Claims vs. Reality
Enriched with Panthenol and Glycerin - the ultimate hydration boost for a refreshed look. Specially formulated with a unique blend of 7 types of ceramides, fatty acids, and natural moisturising factors, this moisturiser not only hydrates, but also fortifies your skin barrier. Perfect for daily use, the lightweight and cooling gel texture soothes irritated skin while quickly absorbing into the skin without any greasy residue.
A masterclass in gentle, non-stripping daily purification tailored for compromised skin barriers across Malaysia. Skinmade builds this fluid wash around a perfect physiological pH of 5.5, bypassing aggressive sulfates entirely. It utilizes ultra-mild amino acid surfactant grids (Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate) to lift impurities softly. What makes this exceptional is the heavy loading of pure Ceramides and Panthenol right into the wash base, ensuring the critical intercellular lipid bricks remain completely undisturbed during the rinse step. The physical texture is a completely crystal-clear, fluid hydro-gel that lathers into a loose, low-friction bubbly wash, leaving a soft emollient protective hydration veil behind.
The Reality: By substituting high-pH saponified fatty salts with gentle coco-glycinates and ceramides, it cleanses surface grime cleanly without extracting native lipids or structural water stores safely.
The Reality: It delivers an exceptional clean pore environment to support skin health, but deep structural cystic acne requires targeted leave-on medical protocols flawlessly.
The Reality: The formula reads consistently close to pH 5.5, ensuring your critical protective barrier flora shields remain fully stabilized during rinsing safely.
👍 Formulator Pros
- Perfect physiological pH 5.5 baseline prevents the destruction of fundamental skin microbiome flora shields.
- Amino acid surfactant system delivers a loose, low-friction lather that drops mechanical friction indices beautifully.
- Ceramide network actively protects and repairs multi-tier moisture sheets during the wash cycle.
👎 Potential Downsides
- Features a loose fluid gel viscosity that can slip out of fingers quickly if poured carelessly during wash steps.
- Lacks active peeling chemical acids, meaning deep hardened nose blackheads require separate leave-on treatments.
- The low-friction bubbles lack the thick industrial shaving-cream density that some lifestyle consumers prefer.
Is This Right for You?
Verify this formulation matches your specific skin profile before buying.
| Sensitive and Allergic Skin Layouts | ✅ Yes | The low-friction gentle structure lifts impurities safely without chemical or manual scrubbing stress. |
| Chronically Dehydrated Profiles | ✅ Yes | The massive humectant loading ensures water molecules remain firmly anchored inside cells post-rinse cleanly. |
| Teens and Active Skincare Starters | ✅ Yes | A phenomenal daily baseline choice to introduce safe non-stripping cleansing rules early safely. |
| Hyper-Seborrheic Squeaky-Clean Seekers | ❌ No | Refuses to strip the skin layout down to a bone-dry matte finish, leaving a soft emollient layer behind instead completely. |
✅ Perfect Match
❌ Better Avoid
How It Feels & Absorbs
How to Layer It
Step placement, ingredient interactions, and what to expect over time.
To completely clear out overnight sweat grids without stripping your skin raw, squeeze a nickel-sized pool into your damp palms, rub your hands together vigorously to build the micro-bubble cushion, and massage it gently across your face landscape for 30 full seconds. Rinse cleanly with lukewarm tap water. This eliminates friction redness patterns entirely.
Can Combine With
Enemies — Do Not Mix
⏳ Timeline Expectations
Inside the Bottle
Heroes and formulation notes — not just the raw INCI list. Hover chips for details.
Full Formula Scan
Automatically parsed and cross-referenced with the Glowwe Lab database.
| # | Ingredient | What It Does | Safety | Irr / Com |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Water Solvent | Base solvent. | Safe | 0 / 0 |
| 02 | Panthenol Hydrator / Humectant | Pro-Vitamin B5; incredible for quenching skin irritation. | Safe | 0 / 0 |
| 03 | Propanediol Hydrator / Humectant | The natural, skin-friendly alternative to Propylene Glycol. | Safe | 0 / 0 |
| 04 | 1 Pending Data | Awaiting lab classification. | Unknown | - / - |
| 05 | 2-Hexanediol Pending Data | Awaiting lab classification. | Unknown | - / - |
| 06 | Pentylene Glycol Hydrator / Humectant | A conditioning agent that dual-acts to preserve freshness. | Safe | 0 / 0 |
Common Questions
What the community asks most — answered with formulation facts.
Why does this cleanser not produce a massive, thick foaming lather?+
Skinmade avoids harsh chemical sulfates like SLS which create huge artificial foam but aggressively strip your skin barrier. Instead, it utilizes mild amino-acid surfactants that generate a soft, loose, low-friction bubbly lather. This gentle lather glides smoothly over uneven skin surfaces, ensuring a perfectly clean rinse without extracting your vital cellular protective layer completely safely.
What is the actual pH level of this hydrating cleanser?+
It is mapped precisely at a skin-friendly physiological pH of 5.5. Keeping your wash step acidic prevents your acid mantle structure from collapsing, directly slowing down acne bacteria reproduction while keeping your skin barrier flora shields strong.
Is it safe for fungal acne (Malassezia)?+
Yes, 100 percent. This clean formulation is entirely water-based, oil-free, and contains zero fatty acid esters or triggering plant lipids, making it completely safe for fungal acne skin templates under local humidity loops safely.
Can it remove waterproof sunscreens or thick liquid foundations?+
No. Gentle, sulfate-free low-pH cleansers lack the raw lipophilic solvent power to cut through modern water-resistant sports sun mists or long-wear base cosmetics cleanly. Always deploy a micellar water or cleansing oil first before using this gel.
Can I use it if my skin is stinging from over-exfoliation?+
Yes! Bypassing all added perfumes and harsh sulfates means it delivers an exceptionally quiet, zero-sting cleansing cushion that cradles raw, peeling, or acid-damaged barriers safely with maximum structural security smoothly.
Is it suitable for morning AM cleansing?+
Yes, it is highly recommended. It clears away overnight sweat and sebum gently without leaching your native skin lipids away early, keeping your barrier beautifully prepped for daytime sun protection flawlessly.
Does it contain any added synthetic perfumes or alcohols?+
No. It is 100 percent free from added artificial fragrances, masking colorants, and volatile drying alcohols, providing clean, high-performance sensory peace for highly reactive or eczematous skin profiles cleanly.
How much product should I use per wash?+
Squeeze a nickel-sized pool into your damp palms, rub your hands together vigorously to generate the loose bubbles, and massage it gently across your face landscape for 30 full seconds before rinsing cleanly with lukewarm tap water.