For some reason, we live in a world where beauty products have become very complicated. Between foaming cleansers for oily skin, bar cleansers for acne-prone skin, you have to admit, it gets confusing, and it doesn’t help that these said beauty products don’t necessarily deliver what they’ve promised — even after you’ve forked out about $200 for them.

Enter The Ordinary’s brand new gentle, moisturising cleanser, the Squalane Cleanser. The brand is not new to beauty junkies; it has singlehandedly changed the face of skincare, delivering high-performance products at bargain prices. Considering all the products that have come before it, you can’t help but to expect a lot from one itty bitty bottle of cleanser. This tiny but mighty baby delivers, though.  

At $17, the Squalane Cleanser will cost you less than a pair of movie tickets, and the star ingredient is vegan squalane — an ingredient that is already found in our skin. It is a a natural lipid found in our skin’s sebum that is deeply hydrating without feeling heavy.

You start with a dollop of the product, and warm it up between the palms of your dry hands. When it melts into a slick buttery consistency, you massage it on your face and it’ll melt your makeup — even the most stubborn — with ease. Once you’re done, just wash it off.

The cleanser is a game changer, removing the need to double cleanse with an oil-based cleanser to get rid of makeup before and following it up with a foaming, or a water-based cleanser to remove the greasy residue. The best part is: this is just the first of the growing family of The Ordinary cleansers. Our wallets (and faces) are ready.

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