Cleansing Balm vs. Oil vs. Micellar Water: A Guide to Cleanser Textures

If there’s one skincare rule everyone should follow—other than wearing sunscreen—it’s washing your face before you go to bed. While we sleep, our skin works on repairing itself, so hitting the hay with makeup, sunscreen, pollution, and everything else that your complexion can pick up throughout the day, literally disrupts your beauty sleep. Naturally, the next question is how to wash your face. From foaming face washes to makeup-removing wipes, there are many options for achieving a clean slate. If you don't know where to start, you are not alone. To help settle the debate, we turned to the pros to break down three very common ways to wash your face: Cleansing balm vs. cleansing oil vs. micellar water. “I think cleansing is one of the most fundamental routines in taking care of your skin,” says Jodi LoGerfo, a medical and cosmetic dermatologist at Orentreich Medical Group. “Each [type of product] has a unique formulation and mechanism for skin cleansing.”Read on for everything you need...