Cetaphil : Gentle Skin Cleanser

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Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Stearyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben.

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

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July 6, 2011

Pros:

smooths my face, cooling, took away oil

Cons:

burned my face when i tried to do a face mask, didnt clear anything

I love to do face masks and this made my face burn when i would do and its not the mask because i have used other cleansers and they didnt burn! and this stuff isnt cheap so i felt like i wasted money
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June 25, 2011

Pros:

leaves skin soft

Cons:

doesnt take off my make up that well, doesnt lather

good cleanser but i switched to cetaphil daily facial cleanser (it lathers and removes my make up) but if you dont wear make up this is a good choice
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April 3, 2011

Pros:

-Gentle (good get eye-makeup off with it)
-Left skin moist and fresh

Cons:

-Didn't do much for my acne
-Expensive
-So gentle that I had to use it as a pre-cleanser.

Good, but I wouldn't buy it again.
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November 3, 2010

Pros:

very, very light
gentle
non-irritating
no fragrance
no SLS; does not foam (which is good because that's strips and dries out skin)
i recently discovered a Canadian store brand (Life brand) that is only $10 per 200ml

Cons:

expensive ($20 per 500ml in canada)
contains alcohol
does not seem to clear acne

I love this product because it is the only cleanser I've tried that does not irritate my skin.. Although the lack of foaming action makes it a tad harder to apply, it does glide on fairly easily. I've noticed it to be the slightest bit drying, but moisturizer takes care of that. The cleanser does wonders for the parts of my face without acne (my acne is all in the t-zone, and on either side of my nose) but does not seem to clear (or worsen) my acne. BOTTOM LINE: This cleanser is not the best for acne, but it does not worsen or aggravate it. In terms of it's performance on the parts of my face without acne, I would give it 5/5 stars.
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September 3, 2010

Pros:

Fairly inexpensive and seems to work well for a lot of people.

Cons:

Seemed to irritate my skin a little bit (it felt like a very mild burning senstation). I had been cleaning my face with an oil based cleanser for about a month and a half beforehand. Maybe my skin has become too sensitive for the chemicals in this cleanser.

I would recommend trying this, because it seems like a good fit for a lot of people, but for me it probably will not see much use. I was looking for a very light cleanser to add to my oil based cleaning routine (to use every few days to make sure dirt was being removed from my face) but unfortunately this is not it.
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July 8, 2010

Pros:

*light
*gentel
*no irritation

Cons:

*doesnt foam
*doesnt cause that mazing tingeling sensation ( that leads you to believe its working)
*doesnt smell delicious

alrightyy well i have always had acne! like since i was five! but now that im fifteen it started to get even worse! so i asked my momma what i should do. she told me to use cetaphil. at first i was like ahhhh helll no! because i always saw that ugly, boring bottel just sitting on the sheleves at the grociery stores. waiting for some sucker to purchase that useless sh*tt. but everyone in my family used it and they said it worked? so i decided to give it a try. its been two weeks and still nothing has changed?!?!? so im just kinda sorta freaking out right now! cause school is about to start back up and i dont want to go back looking like this!! so fingers crossed that something good starts to happpen any day now!:)
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May 15, 2010

Pros:

Smells good.
Non-irritating

Cons:

I haven't really found any yet.

I have been usuing this product for about a week now and I like it. It has sort of helped reduce the redness of my acne but it has not really got rid of many pimples/ whiteheads yet...only a few. Another good thing it leaves my skin feeling clean.
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April 22, 2010

Pros:

Not any different.

Cons:

It doesn't really remove dirt since its a very gentle cleanser.Recommened mostly for sensitive skin.

The product has to be used with prescriptions or acne creams to decrease breakouts.
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April 19, 2010

Pros:

very gentle on skin
moisturizing
inexpensive
doesn't break me out.

Cons:

does not remove makeup
doesn't foam up, so it really won't remove much dirt

i really like this product as my morning gentle cleanser, but i don't use it at night becuase it is horrible at removing makeup and dirt buildup from the day. i have naturally dry skin, so i need to keep my cleansers gentle and smooth. it leaves my skin soft, and its very refreshing. the consistency is water-like. not thick.
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April 18, 2010

Pros:

Very gentle
Does not contain a chemical treatment
Little smell
Noncomedogenic
Does not dry out skin too much

Cons:

Does not feel like it really cleanses the skin very well. In other words, too gentle.

Does not lather at all really

You can use it if it is what you have. It will not hurt. However, it cannot be used to shave with and it may leave you feeling like you need to wash again. I would recommend just buying something better instead of relying on this.
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