Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil: a Guru Score of 94%

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 Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil [...] is such a lightweight texture when applying it on the skin and even rinsing off. It can be used on wet hands and face. It is fragrance-free and it is also super duper affordable. It retails for 768 Japanese yen for 240 mils of product, which converts to under five US dollars. You really can't go wrong. They do sell refill pouches, and even big size ones where one pouch refills the bottle twice."

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No BS Beauty

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✓Yay

"The speedy is my favorite because it's the fragrance free one but it's also super lightweight and like one pump is enough to do your whole face. It lasts a long time. So this one's got mineral oil in it. It's got olive oil. It's got shea butter jojoba seed oil safflower seed oil at 12 bucks and it also has refills as well which makes it really nice. So this stuff is great. If you haven't tried it below or you're on a budget this stuff's great. Love it. Yeah, repurchased it multiple times now."

All 2 takes from No BS Beauty

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"The speedy is my favorite because it's the fragrance free one but it's also super lightweight and like one pump is enough to do your whole face. It lasts a long time. So this one's got mineral oil in it. It's got olive oil. It's got shea butter jojoba seed oil safflower seed oil at 12 bucks and it also has refills as well which makes it really nice. So this stuff is great. If you haven't tried it below or you're on a budget this stuff's great. Love it. Yeah, repurchased it multiple times now."

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"It did a pretty good job. My skin feels nice and clean. I have to say I think that one did a pretty darn good job on its own actually. I'm really impressed with it and the fact that it has no scent and it's like super affordable makes it even better."

James Welsh

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"This has stayed consistently in my skincare routine. [...] This one has just been my go-to over and over and over. It kind of feels like this isn't viral, and this should be because this feels luxury, but it's very much drugstore price at the same time. This does beat out to me all those viral really popular well-marketed oils which I've tried. [...] The reason I love this one so much is there's three different versions and I love the Speedy version."

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All 3 takes from James Welsh

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"This has stayed consistently in my skincare routine. [...] This one has just been my go-to over and over and over. It kind of feels like this isn't viral, and this should be because this feels luxury, but it's very much drugstore price at the same time. This does beat out to me all those viral really popular well-marketed oils which I've tried. [...] The reason I love this one so much is there's three different versions and I love the Speedy version."

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"I hate cleansing oils, but the Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil is one of my favorite cleansers of all time. It feels like a slightly thicker water that effortlessly removes sunscreen and makeup with the gentlest massage, then you emulsify with a bit of warm water, rinse away, and it leaves no residue."

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"It's so lightweight and it honestly reminds you when that balm turns into an oil, this is what you get, a real soft, really nice pleasurable experience that just effortlessly takes away everything, makeup, tinted CC, sunscreen, normal sunscreen, everything. I [...] get all these little oil plugs and black hairs out in 30 seconds of massaging, a really good cleansing experience. I've been using this for a month solid and [...] one pump is enough every time."

Dr Dray

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"Their speedy cleansing oil is one of my favorites. It's pretty affordable, too."

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"Overall, I really like this cleansing oil. I think it's fantastic. I would gladly repurchase it over and over again. It's relatively affordable. I mean, it's not the least expensive. It's not the most expensive. It's pretty similar performance-wise to the Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil, which I frequently repurchase from Japan."

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"Kose is one of my favorite Japanese brands. I am currently actually using their Speedy Softymo cleansing oil. [...] This one does have fragrance."

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"The Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil, pretty similar to that, I would consider it very very similar, similar experience actually."

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"Their speedy cleansing oil is one of my favorites. It's pretty affordable, too."

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"I also really like the Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil, it's about thirteen bucks on Amazon like the other one."

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"This is a cleansing oil, and I love the Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil. You can get it on Amazon, it's very inexpensive, it's effective. I would imagine this Costco version is as well, though I think [...] this one is scented whereas [...] the one that I get on Amazon is not. [...] I love using cleansing oils to break up the film of cosmetic residue and water resistant sunscreen. My favorite is the Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil."

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"I finished the Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil. I love it. This is comparable to the Hada Labo cleansing oil I am currently using. It is really affordable, I buy it on Amazon, it is a Japanese brand. I use it first on my face to break up my mascara and my water resistant sunscreen, then I step in the shower and use a gentle cleanser as a second step. If you are in the market for a cleansing oil [...] and do not want to break the bank, the Japanese cleansing oils are top notch."

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"I've recently been using the Kosé Softymo speedy oil cleanser, I love this one. I'm almost finished with it so I went ahead and repurchased it. It's effective at removing makeup, just a little bit thicker in consistency than my other oil cleanser, and it emulsifies into a creamy lather too."

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"Kose Softimo Cleansing Oil is quite good."

Kelly Driscoll

91k subs

✓Yay

"I just started using this cleansing oil about a week or two ago, this is a JBD brand it's under the Cozy line of products and this is something I've been wanting to try actually for a long time. It is a fragrance-free cleansing oil and it has a more medium kind of feel, it's not a super light oil but it's not like really heavy either, definitely somewhere in the middle."

Lab Muffin Beauty Science

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"My personal gripe with cleansing oils is just that getting them from my hand onto my face without anything dripping on the floor is a bit more difficult, [...] and oils require a bit more effort to clean up than water-based products. [...] But there aren't really any other downsides to this, it is just a solid recommendation. I'm going to put this up into Holy Grail."

Dr. Jenny Liu

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"I do find that for my eye makeup, I do kind of have to go in it with it twice, but still, nevertheless, it's a great one to remove like makeup and sunscreen from your skin and rinses off really nicely without residue. [...] Ingredient wise contains a mineral oil along with other blends like olive, sesame, and jojoba to nourish the skin. So I think just for the price point and also just the efficacy really nothing can beat this."

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 Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil?

A cleansing oil from the Kose Softymo line, designed to dissolve makeup and sunscreen so it can be rinsed away easily with water.

Is Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil worth it?

Yes. All 7 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 94%.

What is Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil's Guru Score?

Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil holds a Guru Score of 94%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.