There are such differences between cleansing cream and facial cleanser!

In daily life, facial cleansing creams and facial cleansers are both common products for cleansing the skin. However, there are certain gaps and differences between cleansing creams and facial cleansers. Generally speaking, facial cleansers have a stronger ability to cleanse the skin. You can choose a facial cleanser according to the nature of your skin. Facial cleansing creams have a softer texture and their cleaning ability may be weaker than that of facial cleansers. Facial cleansing creams are more suitable for combination skin, while facial cleansers are more suitable for oily skin. Facial cleansers also contain whitening ingredients, which have stronger whitening and cleansing effects than cleansing creams. Learn more: What are the differences between cleansing cream and facial cleanser?

The simplest difference between facial cleanser and cleansing milk

The facial cleanser does not produce foam and is quite moisturizing after use. The texture of facial cleanser is thicker, and its cleaning ability is relatively stronger than facial cleanser. Many people use facial cleansers in winter, and use strong cleansers to wash their faces in summer.

Facial cleanser classification

Facial cleansers are divided into acidic and alkaline. Non-foaming ones are weakly acidic, while foaming ones are generally alkaline. Weakly acidic ones are gentler on our skin and have less irritation, while alkaline ones have stronger cleansing power. The choice of facial cleanser depends on your skin type: if you have oily skin, you can choose a foaming type; if it is dry, it is suitable to choose a mild and foam-free type, which is enough to clean the dirt on your face.

How to choose a facial cleanser

Oily skin: Because oily skin secretes too much oil, it is best to choose a facial cleanser with stronger cleansing power, which will make the skin feel refreshed after use.

Combination skin is a type of skin that has oilier T-zone and drier cheeks. If you choose a facial cleanser with strong cleansing power for this type of skin, it will make the cheeks drier. To achieve a balance, it is best to use foam facial cleansers in winter, and you can choose some soap facial cleansers in summer.

Normal skin

This type of skin is the easiest to care for, so just choose a foaming facial cleanser. However, if it feels drier in winter, you can also choose a non-foaming facial cleanser.

Dry skin

This type of skin is already relatively dry. If you use a foaming facial cleanser with strong cleansing power, it will wash away the moisture on your face, making it appear even drier. It is best to choose a non-foaming facial cleanser or cleansing cream for dry skin, so that the skin will feel refreshed.

Three major misunderstandings about facial cleansers

1. Facial cleanser can also whiten your skin

Facial cleanser is a cleansing product that stays on the face for only 1 minute at most. Therefore, even if it contains whitening factors or nutrients, they cannot stay on the skin for a long time and it is difficult to exert the whitening effect. Therefore, if you want to whiten your skin, you must follow up with whitening and moisturizing work instead of relying solely on facial cleanser.

Moreover, any facial cleanser that contains whitening effects will actually cause certain harm to our skin. This is because these facial cleansers contain fruit acid ingredients, which can make the skin look beautiful and radiant, but frequent use will damage the health of the skin and cause skin health problems. Therefore, for facial cleansers with whitening effects, we should not only pay attention to controlling the number of times they are used, but also apply skin care products in time after washing our face!

2. The more bubbles, the better

In fact, the moisturizing degree, cleansing degree and foaming degree of a facial cleanser are inversely proportional. A facial cleanser with rich foam contains more surfactants and has a stronger ability to clean the skin. However, it will also affect the normal lipid-containing component structure such as the hydrolipid film and intercellular lipids on the skin's surface, thereby destroying the skin's normal moisturizing function. Therefore, we cannot simply say that the more foam, the better.

3. Frequently change facial cleansers

The frequent changes mentioned here refer to using facial cleansers with different functions, materials and brands every week or even every day, which can easily make the skin fragile and sensitive, and may also cause skin peeling. However, it is not within the scope of the taboo for consumers to choose another cleansing product after using one cleansing product.