PRODUCT REVIEW: THE ORDINARY SQUALANE CLEANSER – THE BEST FACE CLEANSER FOR DRY SKIN
THE ORDINARY | SQUALANE CLEANSER
This review was originally part of my blog article titled, A Complete $100 Skincare Routine with The Inkey List, The Ordinary, Benton & More! You can catch the full piece here.
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I can’t say enough about this cleanser. Not only is it dirt cheap (no pun intended!), but it’s a phenomenal cleanser that gets the job done.
Where do I start? Well, it’s just $7.90 for a 50ml tube. That’s relatively small for a facial cleanser and Deciem took some slack over it from die-hard fans of The Ordinary. I found that my first tube of it lasted me about three weeks. I’d been using it since the day it launched and had gone through maybe a dozen of them before Deciem tripled the size to 150ml. Even then, they managed to keep the cost below $20!
The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser is aptly named because its first ingredient is literally Squalane — the super replenishing, non-fragrant plant oil found in olives. It also happens to be found in human skin, meaning it’s bio-compatible — the skin already recognizes it and skin loves ingredients it already knows!
Deciem says that, “the formula incorporates Squalane, alongside other lipophilic esters that are gentle, moisturizing, efficient in dissolving makeup and facial impurities and increasing the spreadability of the product.” I couldn’t have said it any better.
The Squalane Cleanser formula functions much like a cleansing balm or cleansing oil. You need to massage a small amount onto dry skin for a bit. Its thick, rich texture emulsifies with warm water to remove grime, sunscreen and makeup, if worn. It feels so effective that I often don’t bother to double cleanse after it, feeling that it’s done the job perfectly well. It’s simply a no-brainer for the $100 regimen!
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The Ingredient List of the The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser:
sii|emo 0 1, Aqua (Water) solv, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate emo, Glycerin 
sii|h 0 0, Sucrose Stearate emo|emu|surf 0 0, Ethyl Macadamiate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emo, Sucrose Laurate emo|emu|surf, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate h, Sucrose Dilaurate emo|emu|surf, Sucrose Trilaurate emu|surf, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 vc, Isoceteth-20 emu|surf, Sodium Polyacrylate vc|emo, Tocopherol aox 0-3 0-3, Hydroxymethoxyphenyl Decanone aox|so, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate chel, Malic Acid exf|buff, Ethylhexylglycerin pres, Chlorphenesin pres|amic
