Balancing Cleansing Emulsion

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Balancing Cleansing Emulsion

Clinically shown cleansing for a soothed skin barrier

The Challenge

The foundation of skin health begins with a cleanse.

While oilier skin types benefit from traditional cleansing agents that easily dissolve excess sebum, sensitized skin, especially post-treatment skin, can be intolerant to foaming surfactants due to an impaired lipid layer and increased reactivity.

The ideal cleanser for compromised skin should leave the complexion feeling thoroughly clean yet balanced without exacerbating dryness + redness. It should optimize the building blocks of a healthy skin barrier.

The Solution

NEW Balancing Cleansing Emulsion is a clinically shown, gel-to-milk cleanser that supports a healthy skin barrier while lifting oil and impurities for a supple + soothed complexion.

This fragrance-, dye- and sulfate-free cleanser is suitable for all skin types, especially for sensitized + post-treatment skin.

Introducing Balancing Cleansing Emulsion, a clinically shown, conditioning gel-to-milk cleanser that supports the protective skin barrier leaving skin soothed, supple and strong.

Benefits

Creamy gel melts on contact with skin to lift oil + impurities while protecting skin’s barrier
Upon activation with water, gel transforms into a milky fluid, rinsing clean with no residue
Provides calming benefits for all skin types, including sensitized + post-treatment skin
Fragrance-, dye- and sulfate-free

Key Ingredient Technologies

Non-foaming cleansing technology, protective lipids and calming extracts leave even sensitized and post-treatment skin supple + soothed.

Condition + support the protective skin barrier to deliver a supple, comfortable cleanse.

Ultra mild, non-foaming cleansing agents with a light feel lift impurities without disrupting the skin barrier.

Powerful soothers help to visibly calm reddened + itchy skin to mitigate reactivity.

Woman washing her face with Balancing Cleansing Emulsion

Tips For Usage

Apply Balancing Cleansing Emulsion to dry skin.
Massage around face + eyes. On contact with skin’s heat, gel formula will begin to melt and lift impurities.
Activate with water to transform cleanser into an easy-to-rinse milky emulsion. Rinse thoroughly.

Balancing Cleansing Emulsion can be used as a pre-cleanse on non-sensitized skin to remove stubborn makeup, followed by your favorite water-soluble cleanser: Gentle Cleanser, Exfoliating Cleanser, Hydrating Cleanser

ZO® Cleanser Guide

ZO® Skin Health delivers innovations for a variety of skincare needs + preferences. Below is a guide to selecting the ideal cleanser to meet your needs.

Post-Treatment Care

Calm skin, support recovery + enhance results following non-ablative in-office treatments, such as moderate peels, microneedling and lasers with these trusted ZO^® solutions.

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FAQs

Balancing Cleansing Emulsion is supported by 4 clinical studies and delivers many skin benefits:

Melts on contact with skin to effortlessly lift oil + impurities while protecting skin’s barrier
Upon activation with water, it transforms into a milky fluid, rinsing clean with no residue
Provides calming benefits for all skin types, including sensitized + post-treatment skin
Is fragrance-, dye- and sulfate-free

Sensitized skin can be a temporary or chronic condition caused by a variety of internal + environmental factors such as the frigid temps + dry heat of winter or overly using aggressive skincare topicals.

At ZO®, we believe that "sensitive" skin is actually sensitized, weakened skin that needs to be strengthened by using the right products.

Sensitized skin and post-treatment skin are both compromised skin. Sensitized is obtained through environmental factors, aggressive skincare topicals, etc. Post-treatment skin happens after in-office treatments. The use of Balancing Cleansing Emulsion can support skin's recovery.

Balancing Cleansing Emulsion can be used as a pre-cleanse to remove stubborn makeup + sunscreen followed by one of ZO's water-soluble cleansers suited for your skin type: Gentle Cleanser for all skin types, Exfoliating Cleanser for oily and blemish-prone skin, or Hydrating Cleanser for normal to dry skin.

No, Balancing Cleansing Emulsion is also ideal for skin that's sensitized (due to seasonal influences, over-using aggressive skincare topicals etc). It can also be used as a pre-cleanse to remove stubborn makeup + tenacious sunscreen followed by one of ZO's water-soluble cleansers for your skin type: Gentle Cleanser for all skin types, Exfoliating Cleanser for oily + blemish-prone skin or Hydrating Cleanser for normal to dry skin.

Balancing Cleansing Emulsion is a transformative cleanser that begins as a creamy gel, to be applied to dry skin. When you apply water to your face, it activates the cleanser into an easy-to-rinse milky emulsion.

No, Balancing Cleansing Emulsion is non-foaming. It utilizes ultra mild, non-foaming cleansing agents that lift oil + impurities without disrupting the skin barrier.

For a full Getting Skin Ready® protocol for normal to sensitized skin, we recommend pairing Balancing Cleansing Emulsion with Exfoliating Polish 1-2 times/week as your gentle exfoliant plus Calming Toner AM + PM after cleansing + exfoliating. From there, you can incorporate many of ZO's Prevent + Correct products plus Triple-Spectrum Protection® sunscreens.