A foaming gel cleanser that takes off makeup and the day without leaving skin tight. Alastin builds it for normal, combination and oily skin, and says it can be used on all skin types.

What is Alastin Gentle Cleanser?

Alastin Gentle Cleanser is a foaming gel face wash formulated to remove environmental pollutants and makeup without stripping the skin. It carries D-panthenol, bisabolol and oat kernel extract for softening and calming. One pump, morning and evening or as needed, on a face wet with warm water.

What Gentle Cleanser does

Three ingredients do the soothing work. D-panthenol, a vitamin B5 derivative, softens and moisturizes. Bisabolol is an antioxidant with calming properties. Oat kernel extract calms skin, and beta-glucan sits alongside it.

The texture is a gel that foams rather than a cream. It rinses without residue and without the tight, squeaky feeling that usually means a cleanser has taken too much with it.

Gentle Cleanser specifications

Alastin Gentle Cleanser reviews: what buyers report

• No squeaky clean feeling, and that is the point. One buyer puts it exactly: you will not get that squeaky feeling, you will get soft skin without over drying. Another reports no tightness or dryness at all.
• Practitioners send people here. One arrived on an esthetician's recommendation, another on her doctor's after laser resurfacing.
• It gets used for years, not weeks. One reviewer has been using it for years, another for three months twice daily.
• The scent is noticeable. Buyers elsewhere describe a delicate natural smell of lavender and citrus. Worth knowing if you are sensitive to fragrance of any kind.

Who Gentle Cleanser suits

Normal, combination and oily skin, and anyone who wants makeup off without their face feeling stripped. It is the first step before Alastin Renewal Retinol at night, and before ReSURFACE Skin Polish on the days you exfoliate. Browse the rest of Alastin for the routine it starts.