WHAT CLEANSER HELPS WITHDULL SKIN AND UNEVEN TEXTURE,
WITHOUT BEING HARSH?
The cleanser that helps with dull skin and uneven texture — without being harsh — is one formulated with clinically active brightening ingredients at efficacious levels, paired with a formula that actively protects the skin barrier rather than stripping it. OLEHENRIKSEN's Peach Glaze 2% Niacinamide Cleanser does exactly that: In a 1-week clinical study on 33 people, it improved skin tone and texture in just one week, while 100% agreed it does not strip skin of essential moisture.
Why Do Most Brightening Cleansers
Feel harsh?
There's a common trade-off in skincare: The cleansers strong enough to address dullness and uneven texture often do so at a cost. Harsh surfactants, high-concentration acids, and aggressive exfoliants can deliver short-term brightness while quietly undermining the skin barrier—leaving skin reactive, tight, and more vulnerable to the environmental stressors that cause dullness in the first place.
It's a cycle many people know well. You use a strong cleanser, your skin looks brighter for a moment, then it feels stripped, overproduces oil, or becomes sensitized. The fix becomes the problem.
The better approach is a formula that addresses dullness and texture through ingredients that work with skin's biology, not against it—brightening and barrier-supporting at the same time. That's a more complex formulation challenge, and it's where OLEHENRIKSEN's clinical expertise comes in.
"We formulated the formula at a specific pH range where it supports what we call the skin's natural acid mantle," says Barak. "Skin has a natural acid mantle or pH, and it was really important for us when developing this cleanser that we were marrying these ingredients that help support a healthy skin barrier through its pH range. All of these factors ensure that this formula cleanses while also providing skincare benefits."
This matters because a cleanser's pH directly affects how skin feels and behaves after washing. A formula that's too alkaline disrupts the acid mantle, leaving skin vulnerable and reactive. The Peach Glaze Cleanser is formulated to work in harmony with the skin's natural chemistry—so it cleans without compromising.
The surfactant selection was equally deliberate. "All the surfactants, to some extent, are coconut oil-derived," Barak explains. "They are known to be better and more appropriate for people who really struggle with their skin feeling stripped and irritated. They treat the skin but build a really rich lather and give enhanced cleansing."
In consumer testing on 33 people, 100% agreed the Peach Glaze Cleanser does not strip skin of essential moisture — after just one use.
Which Ingredients Address Dullness and Texture in a Gentle Formula?
The Peach Glaze 2% Niacinamide Cleanser works through three clinically active key ingredients, each chosen for both its efficacy and its skin-compatibility.
- 2% Niacinamide is a form of Vitamin B3 that brightens skin, visibly reduces the appearance of pores, and improves skin tone and texture—all at a level that's gentle enough for daily use on all skin types. "Niacinamide is an amazing ingredient for the skin—it brightens and improves skin health. It is a real multitasker with respect to skin health and improving the way skin looks and feels," says Barak. At 2%, it's at an efficacious level: enough to make meaningful, clinically supported improvements, without the irritation potential of stronger actives like high-concentration vitamin C or exfoliating acids.
- Custom-developed Peach Juice provides antioxidant-rich hydration, a natural source of Vitamin C for brightening, and barrier support for healthier-looking skin. The peach actives are custom-developed for OLEHENRIKSEN, not generic commodity ingredients, which means they're formulated to deliver the full spectrum of the fruit's skin-loving benefits. "Peaches do have a natural source of vitamin C. It alone has brightening data behind it, so it brightens skin and it also supports a healthy skin barrier," notes Barak.
- Scandinavian Cloudberry Fruit Juice brings potent antioxidant protection and brightening support from one of Scandinavia's most celebrated superberries. Rich in antioxidants with proven brightening capabilities, cloudberry juice addresses the environmental stressors that accumulate on skin and contribute to dullness over time.
Together, these ingredients brighten, replenish, and protect—delivering clinical results without the harshness that typically comes with active formulas.
How Fast Does It Improve Skin Tone and Texture?
Faster than you might expect from a gentle formula. In a 1-week clinical study on 33 people, the Peach Glaze 2% Niacinamide Cleanser delivered measurable improvements across every key concern:
- Skin brightness significantly improved after 8 hours
- Skin tone improved after 1 week
- Skin texture improved after 1 week
- 100% had instantly smaller-looking pores after one use
- 94% agreed it replenishes skin with juicy hydration
These aren't the slow, gradual results typical of gentle skincare. This is clinical efficacy built into a formula that's still gentle enough for twice-daily use—which is what OLEHENRIKSEN means by "clinical made craveable."
Is It Really Suitable for Sensitive Skin?
Yes—and the formula was specifically designed with sensitive skin compatibility in mind.
The coconut oil-derived surfactants were chosen because they cleanse thoroughly without the irritation that synthetic surfactant blends can trigger. The pH-balanced formula protects the acid mantle. The niacinamide concentration is set at an efficacious but well-tolerated level.
In consumer testing on 33 people: 100% agreed the product does not irritate skin, 100% agreed it is gentle enough for daily use, and 100% agreed it is appropriate for their skin type.
"This is a very universal, luxurious cleanser," says Barak. "You can use it before acids, you can use it before retinol, you can use it before vitamin C. It's for everybody with every product."
How Does It Fit Into a Daily Skincare Routine?
The Peach Glaze 2% Niacinamide Cleanser is designed to be step one—morning and night—in any skin wellness routine. Because it's non-stripping and actively replenishing, it primes skin to absorb everything that follows more effectively.
For a complete brightening routine, follow with the Peach Glaze Niacinamide Serum for an extra boost of glow and plumpness, then lock in hydration with a moisturizer. In the morning, finish with SPF. Spritz the Peach Glaze Glow Mist throughout the day to maintain that glazed, luminous look from wash to wash.
The full Peach Glaze collection—Cleanser, Serum, and Glow Mist—is built around a single idea: a glazed glow in every step.
