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Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser ingredients: is it worth it?
Harsh sulfonate primary surfactant strips the barrier despite BHA contact benefits—basic at best.
Harsh sulfonate primary surfactant strips the barrier despite BHA contact benefits—basic at best.
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Efficacy score of 3.5 reflects Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate as position 2 (aggressive cleanser penalized heavily per cleanser rubric), partially offset by Salicylic Acid working on contact in rinse-off format; Vitamin C derivative and Vitamin E rinse off without benefit and don't factor into score.
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DemythSkin rates Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser 3.4/5 for efficacy and 3.2/5 for safety.
CONTAINS COMMON SENSITISERS⌄
Fragrance components and essential oils that more often cause reactions in sensitive skin: Fragrance. Most people tolerate them; patch test if your skin reacts easily.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS BY TIER
Gold Standards
High clinical proof | Skin-transformativeReliable
Proven resultsPotent
Developing evidenceOverhyped | Marketing
Hype | Limited dataDocumented Irritants
Evidence-backed flagFULL INGREDIENT LIST⌄
Water, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sorbitol, Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate, Acrylates Crosspolymer-4, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Mannitol, Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Iron Oxides, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Salicylic Acid, Menthol, Fragrance
WHAT EACH INGREDIENT DOES (18)⌄
- Water
- Solvent
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- Harsh surfactant/cleansing
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- Mild surfactant/viscosity controlling
- Sorbitol
- Humectant/moisturizer
- Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate
- Surfactant/cleansing
- Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
- Viscosity controlling/surfactant
- Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
- Antioxidant/anti-acne
- Tocopheryl Acetate
- Antioxidant
- Mannitol
- Humectant/moisturizer
- Cellulose
- Viscosity controlling/absorbent
- Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- Viscosity controlling/surfactant
- Iron Oxides
- Colorant
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Buffering agent
- Citric Acid
- Buffering/exfoliant
- Disodium EDTA
- Chelating agent
- Salicylic Acid
- Exfoliant/anti-acne superstar
- Menthol
- Soothing/irritant
- Fragrance
- Perfuming/irritant
EXTERNAL CITATIONS
Salicylic Acid: Contact exfoliation in rinse-off cleansers (J Am Acad Dermatol, 2000)
DISCLAIMER: THIS ANALYSIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NOT MEDICAL ADVICE. AI-GENERATED DATA BASED ON PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INGREDIENT LISTS. VERIFY WITH A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser: common questions
Is Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser worth it?
Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser scores 3.4 out of 5.0 for efficacy (Mid) and 3.2 out of 5.0 for safety (Some Risk) on DemythSkin's independent ingredient analysis. Harsh sulfonate primary surfactant strips the barrier despite BHA contact benefits—basic at best.
What are the key active ingredients in Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser?
Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser contains these gold-standard actives with strong clinical evidence: Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Salicylic Acid.
Does Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser contain fragrance or known irritants?
DemythSkin flags these ingredients in Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser as documented irritants: Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Menthol, Fragrance. This product does contain fragrance.
How is Clean & Clear Morning Burst Oil-Free Facial Cleanser scored?
DemythSkin grades every product on two independent scores: efficacy (whether the ingredients have clinical evidence of working) and safety (irritation and sensitisation risk). Ingredients are graded S through D against a database of over 3,000 compounds. Brand and price are not part of the score, and no brand pays for one.
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