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- Dealing with Dryness? These Face Washes Are Gamechangers
If you have dry skin, setting your skin up for success starts with your cleanser. Using the wrong face wash can strip your skin of essential oils and moisture, so using a gentle formula with hydrating ingredients is key. From a hyaluronic acid-infused foam to a soothing formula with coconut oil, we’ve rounded up our favorite cleansers for dry skin that will ensure you’re flake-free.
Garnier Green Labs Hyalu-Melon Smoothing Milky Wash
This vegan cleanser helps you achieve a bouncy, healthy complexion with watermelon extract and hyaluronic acid. The milky texture and natural watermelon scent solidify it as a winner in our book.

CeraVe Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Facial Cleanser
CeraVe moisturizers are known for being sensitive skin-friendly and for strengthening the skin's moisture barrier. The brand’s cleansers are no different. Our new fave is this formula which contains ceramides, amino acids and hyaluronic acid and transforms from a nourishing cream to a light foam with water.
Thayers pH Balancing Face Wash With Aloe Vera
Give your skin the boost of hydration it deserves with this pH-balancing daily cleanser. It has aloe vera and sodium hyaluronate to lock in moisture and give you a dewy, plump complexion.
Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cleanser
Squalane, vitamin E and apricot oil are just a few of the ingredients in this gentle yet effective cleanser that helps moisturize and leave your complexion feeling supple post-use.

La Roche-Posay Hydrating Gentle Cleanser
Start your skin-care routine off right by cleansing with this non-foaming wash from La Roche-Posay. It has a milky texture and a combo of hydrating ingredients like niacinamide, glycerin and ceramides to help prevent any feelings of tightness or discomfort.
KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser
Dry skin has nothing on this superfood cleanser chock full of prebiotics, probiotics and Greek yogurt. It also has amaranth seed extract plus sea water to protect, nourish and hydrate the skin — leaving it soft and fresh post-wash.
Herbivore PINK CLOUD Rosewater + Tremella Creamy Jelly Cleanser
To help zap dry flakes and redness, opt for this low-foaming option that’s pH balanced and non-drying. The creamy gel contains tremella mushroom to hydrate the skin, rose hydrosol to soothe sensitive areas and squalane to help cleanse and remove makeup.
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