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Best cleansers for oily skin

What makes a good cleanser for oily skin

Cleansers with niacinamide and ceramides help control oil and reduce enlarged pores, while washes with salicylic acid clear out blackheads and blemishes. Formulas with glycerin and aloe vera maintain moisture balance so your skin stays smooth without feeling dry.

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Products are ranked for the concerns frequently associated with oily skin: shine, enlarged pores, blackheads, and blemishes. For a ranking based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.

Lovi's ranking

Why we picked these. Glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and soothing plant extracts provide gentle cleansing while helping control shine and maintaining essential moisture for oily skin.

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    CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser SuperiorAmazonAED 49.95

    Why we picked it. This product cleanses your skin from impurities, and thanks to Niacinamide, it will help you control oil production, which is ideal for your oily skin.

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    iS Clinical Cleansing Complex SuperiorAmazonAED 138.20

    Why we picked it. This product will cleanse your skin from impurities, and thanks to Willow Bark Extract and Glycerin, it will also help control oiliness and maintain hydration for your oily skin.

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    Fresh Soy Face Cleanser SuperiorAmazonAED 84.53

    Why we picked it. This product cleans your skin from impurities while maintaining moisture balance, which is ideal for your oily skin, thanks to ingredients like glycerin and aloe vera that work synergistically to cleanse and hydrate.

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    Huxley Secret of Sahara Cleansing Foam SuperiorAmazonAED 139.20

    Why we picked it. This product will cleanse your skin from impurities while its Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract and Glycerin work to preserve moisture, which is crucial for your oily skin.

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    Eminence Organic Skin Care Clear Skin Probiotic Cleanser HighAmazonAED 140.26
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Behind this ranking

Lovi ranks every product by its fit score, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

How does it fit your skin?

Scan your face, then any product: Lovi shows how well it fits you and what fits even better.