The Best Cream and Milk Cleansers for Any Budget and Skin Type
With so many cleansers to choose from it becomes overwhelming what to use and what is right for your skin type. Cream cleansers offer more than just cleansing the skin and removing SPF and makeup; they provide numerous benefits for the skin.
Why Use A Cream Cleanser?
Think of a cream cleanser as the perfect green smoothie for the skin, it is full of nutrition, great for the skin barrier and brilliant for everyone. There isn't a single skin type that wouldn't benefit from using a cream cleanser, even the most sensitive skin can benefit from it. Your skin should never feel tight and taught after cleansing and if it does this is a sure sign your cleansing is stripping the surface hydration from the skin. This surface dehydration is never a good sign, your skincare is going to have to work harder and your skin starts to signal to the lower levels of the skin that it’s dehydrated putting the skin under stress and stealing hydration from the deeper levels of the skin from where the collagen is. Cream cleansers should never strip the skin and your skin should feel moisturised, soft and hydrated.
How To Use A Cream Cleanser?
Cream cleansers make the perfect first cleanse in a double cleanse routine (provided they can be used over the eyes) they also can be used as the second cleanse and make the perfect morning cleanse too. My top tip is to apply them to dry skin and then take the time to massage the skin. After 60 seconds take some water in your fingertips and emulsify the cleanser further and then either rinse to remove or use a microfibre cloth to remove fully.
Cream and Milk Cleansers Under £40
Kate Somerville Goat Milk Moisturising Cleanser, £38.00
The most delicious cream cleanser perfect if you have dry sensitive skin that feels parched, tight, and dry. Thanks to goat's milk this cleanser instantly brings moisture and comfort to the skin. I loved this for the hydration, softness, and moisture it brings, perfect for a second cleanse in the evening or a morning cleanse to set the skin up with lots of moisture. Goat’s milk has so many skin nutritional benefits ranging from being rich in vitamins A, B6, B12 and E which infuses the skin with antioxidants and helps to reduce inflammation in the skin. Whilst the fatty acids found in goat’s milk help to hydrate, soften and smooth as well as protect the skin cells by neutralising free radicals so the perfect cleanse at the end of the day.
Perfect for dry skin, though it does have fragrance; I recommend using a different product for eye makeup removal.
Cream and Milk Cleansers Under £35
Skin Rocks by Caroline Hirons The Cream Cleanser, £32.00
This is a hybrid between a cream and a milk, it’s the most gorgeous texture that glides effortlessly over the skin, with the option to be fragrance-free, this cleanser has it all. Packed with everything the skin needs from amino acids (the skin heroes for the best-conditioned skin) to plant oils and humectants (water magnets) to ensure the skin is left hydrated and replenished.
Great for all skin types and comes in two options fragrance-free and fragranced.
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Cream and Milk Cleansers Under £25
Balance Me Pre and Probiotics Cleansing Milk, £22.00
This is a gorgeous milk that feels like silk on the skin. Powered by brilliant ingredients to give the skin a deep cleanse respectfully leaving the skin feeling soft, supple and hydrated. Oil-soluble salicylic acid is perfect for deeply cleansing the pores whilst rosehip seed oil provides cellular protection and omegas to replenish the skin.
Fragrance-free and suitable for all skin types including the most sensitive.
Cream and Milk Cleansers Under £20
Byoma Milky Moisture Cleanser, £13.99
This is such a brilliant cleanser and the price makes this affordable too. This cleanser is extra special as it completely respects the skin barrier with its unique Tri Ceramide Complex. From the first application, the skin is conditioned and cleansed with no sign of stripping or tightness. It can be used over the eyes to remove makeup, making it ideal as the first cleanse in your evening double cleansing routine, as well as perfect for a morning cleanse. Rich in oat extract to help lock in moisture and panthenol which has the clever ability to be converted into the skin and helps to bind and hold water in the skin whilst moisturising the skin.
The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser, £14.90
This is the most versatile and brilliantly priced cleanser. It will remove makeup and can be used as your second cleanse. Make sure you apply this to dry skin and massage till it melts, it changes consistency and replenishes the skin, add water once the consistency changes and your skin is left clean, soft, and glowing. Squalane is a brilliant ingredient and has so much to offer the skin from leaving the skin soft and smooth to being able to calm and reduce inflammation and also is non-comedogenic so won't clog the pores.
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