Cleansers For Oily skin CVS, Target, Boots| Dr Vanita Rattan
- “The first one that I love was pore normalizing cleanser from Paula's Choice”▶ 0:55
- “It's a hydrating cleanser, but it's also got BHA or salicylic acid, which is basically the best exfoliator for us and specifically for oily skin”▶ 2:02
- “It penetrates into the pore and almost unclogs that pore, which is exactly what we want”▶ 2:11
- “There's no AHAs in this particular product. There's no witch hazel. There's no denatured alcohol. There's no fragrance. There's no essential oils”▶ 2:20
- “The surfactants that they've used are quite gentle”▶ 2:31
- “It's also quite a hydrating product, so it's got moisturizers such as arginine, butylene glycol, and glycerin in it as well, which is excellent”▶ 2:43
- “Very simple formula, but I love it and if I had oily prone skin or any of my friends do, this is the one that I would recommend”▶ 2:51
- “The first ingredient in here is Houttuynia extract”▶ 3:08
- “The second ingredient in here is glycerin, which is excellent, actually, because it is also a humectant, holds water in the top layer of skin”▶ 3:52
- “Sodium cocoyl glycinate, which is the main surfactant in this. It's quite a gentle surfactant”▶ 4:00
- “They've put in glycerol stearate SE and that's three out of five on the comedogenic scale, which is a problem because if this is for pore cleansing, you're trying to get into the pore, you do not want to clog the pore”▶ 4:19
- “They added fragrance and it's pretty strong”▶ 4:41
- “Fragrance means that this product is not a naive safe product because it contains fragrance”▶ 4:44
- “For me, unfortunately, this is not an approved product”▶ 5:40
SKIN1004$12.60- “This product is a disaster”▶ 6:13
- “The first ingredient in this product is myristic acid, which is three out of five on the comedogenic scale. It's basically the worst surfactant you can use”▶ 6:22
- “They put in stearic acid, lauric acid. Stearic acid is three out of five on the comedogenic scale. Lauric acid is four out of five on the comedogenic scale”▶ 6:25
- “The surfactant that they used was sodium C14-16 sulfonate, which is very harsh, which is actually the opposite of what we want to be doing for pore minimizing”▶ 6:38
- “This product just please just avoid”▶ 7:07
- “I can totally see that if you have large pores or you have oily acne-prone skin, this is going to be a really attractive product for you”▶ 8:24
- “Kaolin is your clay. It's very absorbent of oil. Plus, they put in glycerin, which I love because glycerin is your humectant. So, putting the two together is beautiful because you don't want to overly dry the skin with a clay wash. So, that's genius”▶ 7:55
- “The two surfactants that I don't like is your myristic acid and lauric acid”▶ 8:17
- “The BHA is your salicylic acid. However, I would say that this is less than 1% which is not ideal if you're creating a face wash that is for oily acne-prone skin”
- “The other big disaster is they put in fragrance”▶ 10:12
- “Unfortunately, this is another hard no product”
CeraVe$14.99- “I love this product. So, oh, go and buy this one definitely”▶ 10:24
- “The positives are the moisturizers. A ton of moisturizers. They've got glycerin. They've got propylene glycol. They've got caprylyl glycol. They've also got a sodium hyaluronate which is a cousin of hyaluronic acid”▶ 10:31
- “It's got very mild surfactants in it. So, it's got coco betaine and it's also got sodium cocoyl glycinate in it, too. So, again, very mild surfactants”▶ 10:41
- “This is great for oily to normal skin. It's non-comedogenic. So, it's great for even acne-prone skin. It's great for inflamed skin”▶ 10:50
- “There's no essential oils, no fragrance, no irritants, no sensitizers. They're getting the basics right”▶ 11:00
- “I'm absolutely loving CeraVe and I recommend it actually in a lot of my videos for skin of color”▶ 11:42
Clinique$28.00- “The second ingredient of the anti-blemish cleansing foam is denatured alcohol”▶ 11:47
- “Denatured alcohol, sorry, is a solvent. That's the reason for existing. But actually, in skin care, it's just not a good thing to use because the second it hits your skin, it starts to destroy the top layer of skin”▶ 11:52
- “The sixth ingredient is witch hazel”▶ 13:42
- “Witch hazel is a bit of a cheap trick. What it does is it's got tannins in it which is an antioxidant. Those tannins lead to a drying effect of the skin”▶ 13:45
- “You're actually encouraging your skin to produce more oil. And so, you end up in this vicious cycle”▶ 14:10
- “I like the third ingredient is salicylic acid which means it's probably at about 2%”
- “Salicylic is great because it basically unclogs the pores. It's good for acne-prone skin”
- “The positives here are they've got glycerin, they've got butylene glycol”▶ 14:55
- “It's got sodium laureth sulfate. So, it's a more gentle surfactant which is good”▶ 15:00
- “It's got sodium lauroyl sarcosinate which is non-irritating. It's non-sensitizing up to about 15% in a wash-off product. So, again, it seems fine”▶ 15:05
- “But then they went and added seven fragrances”▶ 15:13
- “Fragrance is the number one cause of contact dermatitis”▶ 15:21
- “It's got amyl cinnamal in it. It's got benzyl benzoate in it. It's got citronellol. It's got geraniol. It's got linalool. It's got parfum. Like they literally it's like a whole puff perfume shop, I think, in this one product”▶ 15:37
- “The marketing here says anti-inflammatory balm, mint, and lavender extracts soothe your skin. This is a contradiction. This is a bit of a marketing trick”▶ 16:21
- “You are irritating the skin by putting mint on the skin. It's a skin sensitizer. Same with lavender”▶ 16:42
- “I would avoid this product”▶ 17:04
Facetheory$17.00ClariCleanse AHA & BHA Exfoliating Cleansershade · Unscented Version- “Make sure you buy the unscented version”▶ 17:15
- “I love the fact that they have an unscented version. I think that means that they are listening to their consumer which is excellent”▶ 17:24
- “It has 4% glycolic and 2% BHA”
- “4% glycolic acid is fine for skin of color”▶ 17:38
- “I quite like that it's less than 5% and I don't think it's going to cause issues for skin of color”
- “I just think you need to make sure you use the unscented version of this product”▶ 17:19
Garnier$9.99- “It's a terrible product”
- “They added carrageenan which is comedogenic”▶ 18:34
- “They added alcohol as a solvent which as we know triggers free radicals in our skin”▶ 18:37
- “They've got the pigment CI 42090 which is very high on the irritant scale”▶ 18:43
- “They used skin sensitizers. So, they've got eucalyptus, limonene, linalool, menthol”▶ 18:52
- “The one ingredient that they needed which was salicylic acid, the only good ingredient in this product, by the way, they put in at less than 1%. So, it's not even very effective”▶ 19:00
- “I wouldn't buy this product”▶ 19:18
Murad$37.00- “It could have been good, but it has glycolic acid plus lactic acid plus salicylic acid”▶ 19:23
- “I do like the fact that glycolic is at a low percentage”▶ 19:29
- “I also like the fact that this product is fragrance-free”▶ 19:33
- “But then they went and added a physical exfoliant”▶ 19:34
- “You don't need that physical exfoliation. It can damage the skin and it's a marketing trick”▶ 20:01
Neutrogena$11.99- “I just assumed that this would be a good product for oily acne-prone skin, but again it had fragrance in it, had menthol in it, had glycolic acid in it”▶ 20:37
- “Menthol is a sensitizer to the skin”▶ 20:46
- “Fragrance is your number one cause of contact dermatitis and it's a co-sensitizer”▶ 20:48
- “Avoid that one”
- “The positives are 0.5% salicylic acid which means it's an anti-inflammatory at that percentage”▶ 21:23
- “It's also got glycerin which is a moisturizer and it's got panthenol which is also an anti-inflammatory and a moisturizer”▶ 21:35
- “The negative, however, is they have fragrance”▶ 21:41
- “They've got again menthol lactate which again is a skin sensitizer”▶ 21:45
- “It's also got glycolic acid in it. So now you've sensitized the skin and you've put glycolic acid”▶ 21:59
- “The third ingredient is cocamidopropyl betaine. So this is a booster of the lathering effect. So it's a gentle surfactant and that's actually why people get a lot of satisfaction out of it”▶ 22:37
- “It's generally considered low risk for sensitizing skin”▶ 22:58
- “They've used five different forms of paraben”▶ 23:11
- “They did decide in this product to add fragrance and pigment which as you know, I'm not a fan of”▶ 23:40
- “It's wash-off so it's not such a big issue”▶ 23:47
- “In the morning, if you have very oily acne-prone skin, then I recommend you use these three products together”▶ 25:02
- “This is your salicylic acid face wash, your exfoliator, I use salicylic acid, and then your AM gel moisturizer”
- “In this face wash, we put niacinamide to control sebum, salicylic acid to unclog the pore, glycerin to hydrate the skin”
- “We also put acne calm in here which it helps to poison the P. acnes bacteria”
- “This has 2% salicylic acid which is the ideal percentage when you're dealing with oily acne-prone skin”▶ 24:57
- “It's also got a 5% glycerin in it so this doesn't dry your skin like most salicylic acid exfoliators”▶ 25:03
- “We also put in here green tea extract plus sage and that will basically calm the skin down when you are exfoliating”▶ 25:11
- “In here, we've put in 2% niacinamide which helps control your sebum production, 2% sodium ascorbyl phosphate so that's your water-soluble vitamin C plus your 3% glycerin”▶ 25:21
- “I also loaded this with anti-inflammatories. Your skin is already inflamed from acne. So in here we've got panthenol, green tea extract, allantoin and arnica”▶ 25:33
- “The PM gel is loaded with your tyrosinase inhibitors starting with your alpha arbutin and your ferulic acid”▶ 25:48
- “We've got two forms of vitamin C so it's got your sodium ascorbyl phosphate, water-soluble vitamin C and your tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, your fat-soluble vitamin C which is why this also helps with scarring”▶ 25:53
- “This is also got your retinol, your retinaldehyde and it's also got ceramides plus of course your acne calm”▶ 26:15
Youth to the People$39.00- “I like the fact that it's got gentle surfactants in it. So it's got sodium cocoyl glutamate and it's got cocamidopropyl betaine”▶ 26:30
- “I love those two ingredients”▶ 26:51
- “The positives of this product is that they have soothers in them and I love soothers. So soothers are things like aloe vera, D panthenol, it's also got green tea extract. So these are all great for skin of color”▶ 27:13
- “I also love the fact that they've managed to do the whole antioxidant combination”▶ 27:23
- “They went and added something that confused me and that was natural essence. So natural essence often means essential oils”▶ 28:06
- “I actually really like this product except for this one ingredient”▶ 28:16
- “It's a really big shame at the last hurdle”▶ 28:46
- “If you have sensitive skin or acne-prone skin which is basically inflamed skin or any form of dermatitis, I would avoid anything that says fragrance in it, full stop”▶ 28:34
COSRX$12.60- “It's got cocamidopropyl betaine which is a very balanced mild cleanser”▶ 28:59
- “It's also got sodium lauroyl methyl isethionate which has luxurious foaming capabilities, but it's also quite gentle on the skin”▶ 29:05
- “It's also got butylene glycol which is great. It's a moisturizer, it's a solvent, but it also helps other ingredients to penetrate faster and deeper into the skin”▶ 29:13
- “It's also got camellia japonica extract which is an antioxidant. It's anti-pollution and it's very soothing to the skin”▶ 29:23
- “I would say buy buy buy and I'm going to purchase this one myself too”▶ 29:46
- “Again, perfume, linalool. So a lot of fragrance. So again, I would avoid”▶ 30:14
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