Oh, how we love a drugstore beauty product that works like a department store product, and if it actually works better?
We're sold on that $5.99 price!
You know we've been on the hunt for a good cleanser for the last 12 months, trying everything from samples of
high-end boutique-only lines to infomercial-inspired
age-defying brands, and back to our old junior high drugstore days. Clearly, we already believe that drugstore facial cleansers are fine, but we're picky about them. Cetaphil? Sure, but we like something that
foams.
Clean and Clear Morning Burst? But we want to feel
squeaky clean after rinsing (please, no lectures about how bad that "squeaky clean" feeling actually is for our skin).
We think we have found the answer with what is new to us from Aveeno, Clear Complexion Foaming Cleanser. Not only does it create a lather, but the liquid comes out of the dispenser as a light airy foam, like those foamy liquid handsoaps. The formula rinses clean, and so far, it doesn't overdry our already dry skin that's made worse in this winter weather. Aveeno has always been known as a "dermatologist's brand" like Eucerin, so we trusted it before we even bought it, but after using it now for a week, we love it. It probably helps that we're cheating by using it in conjunction with our
Clarisonic brush, but hey, we made that investment last year.
Aveeno Clear Complexion Foaming Cleanser is available from your local drugstore for about $7, or at Amazon.com.
If a friend was to tell us she used soap to clean her face, we'd probably shutter at the thought of dry, irritated skin. After all, didn't her mama teach her soap was bad for her skin?
