Mad About Skin vs Caroline Hirons on The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser

Two independent experts reviewed The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser about 3 weeks apart and disagreed: Mad About Skin calls it skip, Caroline Hirons calls it approved. Here is what each of them actually said.

77%
Guru Score from 9 independent experts
Skip or Approved?
11 February 2025
Skip
The Squalane Cleanser, again a really nice affordable gentle cleanser, but the newer versions, which is their foaming cleanser and their glycolipid cleanser, just work a little bit better.
22 January 2025
Approved
The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser, it's like a cream but it's almost a cleansing oil at the same time. There's nothing quite like it.

Where they part company

Mad About Skin calls The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser skip. Caroline Hirons calls it approved. Two experts, one product, takes about 3 weeks apart, and opposite conclusions. Their own words are above; we are not going to tell you which of them is right.

What the whole panel says

These two are not the only voices on The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser. Across every independent expert take we hold, it carries a Guru Score of 77% from 9 experts, which is the share of them who approved it. The other 7 experts we hold takes from are counted in it too. See every take on it →

Why we only pair takes from the same month

A formula gets reworked, a price moves, and a product people loved in one year is not the product they are handed in the next. Two takes far apart in time can look like a disagreement when they are really a description of a product that changed. So a face-off only pairs experts whose videos went up within a month of each other, and neither take here is sponsored.

Common questions

Do Mad About Skin and Caroline Hirons agree about The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser?

No. Mad About Skin calls it skip and Caroline Hirons calls it approved.

What is the Guru Score for The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser?

77%, drawn from 9 independent expert reviews. That is the share of the experts we hold takes from who approved it.

Are either of these takes sponsored?

No. A face-off excludes any pair where either expert's take is a paid placement, because a sponsored take set against an independent one is not a fair comparison.

When did each of them say this?

Mad About Skin on 11 February 2025, and Caroline Hirons on 22 January 2025, about 3 weeks apart.

More on this product: every expert take we hold, or browse the experts themselves.