Purpose : Gentle Cleansing Wash

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Water, PEG 80 Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PEG 150 Distearate, Sodium Lauroampho PG Acetate Phosphate, Fragrance, Quaternium 15, Tetrasodium EDTA.

Items marked with orange can be irritating and over-drying, especially to acne-prone skin.

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June 10, 2009

Pros:

Gentle, rinses off well, cheap.

Cons:

Has strong fragrance, some ingredients may make you break out, small bottle compared to other face washes.

I decided to try this because I was using Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser and it was giving me little pimples - I thought that Purpose was about the same to Cetaphil - not for me. After just ONE washing with Purpose, the skin on my entire jawline started to break out with hives - I am guessing I am either allergic to the fragrance or the quantium-15 (some people have said it can irritate) so I immediately went back to the Cetaphil (which didn't give me hives) - just be careful of different ingredients - not all gentle washes are the same!
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May 29, 2009

Pros:

Works really well, very consistent.

Cons:

Only two;doesn't work great with the stubborn pimples[but a spot treatment should do the trick]

You should totally buy it, personally i think it works better with oilier skin.
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March 28, 2009

Pros:

Lathers well, lightweight, not over-drying

Cons:

Expensive, the bottle is hard to travel with

A good fill in for the Acne.org cleanser when you just don't feel like paying for shipping/ran out and forgot to order online.
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February 26, 2009

Pros:

I think its really gentle and it cleans. When I use it my face doesnt get irritated like with murad or proactive uqhh. It isnt really think and doesnt foam up which is qood its soap free. Iv gotten really good results from this product.

Cons:

The only thing I dont really like is the fragrance. I think it shouldnt have a a smell at all... but its tolerable. And its kiiinda pricey at 6 or 7 a bottle but its okay it lasts a long time for me.

i recommend this to anyone with very mild acne to harsh acne. I myself have verrrrrry mild acne. I get verrry small bumps every once in a while. But using this product with bp Iv gotten rid of all my acne. And I have very dry skin and this doesnt aggrivate my acne nor my skin. DEF WORTH A TRY =].
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February 8, 2009

Pros:

its very comfortible on the skin..my skin felt very soft and not dry at all after i washed my face!!! its great

Cons:

NONE,,, THIS STUFF IS BETTER THAN :PROACTIVE:

you have to buy this if u suffer from moderate acne ,,,or dry skin..your skin will look and feel its best like after one use of it!! bottom line its amazing....i went to the derm and he told me to get this so it has to be good...
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November 3, 2008

Pros:

its great! I love Purpose face wash and moisturizer. It leaves a clean feeling and its very light.

Cons:

Haven't found one yet!

Its a great face wash that removes makeup and leaves you with a clean, fresh feeling. Follow up with the Purpose moisturizer too!
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October 12, 2008

Pros:

non-comedogenic, oil free, soap free

Cons:

none that I've noticed

This soap takes off makeup very well, even the tough black eyeliners. I don'te even need to use makeup removers with this soap. It also leaves me with a feeling of a fresh face.
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August 11, 2008

Pros:

It is a good basic cleanser. It doesn’t have many ingredients, no salicylic acid or little bead things (which irritate my skin). I needed something gentle as I am using BP and it dries out my skin.

Cons:

I would not recomend taking it in the shower as the bottle lets water in and ruins the face wash!! I do not have really bad acne so I just use it to remove make-up and clean my skin. I feel that that is all it is good for.

I love how gentle it is, I only use it to cleanse my face and not to treat acne. Be cautious when taking it in the shower!
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February 28, 2008

Pros:

cleans skin very well, removes makeup, nice scent, very easy to use. clears up a bit of my acne. my face looks better

Cons:

kind of dries out skin with BP .

my face looks alot better. cleaner too! but i've only been using it a week . so we'll have to wait and see.
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January 31, 2008

Pros:

Works very well, it keeps my face feeling cleaned and does not try out my face, helps reduce my acnes.

Cons:

Sometimes buying from diffrent drugstore or market store, it comes in diffrent colors, which kinda dosn't give me a good mind, rather they are selling me a bad product.

I was breaking out, then i got recomended to use nuetrogena oil free acne wash and i broked out even more. so im planing to go back and use my purpose face wash which didn't make my face break out as much as other face wash
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