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Mello Marula Cream Cleanser.

Drunk Elephant
Mello Marula Cream Cleanser
Cleansers

About this product

A creamy makeup and sunscreen cleanser formulated with colloidal oatmeal, marula oil, and shea butter designed to cleanse without stripping skin.

Best for

Dry skinSensitive skin
Cleansers

The Guru Index verdict

81%

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Approved · 81%
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What the gurus are saying

Gurus consistently praise this cleanser for being non-stripping and genuinely hydrating rather than leaving skin tight or dry, a rarity they note among multi-tasking cleansers. It removes makeup, sunscreen, and mascara effectively with a gentle, light lather and no overpowering scent. The repeated surprise is that it actually excels at both cleansing and nourishing, leaving skin soft and with a noticeable glow, making it work across skin types including oily and sensitive.
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Key actives & flags

Fragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Water/​Aqua/​Eau, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Lauryl Glucoside, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate, Coconut Acid, Colloidal Oatmeal, Glyceryl Stearates, Salvia Hispanica Seed Oil, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter, Sodium PCA, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Sodium Lactate, Coco-Glucoside, Oleic Acid, Acrylates/​C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Pca, Alanine, Arginine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Valine, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Sodium Isethionate

Every take, in full

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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"This one is not stripping in the least. This is honestly great for all skin types, even oily, even combination, but if you have dry sensitive skin you are going to absolutely love this. I guarantee it. This contains 1% colloidal oatmeal, which is very calming and soothing, great for sensitive skin, great for those experiencing a compromised skin barrier. This also prevents transepidermal water loss. It's very nourishing and moisturizing, but also if you're experiencing facial redness this can help to reduce the look of rosiness. This also contains marula oil which has antioxidant properties, so this is also rich in omegas. It also gives a nice glow to the skin as well, which I have found. The other key ingredient is elipe butter, which is a rich plant-based butter that is also rich in fatty acids. This does an amazing job to remove your makeup and sunscreen at the end of the day as that first cleanse. It removes mascara really nicely, water resistant sunscreens, foundations."
All 2 takes from Sincerely Miss Ash
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"This one is not stripping in the least. This is honestly great for all skin types, even oily, even combination, but if you have dry sensitive skin you are going to absolutely love this. I guarantee it. This contains 1% colloidal oatmeal, which is very calming and soothing, great for sensitive skin, great for those experiencing a compromised skin barrier. This also prevents transepidermal water loss. It's very nourishing and moisturizing, but also if you're experiencing facial redness this can help to reduce the look of rosiness. This also contains marula oil which has antioxidant properties, so this is also rich in omegas. It also gives a nice glow to the skin as well, which I have found. The other key ingredient is elipe butter, which is a rich plant-based butter that is also rich in fatty acids. This does an amazing job to remove your makeup and sunscreen at the end of the day as that first cleanse. It removes mascara really nicely, water resistant sunscreens, foundations."
NEXT LEVEL SKINCARE! DRUNK ELEPHANT THERABU BUTTERED HAND CREAM AND MELLO MARULA CREAM CLEANSER
"When you add a little bit of water, it does emulsify into this low foam so when you rinse your face off your skin is not in any discomfort and your skin just has this nice moisture barrier, which I think is really important. After I have cleansed my skin and towel dried my face, my skin does have a little bit of a glow to it. After several uses, my skin has this nice little glow, probably from the oils in here. It just keeps your skin so nourished and moisturized where it's just giving that nice healthy glow to the skin. If you do enjoy the Drunk Elephant brand, you do like colloidal oatmeal, the marula oil, then this would be well worth it, and I've quite enjoyed my experience with this so far. Even if you have oily skin, yes you can still use this."
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"This cleanser gave me a very light lather, felt nice, and smells a little bit like coconut but it wasn't overpowering. It did a pretty good job removing my mascara. My skin feels nice and hydrated, not dry, and pretty darn clean. I'm impressed because a lot of times those all-in-one type cleansers are good at one thing and not the other, but this actually did a decent job of removing makeup, sunscreen, and eye mascara as well as leaving my skin feeling soft and not super dry or tight. The lather is nice and gentle, and there are no strong scents. I think this would be a nice one to use with a silicone face cleaner device."
All 4 takes from No BS Beauty
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"This cleanser gave me a very light lather, felt nice, and smells a little bit like coconut but it wasn't overpowering. It did a pretty good job removing my mascara. My skin feels nice and hydrated, not dry, and pretty darn clean. I'm impressed because a lot of times those all-in-one type cleansers are good at one thing and not the other, but this actually did a decent job of removing makeup, sunscreen, and eye mascara as well as leaving my skin feeling soft and not super dry or tight. The lather is nice and gentle, and there are no strong scents. I think this would be a nice one to use with a silicone face cleaner device."
One Step Cleanser? New Drunk Elephant Mello Marula Cream Cleanser Demo & First Impressions
"It feels nice and fine and my skin feels nice hydrated not dry. Pretty darn clean. I'm impressed, a lot of times those all-in-one type cleansers are good at one thing and not the other, but this actually did a decent job of removing makeup, sunscreen, eye mascara, as well as leave my skin feeling soft and not super dry or tight. No strong scents. The lather is nice and gentle. I think this would be a nice one to use with a handheld silicone face cleaner device. It feels nice, no issues at all. I enjoyed it."
One Step Cleanser? New Drunk Elephant Mello Marula Cream Cleanser Demo & First Impressions
"It did a pretty good job. It feels nice and fine and my skin feels nice, hydrated, not dry, and pretty darn clean. I'm impressed because a lot of times those all-in-one type cleansers are good at one thing and not the other, but this actually did a decent job of removing makeup, sunscreen, eye mascara, as well as leave my skin feeling soft and not super dry or tight. And no strong scents. The lather is nice and gentle. I think this would be a nice one to use with a handheld silicone face cleaner device. It feels nice, no issues at all, enjoyed it."
One Step Cleanser? New Drunk Elephant Mello Marula Cream Cleanser Demo & First Impressions
"I'm impressed. A lot of times those all-in-one type cleansers are good at one thing and not the other, but this actually did a decent job of removing makeup, sunscreen, eye mascara, as well as leaving my skin feeling soft and not super dry or tight. No strong scents, the lather is nice and gentle. I think this would be a nice one to use with a silicone face cleaner device. It feels nice, no issues at all, enjoyed it."
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