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It transforms from a silky balm to a gentle oil, leaving your skin clean but never stripped.
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Dr. Althea’s Pure Grinding Cleansing Balm checks both of those boxes.
The formula emulsifies so well and melts mascara, eyeliner, and the rest off like a total dream.
My skin feels baby smooth and perfectly soft every time I use it.
Allureshopping market editor Angela Trakoshis washing her face with the Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm.
Its balm-to-oil formula is spiked with blemish-reducing (and brightening!)
ingredients like vitamin E and antioxidant-rich oils derived from sea buckthorn, olives, and grapeseed.
Tester feedback:In the years since it launched (2018!
Commerce producer Sarah Hoffmann using Dr. Althea Pure Grinding Cleansing Balm
smells divineso much so, that other cleansing balms that smell waxy are an immediate turnoff.
Dr. Murphy-Rose also shouts out Farmacys addition of gluconolactone, a polyhydroxy acid.
A cousin of alpha-hydroxy acid, it helps to refine skin texture without irritation, she explains.
Allurecommerce writer Jennifer Hussein washing her face with the Banila Co. Clean It Zero Calming Cleansing Balm
It’s perfect for sensitive skin and consistently works well, she says.
How do I use a cleansing balm?
For some, this process is a welcome departure from the vigorous scrubbing of years past.
Allurecommerce editor Sarah Han washing her face with the Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm
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