Washing Your Face Wrong? Busting Cleansing Myths | Lab Muffin Beauty Science

Should you avoid foaming cleansers? SLS? SLES? How long do you need to cleanse for? Do active ingredients in cleansers do anything? Answering your cleanser questions!

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Selected references:
Surfactant comparison study: https://doi.org/10.3109/0148054780910...
Low foam vs foaming with emollients: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1396-0296.2...
Reducing irritancy of cleansers: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2018.04...
Lipid removal vs irritation: https://doi.org/10.1159/000247822
Salicylic acid: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15037...
Benzoyl peroxide: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
Stearic acid: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-2165.2...

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