
It contains 0.5 salicylic acid.
And salicylic acid is that BHA, beta hydroxy acid,
that kind of can deep, deep dive,
dive deep into your pores,
and pull out all the gunk that's clogging them.
Really excellent bang for buck cleanser.
Still on the pore train,
Laneige also do,
so they have their dry skin one,
but then they also have the Multi Deep Clean Cleanser,
which is for normal to combination skin.
This one's 30 bucks.
Again, has a beautiful scent.
It's actually a cream formula that then gently foams.
It's got papaya enzymes, other bits in it,
just to, like, cleanse,
but also that bit of extra exfoliation.
Next up, we have these two.
We've got La Roche-Posay
This is the Effaclar Micro Peeling Purifying Gel Cleanser.
And this one is a salicylic acid foaming gel cleanser.
It's part of the brand's Effaclar range,
which is for blemish-prone skin.
So they also have the $25 Effaclar,
that's like the OG Effaclar cleanser.
And this is the next step up with the salicylic acid.
This one from Avène is specifically for oily,
blemish-prone skin,
but you can also use it for face and body.
So you can use this if you are struggling with any breakouts
on the chest or the back, or even on your butt,
you can use this one.
Speaking of cleansers that are excellent for your butt
or your back to the thighs,
buttne, whatever you wanna call it, bacne,
as well as just blemish-prone skin, generally,
Skinstitut exfoliating cleansers.
We've got the Glycolic Cleanser 12%,
which, you guessed it, contains 12% glycolic acid.
And then we've got the Lactic Acid Cleanser,
which is kind of like the gentler cousin
to our glycolic acid here.
Oh!
Okay.
(Amy laughs lightly)
You can tell we haven't been in the office for a long time.
You don't know what's gonna happen.
I'm just gonna stop there.
I just wanna (gasps).
I just wanted to know what texture we're dealing with.
Sorry for that slight disturbance.
It has a creamy texture.
So, again, really good for cleansing plus exfoliating.
But, I love to use the glycolic one on my body.
So, even if you have the keratosis pilaris or chicken skin,
it's really great for on the backs of your arms.
And these two are that everyday low price of,
I think it's 34.30. - Yes.
- Woo-hoo!
I have such a good memory.
Rounding out the Korean skincare cleanser offering,
a two from innisfree that are $18.
$18.
So, if you want something that's gonna give the skin
a bit of an instant but temporary,
but still instant glowing effect,
the innisfree Brightening Pore Facial Cleanser is for you.
This one is a cream texture,
and then the innisfree Jeju Cherry Blossom Jam Cleanser
is just really fun.
I don't know if you can go up close.
You're like, "That's extra work."
I just wanna show you, it's got this, like,
sticky kind of jam texture.
- [Woman] Oh, that's why it's called Jam Cleanser.
- Whoa!
Whoa!
That one has the Jeju cherry blossom extract,
which is just one of those coach ingredients for innisfree.
Two excellent options for 18 bucks.
Rounding out our blue cleanser offering
is this one from Bioderma.
So, if this is the dry skin Bioderma option,
then this is your normal to oily, blemish-prone,
combination skin option.
So it's the Bioderma Sebium Purifying Cleansing Foaming Gel.
Again, excellent option as your second cleanser,
or just a really trusty, reliable, quick cleanse
for normal to oily, combination skin.
We have gone through the whole gang
of our affordable cleansers.
Please don't go spending money on a product
that is out of your price range
because we do have excellent options for you
if you're on a budget.
I highly recommend you watch my "Serums On A Budget" video.
We'll put it just up here.
Otherwise, if you loved this video
or if you've used any of these products,
tell me about it in the comments below.
Or if you wanna see another product category
for budget or affordable, let us know,
and we'll see you next time.