Whitening Face Wash 60ml

• The only sulphate-free wash we make: Every other Face Fresh cleanser uses a sulphate or a true soap base. This one uses neither.
• Close to skin’s own pH: Sarcosinate and amphoteric surfactants work in the mildly acidic range, unlike a soap-based wash, which is alkaline.
• Low foam is the trade-off: It will not lather like a sulphate wash. That is what mild costs, and it is worth paying.
• Pairs with a strong cream: If a brightening cream is doing the work, the cleanser’s job is to stay out of the way.
• Less product per wash than a foaming one: There is no sulphate driving big bubbles, so a small squeeze covers the whole face.

Ten ingredients, and three of them are the surfactant system. This is the shortest cleanser list in the Face Fresh range.

Sodium Myristoyl Sarcosinate — An amino-acid surfactant built on sarcosine. It cleans without the protein disruption that gives sulphate washes their tight finish.

Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate — An amphoteric. Usually these soften a harsher primary surfactant; here there is no harsh primary, so it does real cleaning itself.

PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate — A sugar-derived thickener. It gives the wash its slip and stops a low-foam formula feeling thin in the hand.

Raspberry Extract — Listed first, which cannot be right in a water-based wash. There is no good evidence that raspberry extract brightens skin.

Water is printed last on this list. In a product that is mostly water that cannot be correct, because INCI runs in descending order of concentration. Treat every position here as unreliable until the manufacturer reissues it. No preservative is listed either, which for a water-based wash needs an answer before this page goes live.

Full ingredient list, as printed on pack

Raspberry Extract, Glycerin, Sodium Myristoyl Sarcosinate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Sodium Lauromaphoacetate, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, Glycol Distearate, PEG-150 Pentaerithitol, Fragrance, Aqua.

1. Wet the face with lukewarm water.
2. A small squeeze is enough. This one does not foam much, and that is not a fault.
3. Massage for about twenty seconds, avoiding the eye area, then rinse.
4. Twice a day, or once if you are also using one of the bars.
5. Follow with your treatment step. This wash clears the surface; it does not do the tone work.
6. If another cleanser has left your skin tight or stinging, this is the one to switch to.

Does it actually whiten skin?

No. There is no tone ingredient in this formula at all — no arbutin, no niacinamide, no kojic acid, no vitamin C. It cleans and nothing more. The name comes from the Whitening range it belongs to, alongside the three bars, and we would rather tell you that than let the label do the talking.

So what is the point of it?

It is the mildest cleanser we make, and that has real value. If you are using a brightening cream or an acid, the wash underneath should not be adding irritation of its own. This one has no sulphate and no soap base, which is unusual at this price and genuinely hard to find.

What is a sarcosinate, in plain terms?

A surfactant built from an amino acid rather than from a sulphate. It lifts oil and dirt off the skin without pulling as hard at the proteins that cause that tight, squeaky feeling. Baby washes and cleansers for reactive skin tend to use this family.

Why does it barely foam?

Because big foam usually comes from sulphates, and there are none here. Lather has almost nothing to do with how clean your face gets — it is a texture people have been trained to expect. If you want more bubbles, wet your hands first and work the product between your palms before it touches your face.

Should I use this or one of the whitening soaps?

Use the wash on your face and a bar on your body, if you want both. The bars carry niacinamide and arbutin, so they do a little tone work that this does not. But they are alkaline and this is not, which makes the wash the safer daily choice for facial skin.

Will it take off sunscreen at the end of the day?

Not reliably. Mild surfactants struggle with water-resistant sunscreen and heavy makeup. If you wear either, use an oil or balm cleanser first and this one second. On a bare face, or after a light moisturiser, one wash is plenty.

Is there a preservative in it?

The printed list does not name one, and a water-based wash needs one. It is possible the pack simply omits it. We have flagged it for the manufacturer rather than guessing, and we will update this answer once we have a written response.

Does the raspberry extract do anything?

Probably very little. It sits first on the list, which is almost certainly a printing error rather than a real concentration, and there is no reliable evidence that raspberry extract lightens or brightens skin. Treat it as a nice thing on the carton, not as a reason to buy.