Ranked by evidence

The best cleansers, by efficacy grade

Not "editor's picks" — a ranking by what the formula can actually do. Every cleanser below is graded on its active, the dose, and the evidence, with the receipts one tap away. Top grade in this category right now: B.

B #1 · Bee Beauty Bee Beauty Micellar Makeup Cleansing Water
— 73/100 C #2 · Equate Maximum Strength Cleansing Pads
— 67/100 C #3 · CeraVe Hydrating cream-to-foam cleanser
— 65/100 C #4 · Simple Simple Daily Skin Detox Clear Pore Scrub
— 65/100 C #5 · La Roche-Posay Effaclar Medicated Gel Cleanser
$17 63/100 C #6 · CeraVe Cleanser
— 61/100 C #7 · La roche-posay Effaclar
— 61/100 C #8 · Cerave 3606000537750
— 61/100 C #9 · Qiriness Baume Divin
— 61/100 C #10 · Maruderm Maruderm Rice Radiant Purifying Cleanser
— 61/100 C #11 · Nestlé Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser
— 61/100 C #12 · Etos Cleansing Nourishing Milk
— 61/100 C #13 · Hanskin Hanskin Cleansing Foam & Blackhead 120ml
— 61/100 D #14 · The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 0.5% Acne Treatment Daily Cleanser
$13 57/100 D #15 · Essity Demakup Cotton Science Fraicheur
— 57/100 D #16 · Johnson & Johnson Deep Clean
— 57/100 D #17 · NIVEA NIVEA Soothing Face Cleansing Foam
— 57/100 D #18 · Carrefour 25 lingettes démaquillantes fraîcheur
— 57/100 D #19 · Facetheory Glow-C Cream Cleanser
— 57/100 D #20 · Calliston by Christian Artesio Cleansing solution for face and eyes
— 57/100 D #21 · Celenes By Sweden Celenes By Sweden Cloudberry Cleansing Foaming Gel Dry/Sensitive Skin
— 57/100 D #22 · Collagen By Watsons Collagen By Watsons Moisturising Temizleyici
— 57/100 D #23 · Naturalia Eau micellaire demaquillante
— 57/100 D #24 · CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser
$16 53/100 D #25 · CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser
$16 53/100

How this ranking is built

Each cleanser is scored on its disclosed actives versus published effective-concentration thresholds, the formulation, and any product-specific study — the same open rubric we grade everything on. You can't pay to move a spot. Most products in this category don't disclose enough to grade at all; those are excluded here.

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