The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser 50 ml Review

 Ingredients:

Squalane, Aqua (Water), Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Glycerin, Sucrose Stearate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sucrose Laurate, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Sucrose Dilaurate, Sucrose Trilaurate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Isoceteth-20, Sodium Polyacrylate, Tocopherol, Hydroxymethoxyphenyl Decanone, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Malic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Chlorphenesin.

I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green.  Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...

Thoughts:

- If no second cleanser is used, leaves residue on my skin that seems to break me out

- I feel I have to rub it surprisingly long between my fingers to get the balm turn to oily texture

- Just doesn't turn as oily, runny and easy to use as normal cleansing oils

- Doesn't work for well for clearing out clogged pores, I feel massaging does almost nothing in comparison to normal cleansing oils

- The Ordinary says you only need a little at a time, but I feel I have to use quite a lot product to have enough so that I don't have to harshly rub my face or eyes to get the make up off

- ... actually, quite pricy considering the price structure of the Ordinary. It is no cheaper than any other cleansing oil, also I maybe am using it faster than its competitors.



+ No scent

+ Doesn't irritate at all, not even eyes, haven't noticed cloudy vision either

+ "Good enough"

+ Not drying at all

+ Takes makeup, sunscreen etc off very well as long as enough product is used

+ Emulsifies and washes off very well as well, at this point no need to rub like crazy (but I definitely need a second cleanser etc because it leaves almost undetectable residue that seems to break me out)

+ Nice for travelling, easy tube packaging, thick consistency. But, it's not like I'll be doing travelling for some time now.

* I thought I would absolutely love The Ordinary's Squalane Cleanser, I thought it could be my all-in-one, especially as a travel cleanser as it comes in two handy sizes. Maybe I just don't know how to use balm cleansers properly, maybe my hands and face are so cold all the time that the product just doesn't melt as it supposed to?

* If I compare The Ordinary's Squalane Clanser and Hylamide's High-Efficiency Face Cleaner, I like Hylamide better even though I think it smells bad. And it is very watery.

* I am going to try more balm type first cleansers, but it seems the traditional cleansing oils are my preferred type, as it is easier to clear clogs by massaging, also heavier oils don't absorb to skin and you don't need to use so much.

Price: 

7,20 € / 50 ml

18,20 € / 150 ml

Bought from: 

The Ordinary website

Buy again? 

Maybe-no. I mean, I could, but with all the "better" choices out there, will I?

Worth the money? 

I wish I could compare The Ordinary's Squalane Cleanser to several other balmy oil cleansers, but the only one I've tried is the classic Banila Co Clean It Zero, and that one was so much more pleasant to use because it melted so easily, but I had only mini so can't properly assess it. Anyway, for me I don't think Squalane Cleanser is worth the repurchase. It is ok product however and if I got one as a gift I would use it. Also, if the 150 ml tube were to cost the same as 50 ml (7,20 €) I would purchase it just because it is so cheap and "good enough".