Dermalogica PreCleanse: a Guru Score of 77% from 5 experts

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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DermAngelo

963k subs

✓Yay

"I like the pre-cleanse by Dermalogica. As always, this is what I use to start my oil cleanse."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

✓Yay

"I was thinking about Western options here, largely because in the Ulta 21 Days of Beauty we had [...] the Dermalogica Pre-Cleanse Oil available, and that's a great cleansing oil, it really is. I feel like it probably costs more, or at least about the same price as this entire box."

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"I was thinking about Western options here, largely because in the Ulta 21 Days of Beauty we had [...] the Dermalogica Pre-Cleanse Oil available, and that's a great cleansing oil, it really is. I feel like it probably costs more, or at least about the same price as this entire box."

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"The Dermalogica Precleanse is a cleansing oil. It's not a new product, and I feel like it's just way too expensive for me to repurchase at this point. There are so many good K beauty cleansing oils and even drugstore cleansing oils, amazing options out there, that I feel you just don't need to pay this price, in my personal opinion."

Mixed Makeup

1.46M subs

✓Yay

"The pre-cleanse from Dermalogica, that pre-cleanse is one of my favorites. It's actually probably one of the first oil-based cleansers that really got me into double cleansing. I remember the first time I got it I didn't know anything about double cleansing and I was like how do you use this, like it doesn't really clean my face. I remember having those specific thoughts. It's a first cleanse, that's all."

Minkology 101 & Skincare

225k subs

✓Yay

"This is a pre-cleanse this is just to remove any excessive oils there's anything before I get started. I love love and love their product."

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

✓Yay

"This is the oil to foam cleanser from Dermalogica, it's an esthetician best friend. This is literally an oil that ends up foaming up on your hands and your face. The way you use it is just by mixing it with water. I absolutely love this. As an aesthetician, I want to make sure that I'm cleaning someone's skin so that their other products can really soak in, and you usually do that through foaming, which can also make the skin barrier stripped. But this one cleans without that stripping feeling."

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"This is the oil to foam cleanser from Dermalogica, it's an esthetician best friend. This is literally an oil that ends up foaming up on your hands and your face. The way you use it is just by mixing it with water. I absolutely love this. As an aesthetician, I want to make sure that I'm cleaning someone's skin so that their other products can really soak in, and you usually do that through foaming, which can also make the skin barrier stripped. But this one cleans without that stripping feeling."

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"The PreCleanse is more of a luxury. This smells so lovely. This is basically a makeup-removing oil, and it works extremely well. Now, if you just put olive oil or jojoba oil from Trader Joe's on your face, yes, that will also do the trick and be more than fine for removing makeup. But this is a really unique formula that while it is expensive, it's a luxury product. I find it to be worth it in my routine, and I love using this on others."

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"Dermalogica's pre-cleanse is a really good product that is one that I do rely on regularly. It feels a little bit nicer than something like the inky list and I love this and personally use this. When putting this on someone else's face it's a little bit harder to work with whereas the pre-cleanse does have like a very relaxing smell that is one of my favorites when it comes to makeup removal."

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"There are some Dermalogica products that I don't like, and there are some that I absolutely adore, such as the Pre-Cleanse and the Daily Microfoliant."

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"The precleanse is also really luxurious."

What the evidence says.

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

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 Dermalogica PreCleanse?

Dermalogica PreCleanse is an oil-based first-step cleanser that is massaged onto skin to break down makeup, sunscreen and excess oil, then emulsifies with water and rinses away before a second cleanse.

Is Dermalogica PreCleanse worth it?

Yes. All 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 77%.

What is Dermalogica PreCleanse's Guru Score?

Dermalogica PreCleanse holds a Guru Score of 77%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.