Indie Lee Purifying Face Wash

Editor's Take

Indie Lee gets the balance right: glucamide cleansing stays gentle, while the fruit-enzyme angle gives this wash more purpose than most of its peers.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 7.8 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 7.2 / 10
• Clean Standards: 10.0 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 10.0 / 10

The Verdict

The glucamide surfactants should cleanse thoroughly without the bluntness of sulfates, with glycerin and sucrose cocoate supporting a more comfortable finish. Spondias mombin, mango, and banana pulps add credible resurfacing potential, though rinse-off contact limits how much exfoliation to expect. The biodegradable, plant-forward base is a real strength, but multiple citrus extracts may give reactive skin pause. Among active cleansers, this is a well-judged daily wash rather than a peel in disguise.

Is Indie Lee Purifying Face Wash clean?

DARE scores Indie Lee Purifying Face Wash by Indie Lee 10.0 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.

What are the key ingredients in Indie Lee Purifying Face Wash?

The formula leads with Water, Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide, Coco Glucoside, Sucrose Cocoate, Glycerin. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.

How does DARE score Indie Lee Purifying Face Wash?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Indie Lee Purifying Face Wash by Indie Lee scores Performance 7.8 / 10, Clean Standards 10.0 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 7.2 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 10.0 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Water (Aqua/Eau), Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide, Coco Glucoside, Sucrose Cocoate, Glycerin, Spondias Mombin Pulp Extract, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Pulp Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Extract, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Fruit Extract, Rose Damascena Flower Extract, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Extract, Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Flower Extract, Lavendula Angustifloia (Lavender) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower Extract, Musa Sapientum (Banana) Pulp Extract, Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Fruit Extract, Arctium Lappa Root Extract, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Propanediol, Pentylene Glycol (Natural), Phenethyl Alcohol (Natural)