Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream.

Cleansers

About this product

A creamy gel cleanser formulated to gently remove makeup and impurities while maintaining the skin barrier.

Full ingredients

Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Coco-Glucoside, 1, 2– Hexanediol, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Carrageenan, Coconut Acid, Alcohol, Tocopheryl Acetate, O–Cymen–5–Ol, Cholesterol, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Tocopherol, Alanyl Glutamine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Arginine, Ceramide NG, Ceramide NP, Glycine, Lysine, Oleic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Phenylalanine, Proline, Scenedesmus Rubescens Extract, Brassica Alba Oil, Disodium EDTA, Oligopeptide–177, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Hydroxide

Guru Score

65%

Mixed

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What the gurus are saying

This cleanser earns genuine praise for how gentle and effective it is, but experts sharply disagree on whether it justifies the $65, $90 price tag. Some found it genuinely nice enough to finish and repurchase if budget allowed; others felt it performs no better than cleansers at half the cost. The honest take: it works well, but you can find equally gentle options for far less money.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take February 2025

What they liked

Pleasant, gentle formula
Finished a full bottle

What they flagged

Very expensive for a cleanser
Heavy gel cream texture

Best for

Dry skin Sensitive skin

Type

CleansersCream

Key actives

Vitamin CVitamin ECeramidesPeptides

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeContains drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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No BS Beauty

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~Yay

"The one expensive cleanser that I actually did like was the Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream. It was really nice."

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"The one expensive cleanser that I actually did like was the Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream. It was really nice."

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"I bought a really expensive one, the Augustinus Bader cleanser. It was nice, but was it $90 nice? No, it wasn't worth it. [...] Compared to some of these other ones, if I did a blind test versus this versus half of these, I wouldn't know the difference."

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"It's the Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream. I really liked it, I finished it up, it was very nice. It's $73 and normally there's no way in hell I would ever spend $73 on a cleanser, it goes down the drain. There's a lot of great gentle cleansers out there you can use, but if price weren't an issue I'd have that one too because I really like it. It was really nice, really handy, and very gentle as well."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.73M subs

~Nay

"Augustinus Bader, I have The Cleansing Cream listed as something I hate. The price is 65 bucks. Are you kidding me for a glass, very heavy gel cream? [...] You do you if you have it, good for you, but you don't have to spend that much money for a cleanser."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Ceramides

Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream?

A creamy gel cleanser formulated to gently remove makeup and impurities while maintaining the skin barrier.

Is Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 65%.

What is Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream's Guru Score?

Augustinus Bader Cleansing Cream holds a Guru Score of 65%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.