Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm: a Guru Score of 75%

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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✓Yay

"The Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm [...] is completely undupable. Brand after brand has tried to duplicate this product and failed every single time. There is nothing with this consistency and texture out on the market. It is absolutely beautiful. If this is one of your staple products or you've always wanted to try it, usually it is in the Amazon Prime Day sale."

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The Budget Dermatologist

724k subs

✓Mixed

"I cannot stand it when people spend crazy money on cleansers like the Elemis Cleansing Balm, it's $72, $50 right now on Prime Day. I do like that they now made a fragrance-free option, but $50 for a cleanser is out of control."

Sincerely Miss Ash

195k subs

✓Yay

"When I put this all over, I let it sit for a couple of minutes just to let it marinate and basically melt off everything, and then when you go and rinse your face, your skin is super clean. It doesn't feel stripped, it actually feels really nourished. But I always go in with a second cleanse afterwards with a different cleanser just to make sure my skin is really clean before I start my nighttime routine. This is really lovely."

Dr. Aleksandra Brown

151k subs

✓Yay

"This cleansing balm is my favorite way to start winding down for the night. It melts on my skin, removes all traces of makeup, SPF, impurities from the day without stripping any of my skin's moisture. This luxurious texture turns my evening cleanse into a self-care ritual. Some of the key ingredients here are things like English Rose oil extract, Elderberry oil, Padina pavonica, these all help give it that nice buttery soft moisturizing texture that does an amazing job of taking makeup off."

All 2 takes from Dr. Aleksandra Brown

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"This cleansing balm is my favorite way to start winding down for the night. It melts on my skin, removes all traces of makeup, SPF, impurities from the day without stripping any of my skin's moisture. This luxurious texture turns my evening cleanse into a self-care ritual. Some of the key ingredients here are things like English Rose oil extract, Elderberry oil, Padina pavonica, these all help give it that nice buttery soft moisturizing texture that does an amazing job of taking makeup off."

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"I love the cleansing balm. It smells amazing, it is very soft on my skin, does not irritate my eyes, it's amazing at removing eye makeup off, especially if you're like me you have hooded eyelids and you use shadow primer. You're supposed to use the cleansing balm on dry skin so when I get in the shower I will put this on my entire face, massage it in really good, then wash it off with a regular face cleanser."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

✓Yay

"I do love a good high-end cleansing balm. I had a hard time picking between Eve Lom and Elemis, but in the end I went with Elemis because I like how there are now different scents from them. This cleansing balm just smells so enjoyable, and there's something in the texture and the whole ritual of using it to remove all your makeup and sunscreen. Nobody needs this kind of a fancy product, but if you like it, you're allowed to enjoy it."

All 3 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole

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"I do love a good high-end cleansing balm. I had a hard time picking between Eve Lom and Elemis, but in the end I went with Elemis because I like how there are now different scents from them. This cleansing balm just smells so enjoyable, and there's something in the texture and the whole ritual of using it to remove all your makeup and sunscreen. Nobody needs this kind of a fancy product, but if you like it, you're allowed to enjoy it."

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"I really do like the Elemis cleansing balm. You never have to spend this kind of money on a cleansing balm, but if you want quite a cleansing experience, you get that with the Elemis cleansing balm."

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"This past week I actually broke out my Elemis cleansing balm. It's optional, you don't have to be that fancy in the cleansing process, but if you want to be, it's a nice product."

Tea with MD

115k subs

✓Yay

"This is the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm, the original, so this is the yellow one. I love it because it is so luxurious with a wonderful fragrance. This contains starflower oil, elderberry oil, wheat germ, and oat oils."

All 2 takes from Tea with MD

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"This is the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm, the original, so this is the yellow one. I love it because it is so luxurious with a wonderful fragrance. This contains starflower oil, elderberry oil, wheat germ, and oat oils."

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"What I love about this product is, of course, it does a good job of removing my makeup, dirt, grime, sunscreen, debris, whatever has collected on my face from the day, but it also leaves my skin feeling really really soft and hydrated, and it feels very luxurious as I'm giving myself the massage. There is a smell to it, so if you are sensitive to smells this may not be the product for you, but I personally really like this scent, it's their signature scent."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

✓Nay

"I usually gravitate toward unscented products and this is just way too strong, it's super perfumey. So I gave it a few tries but I'm not going to finish it up just because my skin in the cooler dryer months gets a little bit irritated and dried out and I don't want to run into a problem with the fragrance from this formula. So this won't be a repurchase for me. It's completely individual for me whether we like a scent in our skincare products or whether we don't."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

✓Yay

"I will say this about Elemis, a lot of people love their makeup removing balm. It's probably in terms of the Beauty Box I've subscribed, it's probably the single product I've gotten the most of. I think I have like 12 or 13 of them."

Hyram

4.33M subs

✓Yay

"Nowadays there are so many more good options out there, but I've continued to use this one over the years just because of how elegant, luxurious, moisturizing, softening of an experience it is. It just looks beautiful and feels like a beautiful experience, and with the size of the packaging it does last a long time, and that's important to me when it comes to luxury skincare, I need the products to last a while if I'm going to be spending that much money."

All 2 takes from Hyram

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"Nowadays there are so many more good options out there, but I've continued to use this one over the years just because of how elegant, luxurious, moisturizing, softening of an experience it is. It just looks beautiful and feels like a beautiful experience, and with the size of the packaging it does last a long time, and that's important to me when it comes to luxury skincare, I need the products to last a while if I'm going to be spending that much money."

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"Once I started using it I was blown away at how well it performs on the skin and how long it lasts, [...] a little bit goes a very long way with this product, and with the amount of time it takes to get through one of these it kind of equates to what the price of an average cleansing balm would be. It just feels amazing on the skin, it's so rich and nourishing, but it doesn't leave behind a film or residue, [...] it really washes off well and feels like a very nice luxurious experience."

Nipun Kapur

412k subs

✓Yay

"The one I love is the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm. It's expensive, but it's my favorite. Whatever fits into your budget, get a cleansing balm, but get one at night."

All 2 takes from Nipun Kapur

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"If there's any faith that you guys have, trust me on this, invest in a cleansing balm. Now, cleansing balms can be very, very [...] expensive. It is the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm, supremely expensive. You've seen it in several videos if you've been following me for a while. I keep testing out affordable ones, but this is really, really good."

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"The one I love is the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm. It's expensive, but it's my favorite. Whatever fits into your budget, get a cleansing balm, but get one at night."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

✓Mixed

"I really like one of their cleansing balms. [...] Their products are nice, they're nice. But am I racing out to re-buy them? No, not really. I understand why people like this brand and why I'm asked pretty much on a daily basis to review them. [...] I think it's one of those brands I knew growing up, [...] so I'm kind of over it. [...] I'm not in a rush to buy them because I feel like they've been around for so long."

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

✓Mixed

"I am obsessed with this, it's the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm and it smells like freaking heaven. [...] Based on the ingredients, I kind of feel like this is overpriced for $64 - this is not what I would spend my money on if I were to buy an Elemis product. But it's nice that she's using it."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.73M subs

✓Yay

"This one smells like you walked into a spa. It is a very thick and [...] waxy balm, super soft in texture, and probably the richest one right off the bat. [...] It's not hard to break, it's a great one for the tips I mentioned along the hands, especially at night or if you have very cracked cuticles, and you can let it sit on your face for five to ten minutes as a mask before you wash it off."

Doctorly

3.59M subs

✓Nay

"This is a bit of a greasier cleansing balm. [...] Anecdotally, I don't love it. I have no doubt that it works, but only acceptably, based on how it's kind of melting into my skin, more like a pure oil. [...] To me these balms are just too soft, and in some ways I don't like that experience."

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 Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm?

A luxurious cleansing balm that melts on skin to remove makeup, SPF, and impurities while conditioning the face with botanical oils and extracts.

Is Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm worth it?

Mostly yes. 10 of the 15 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 75%.

What is Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm's Guru Score?

Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm holds a Guru Score of 75%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 15 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.