Mello Marula Cream Cleanser.

Cleansers

About this product

A creamy oil-based cleanser formulated with marula oil, colloidal oatmeal, and shea butter, designed to remove makeup and sunscreen while nourishing the skin.

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

Guru Score

80%

Yay

3 experts · Moderate agreement

3Gurus

3Yay

0Mixed

0Nay

What they liked

Removes makeup and mascara effectively
Non-stripping, leaves skin hydrated
Calming for sensitive and compromised skin

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

What the gurus are saying

This cleanser removes makeup, mascara, and sunscreen without stripping the skin, leaving it soft and hydrated rather than tight or dry. The colloidal oatmeal and plant-based butters make it especially soothing for sensitive skin and those with a compromised barrier, and may help calm facial redness. The creamy texture and gentle lather work well as a first cleanse, even on oily and combination skin, though those with sensitive skin are likely to find it most rewarding.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take January 2025

Best for

Dry skin Sensitive skin

Type

CleansersCream

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Sincerely Miss Ash

195k subs

✓Yay

"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."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

✓Yay

"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."

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"It does a very good job, it leaves my skin feeling nice and soft and clean with no film. Does a really good job with sunscreen and makeup and things like that. I've only been able to test it for about a week but so far so good. I have a love-hate relationship with this brand now. For a while I was totally anti-Drunk Elephant, for a while I was in love with them, and now I'm kind of in a love-hate relationship. Some of their releases are still great and then some of the stuff just seems like an afterthought. It's still kind of pricey, but it's a really nice product."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

✓Yay

"I absolutely love cream cleansers, and this is an exception, it's actually a light lather. It has a very pleasant smell to it, which shocked me, and I do like this, I like it a lot, I like how gentle it is. I haven't tried it to remove makeup because that's not typically how I use cream cleansers, I prefer oil cleansers for that, but as a morning cleanse this is really nice. Do you need to spend this much on a cream cleanser? Absolutely not, but did Drunk Elephant do a nice job on this? Yeah, I think they did, and this is the first product they've actually sent me that I've liked."

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Frequently asked.

What is Drunk Elephant Mello Marula Cream Cleanser?

A creamy oil-based cleanser formulated with marula oil, colloidal oatmeal, and shea butter, designed to remove makeup and sunscreen while nourishing the skin.

Is Drunk Elephant Mello Marula Cream Cleanser worth it?

Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 80%.

What is Drunk Elephant Mello Marula Cream Cleanser's Guru Score?

Drunk Elephant Mello Marula Cream Cleanser holds a Guru Score of 80%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.