La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil
by La Roche-Posay · skin_care
Editor's Take
A cleansing oil in texture more than substance, but the Glycerin-led base makes this sulfate wash a credible counter pick for dry, sensitive skin.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 7.8 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 7.0 / 10
- Clean Standards: 5.0 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 8.6 / 10
The Verdict
Ulta’s La Roche-Posay listing promises 24-hour hydration, gentle cleansing, immediate soothing, softer skin, and protection against moisture loss for dry to extra-dry sensitive skin. Glycerin leading the formula, alongside sucrose, Niacinamide, PEG-75 Shea Butter Glycerides, and Vitreoscilla Ferment, gives the wash credible humectant, lipid-replenishing, barrier, and microbiome support, although the brand’s 24-hour figure cannot be verified from the ingredient list. Sodium Laureth Sulfate remains the main detergent, tempered by Coco-Betaine, so this should cleanse effectively without being as mild as an amino-acid wash; the fragrance-free and paraben-free claims hold, but ethoxylated Sodium Laureth Sulfate, PEG-75 Shea Butter Glycerides, and Polysorbate 20 keep the formula from clean-beauty territory. Formula sustainability is favorable overall because much of the blend is renewable or readily biodegradable, though Sodium Laureth Sulfate and the ethoxylated materials retain petrochemical and processing drawbacks. A credible daily face-and-body wash for dry skin, with better moisture support than the average foaming cleanser but no way to confirm all-day hydration from INCI alone.
Is La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil clean?
DARE scores La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil by La Roche-Posay 5.0 / 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 La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil?
The formula leads with Aqua / Water / Eau, Glycerin, Sucrose, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Coco-Betaine, Sodium Chloride. 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 La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil by La Roche-Posay scores Performance 7.8 / 10, Clean Standards 5.0 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 7.0 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 8.6 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Aqua / Water / Eau, Glycerin, Sucrose, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Coco-Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Niacinamide, Peg-75 Shea Butter Glycerides, Sodium Hydroxide, Vitreoscilla Ferment, Citric Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Pentylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Sodium Benzoate (F.I.L. N70017726/1).
Last updated October 8, 2026