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Clearing Skin Wash
Salicylic acid acne cleansing face wash
Premium · top third of skincare
Should you buy it??
Trust it
based on 3 of 6 signals
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI panel · Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Best on Claude (avg #7.0), weakest on ChatGPT (#11.0)
Owners love its effective yet gentle cleansing and exceptional longevity, but reactions divide sharply on skin compatibility and packaging quality.
Every side lands high — Trust it.
Main competitors
Top rivals in Skincare.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
Best on Claude (avg #7.0), weakest on ChatGPT (#11.0) Averaging across the AI panel, Clearing Skin Wash sits around #9.0 this snapshot.
Gemini
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Perplexity
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AI Mode
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Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 4,716 buyer ratings of the Clearing Skin Wash from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
4,716 ratings · 7 written
across 5 retailers
What owners single out
In their words
“I’ve used this for years daily and haven’t found another that both gently removes my makeup and also cleanses my skin without drying it out. It lays for absolutely ages as you need the tiniest amount even to remove a full face of makeup. I actually dispense it into a smaller pot as I find I don’t need a full pump and that helps me use it even slower. Probably lasts me well over a year for the larg”
Beck1518 · verified purchase · spacenk.com
“Overall I really like this face soap and my skin looks significantly better after just 2 1/2 weeks of using it. I have been pairing it with the Dermalogica AGE bright active clearing serum and the Dermalogica active moist moisturizer. However, the product packaging is very poor. The soap oozes out the sides of the lid and down the bottle making a sticky mess, but my main concern is that this is an”
KaeliBroyhill · verified purchase · sephora.com
as of July 8 · 4716 buyer ratings?
Frequent rivals?
What it competes against.
- Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid ExfoliantPaula's ChoiceDermalogica leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Clear Complexion Foaming CleanserAveenoDermalogica leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Acne Facial CleanserMario BadescuDermalogica leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Salicylic Acid Daily Gentle CleanserCosRXDermalogica leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Salicylic Acid CleanserSLMD SkincareDermalogica leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- LHA Cleanser GelSkinCeuticalsDermalogica leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- SkinActive Micellar Foaming Acne CleanserGarnierDermalogica leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
Alternatives by price · Same field?
Same money, different answer.
The recap
Where it stands today.
- PositionBest rank #7 across 1 intent tracked (climbed 15 this week).
- FootprintStrongest in Best Salicylic Acid Cleansers (#7).
- TraitsMost often described as “blemish-fighting”.
- Closest rivalSkin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant (1–0 across 1 shared intent).
- MakerBy Dermalogica — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.
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