Acne, rosacea, the menopause, medication, chemotherapy or just easily angered skin can make cleansing grim
What if your skin is so sensitive that daily cleansing results in such a sore, red, tight or hot face that you’d sooner avoid the ritual altogether? Women (and men) tell me this more frequently than you’d imagine. Whether suffering from acne, rosacea, the ill-effects of menopause, medication or chemotherapy, or born with easily angered skin, many of us will go through phases of finding cleansing a prohibitively grim and uncomfortable task. Doctors typically suggest washing with aqueous cream and while I’m the last person to argue with medical advice, I do take issue with this on a sensorial and cosmetic point of view. Aqueous cream (as prescribed to me throughout childhood) feels gross, doesn’t remove makeup, and leaves behind an unpleasant slick. Here, my layperson’s alternatives are gentle but infinitely nicer.
I’m wildly impressed by cosmetic dermatologist Dr Sam Bunting’s new Flawless Cleanser (£16, 200ml). This is a melty, viscous, glycerin-rich gel that massages on to a damp face and rinses off instantly, leaving no residue and zero discomfort on all skin conditions including oily, acne-prone, dry and irritated. It’s refreshing, luxurious (rare in this sort of product) and fairly priced. One caveat: Dr Bunting suggests using one pump dose in the morning, two at night to remove makeup. But in practice, I first needed to remove the worst of it with a micellar lotion or cleansing milk (REN’s Evercalm, £19 for 150ml, is ideal for the sensitive makeup-wearer).
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