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Best cleansers for oily skin

What makes a good cleanser for oily skin

Cleansers with niacinamide and ceramides help regulate oil and keep your skin soft, while formulas with salicylic acid and glycerin clear out pores and control shine.

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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. Hyaluronic acid and glycerin hydrate your skin without adding heavy oils, keeping your face balanced and refreshed.

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    CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser SuperiorAmazon£8.29

    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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    Paula's Choice CLEAR Pore Normalizing Cleanser SuperiorAmazon£26.00

    Why we picked it. This product cleanses your skin from impurities, and thanks to Salicylic Acid, it will help control your oily shine by effectively targeting blemishes.

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    Dr. Althea Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser SuperiorAmazon£12.90

    Why we picked it. This product cleans your skin from impurities while providing hydration with ingredients like Sodium Hyaluronate and various amino acids, which is beneficial for your oily skin.

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    iS Clinical Cleansing Complex SuperiorAmazon£44.00

    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 SuperiorAmazon£14.99
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    ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Gel SuperiorAmazon£11.50
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    Eminence Organic Skin Care Clear Skin Probiotic Cleanser HighAmazon£47.18
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Where it goes in the routine: the full routine for oily skin

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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.