The Best Gel Cleansers for Your Skin Type

Skincare lovers often wax poetic about gel cleansers, citing their lightweight consistency and deep-cleansing properties. Another reason so many people love them? There’s a gel cleanser out there for pretty much every skin type and skin concern, whether you’re oily and acne-prone or dealing with skin that’s dull and dehydrated skin. Ahead, we rounded up seven of our favorite gel cleansers to add to your personalized skincare routine.

For Dull Skin — Lancôme Absolue Purifying Brightening Gel Cleanser

Dull skin needs a cleanser that will bring it back to life, which is where the Absolue Purifying Brightening Gel Cleanser comes in. This hydrating formula has an oil-in-gel consistency that works to illuminate and nurture the skin with soothing rose extracts.

For Congested Skin — Thayers PH Balancing Gentle Face Wash With Aloe Vera

This soothing gel cleanser with aloe vera and sodium hyaluronate works to help decongest skin and leave it feeling neither oily nor dry. It’s fragrance-free and also works to balance the skin’s pH levels, which helps promote healthy, clear skin.

For Dry Skin — CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

Some gel cleansers can be too drying for severely dry skin. Not this option from CeraVe. It cleanses, hydrates and helps restore the protective skin barrier with ceramides and hyaluronic acid. Your skin will feel smooth and supple after your cleanse, but it won’t feel stripped.

For Oily Skin —  La Roche-Posay Effaclar Gel Facial Wash for Oily Skin

Minimize the look of large pores with this clarifying gel face wash that can be used daily. It’s formulated with zinc pidolate to help purify the skin, plus thermal spring water to soothe.

For Aging Skin …Youth to the People Superfood Kale + Green Tea Spinach Cleanser

This gel cleanser is basically a green juice for your skin. It’s part of the Clean at Sephora program, and its main ingredients are kale, spinach and green tea. The antioxidant-packed formula helps combat the look of fine lines and aging skin.

For Acne-Prone Skin — Starface Space Wash

Pimples have nothing on this gel formula with white willow bark, safe leaf, holy basil, chamomilla flower and calendula. It will soothe inflammation and irritation from acne and gently exfoliate to unclog pores.

Photo: Chaunte Vaughn 

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