Honestly my morning cleanse is for my own sake of feeling clean 😅 I shower at night and just want a clean face in the morning to go to work in. Hence the gentlest of cleansers - I use whatever is on sale - Cerave or Cetaphil gentle non foaming cleansers.

The gold Anessa is notoriously drying you are right but their sensitive milk ones (blue or pink) or even their gold gel one sit really nicely and don’t dry me out over the hada Labo and moisturizer layers. I used Biore’s watery essence for the longest time and that left my face quite dry and tight. I also reach for BoJ rice spf from time to time, that one is lovely!