Amplified Glow Charcoal and Green Tea Facial Cleanser Review

What this product is

The Amplified Glow™ Charcoal and Green Tea Facial Cleanser is a 177 mL rinse-off facial cleanser. Amplified Glow discloses activated charcoal, green tea extract, white tea extract, aloe vera, sodium hyaluronate, panthenol, MSM and ascorbic acid, plus orange peel, sunflower, olive, coconut and tamanu oils.

It is directed for morning and evening use, and it is the first step of any routine built from Amplified Glow products.

Formula and ingredient context

Amplified Glow discloses more named ingredients for this cleanser than for any other product in the catalogue. That is a genuine strength — but it also throws the omission into relief.

For a rinse-off cleanser, the surfactant system determines most of what the product does. Everything else — the charcoal, the tea extracts, the conditioning ingredients — is present alongside a cleansing base that Amplified Glow does not name. Without it you cannot tell whether the formula is sulfate-based, whether it is a syndet, or what to expect on sensitive skin.

That omission is more noticeable because Amplified Glow does make sulfate-free claims across its haircare line. The absence of one here is not evidence that sulfates are present; it is simply an absence of information, and we treat it as such.

Two disclosed ingredients are worth a note. Ascorbic acid appears here rather than the sodium ascorbyl phosphate used in the brightening serum — a different vitamin C form in a rinse-off product, where contact time is short. And MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) is disclosed without a stated cosmetic function.

The tea extracts have their own page: green tea extract in cosmetic formulas covers what the ingredient-level evidence supports and where it stops.

Routine fit

Amplified Glow directs users to apply a small amount to wet hands, massage onto wet face and neck in circular motions, rinse thoroughly with warm water, and use morning and night.

As the first step, it precedes every leave-on product in the range. If you are building a full routine, the natural sequences are cleanser then peptide serum then cream, or cleanser then vitamin C serum then cream in the morning.

Price and value context

Listed at $20.00, reduced from $25.00. At 177 mL that is $11.30 per 100 mL at the sale price — the lowest of any Amplified Glow facial product by a wide margin.

That is expected rather than remarkable. Rinse-off cleansers are typically larger and cheaper per millilitre than leave-on serums across the whole category, because they are used in greater quantity and rinsed away. Comparing a cleanser's price per millilitre against a serum's tells you almost nothing useful — it is a comparison across formats, which our price-per-ounce guide warns against.

Safety and patch-test information

Amplified Glow publishes: for external use only, avoid contact with eyes, discontinue use if irritation occurs, and a patch-test recommendation before first use.

Because the surfactant system is undisclosed, anyone with a known reaction to a specific cleansing agent cannot screen this product from the website. Contacting the brand before buying is the practical option.

Evidence notes

Size, price, disclosed ingredients, directions and warnings come from the Amplified Glow product page and shop listing, checked on the date shown at the top of this page.

The product page doesn’t name the cleansing agents or make a sulfate-free claim, and the store’s own labelling isn’t fully consistent about whether this is a cleanser or a scrub. We note both so you know what to double-check if either matters to you.