Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser: a Guru Score of 87% from 9 experts

What the gurus are saying.

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✓Yay

"Funnily enough, I didn't love the Dr. Sam's Flawless Cleanser at first, my friend gave me a bottle, but oh my gosh, I do now, and it has become my travel staple. It is the perfect double cleanser, it takes off every little bit of makeup and sunscreen, and it's gentle enough for the second cleanse as well, which I always do just to be sure."

All 2 takes from Skin Obsessed Mary

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"When I emulsify it, it turns into [...] sort of a jelly, sort of a soft cream. There's no squeaky finish. There's no tightness. It does exactly what I want a second cleanse to do in the evening. It removes any residue left from the balm and leaves my skin feeling calm and balanced. It is a really lovely formula, especially if you're like me dealing with dry and dehydrated skin. And from my understanding, this is also great for sensitive skin, too."

I Know Better. I'm Doing It Anyway

"Funnily enough, I didn't love the Dr. Sam's Flawless Cleanser at first, my friend gave me a bottle, but oh my gosh, I do now, and it has become my travel staple. It is the perfect double cleanser, it takes off every little bit of makeup and sunscreen, and it's gentle enough for the second cleanse as well, which I always do just to be sure."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

✓Yay

"This is just one of the nicest most hydrating cleansers I've ever used and I don't usually team the term hydrating with a cleanser but when there's 50% glycerin in a cleanser it's obviously going to be hydrating. It's such nice texture. There's aloe, there's oat extract, arginine as well so all soothing and helping to support the skin barrier. You get your money's worth with this cleanser."

Caroline Hirons

250k subs

✓Yay

"I love Dr. Sam's cleanser for me because [...] it just takes off my makeup. It cleanses. It doesn't strip. It's so gentle. It never irritates."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

✓Yay

"The Dr. Sam's Flawless Cleanser, really nice fragrance-free cleanser, pretty gentle. It's got some vitamin E and aloe and good stuff in it. I like the pump bottle."

All 4 takes from No BS Beauty

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"The Dr. Sam's Flawless Cleanser, really nice fragrance-free cleanser, pretty gentle. It's got some vitamin E and aloe and good stuff in it. I like the pump bottle."

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"I'm using the Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser as a second step."

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"It's very nice, it's a great second step or morning cleanser. Light lather, rinses clean but not squeaky clean. It's very gentle. It's got a short ingredient list with aloe, vitamin E, BHT preservative. I really focus on very affordable cleansers because they spend the least amount of time on your skin. A good, well-formulated affordable cleanser is going to be just as good as a really expensive one."

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"The Flawless Cleanser is great. Um, the dark spots also really wonderful. So, if you haven't checked any of those out, it's certainly worth checking out. Um, yeah. So, I like a pump bottle. It's one of my favorites to keep in the shower if it's got a pump on it."

Gothamista

683k subs

✓Yay

"Of course, a staple for me is Dr. Sam's Flawless Cleanser. All of these wash off completely clean without residue. Does not dry out the skin. They're effective and I feel like it's just changed the overall condition of my skin to be better."

Top Pick: second step cleanser

All 2 takes from Gothamista

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"Of course, a staple for me is Dr. Sam's Flawless Cleanser. All of these wash off completely clean without residue. Does not dry out the skin. They're effective and I feel like it's just changed the overall condition of my skin to be better."

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"I've got Dr Sam's Flawless cleansers, another one of my favorite and super gentle second cleansers."

Mad About Skin

731k subs

✓Yay

"I've always been a fan of this, the Dr Sam's Flawless [...] Cleanser. The cap on this is so good that you can just dispense a small amount out. [...] If you don't mind having something bulky on your vanity, you really don't actually need the refill container; you can just use this as your cleanser. It is so much cheaper and it allows you to disperse the right amount."

All 3 takes from Mad About Skin

SKINCARE LIVESTREAM - Come And Chat

"Dr Sam's cleanser is amazing. If you're the sort of person that wants genuine refillable products, [...] look at the Dr Sam's refill on their cleanser. It comes in this humongous pouch of like 500 mil of cleanser and you can decant it into your other cleanser. That's how you do refills. [...] Their cleanser is amazing."

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"I've always been a fan of this, the Dr Sam's Flawless [...] Cleanser. The cap on this is so good that you can just dispense a small amount out. [...] If you don't mind having something bulky on your vanity, you really don't actually need the refill container; you can just use this as your cleanser. It is so much cheaper and it allows you to disperse the right amount."

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"The Dr Sam Flawless Cleanser is just a great cleanser. It doesn't promise anything magical, it doesn't have any hidden secret ingredients in it, it's just an effective cleanser. It gets everything off the skin, gets it prepped for the rest of your skincare routine. [...] The reason I love this is they do refills and they do refills right. [...] You get a ton of product, it's a lot cheaper, and there's a lot less packaging in this than [...] the original."

Doctor Anne

56k subs

✓Mixed

"The Dr. Sam's Flawless Cleanser, which I like, but don't love. This is a very good plain cleanser. You can use it to remove makeup. You can use it in the mornings. It leaves the skin feeling calm and hydrated. It's just there's no fun in using it. It's a very good cleanser, but it doesn't spark joy, which I know is a luxury problem."

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Frequently asked.

What is Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser?

A gentle, fragrance-free gel cleanser designed to remove makeup and cleanse without stripping the skin barrier.

Is Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser worth it?

Mostly yes. 8 of the 9 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 87%.

What is Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser's Guru Score?

Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser holds a Guru Score of 87%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.