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Makeup removal

3 products we review are built for makeup removal — all of them cleansers. The ingredients doing most of the work: heartleaf and vitamin e. Most are made for sensitive skin and acne-prone skin.

Breakouts, blackheads, oil and pores — the clear-skin department, minus the stripping.

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Top rated

The makeup removal podium.

The ingredients behind it

Key actives in the products that deliver makeup removal — tap one for what it does and how strong the evidence is.

3 products

Every makeup removal pick.

3 products

Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water
Cult favorite

Bioderma

Sensibio H2O Micellar Water

8.3Great

The original no-rinse micellar water: fragrance-free, gentle on sensitive skin and effective on everyday makeup with a cotton pad.

Micellar water4$14.99
Banila Co Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm Original
Cult favorite Trending

Banila Co

Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm Original

8.2Great

The sherbet-textured K-beauty balm that melts makeup and sunscreen and rinses clean — the cleansing-balm benchmark, with added fragrance.

Cleansing balm4$21.00
Anua Heartleaf Pore Control Cleansing Oil
Viral Trending

Anua

Heartleaf Pore Control Cleansing Oil

7.7Good

The viral heartleaf cleansing oil: a light, rinse-clean first cleanse for makeup and sebum, but fragranced and breakout-prone for some.

Cleansing oil4$22.00