The experts who reviewed this balm praise it consistently for breaking down waterproof makeup and stubborn sunscreen without stripping, paired with exceptional value, a large pan costs around £12-14 and lasts months. Its simple, minimal ingredient list makes it work for most skin types, especially those sensitive to ingredient overload, and it emulsifies cleanly without leaving a greasy film. That means people can use it as a single cleanser or lean on it heavily for facial massage; a few experts note it's particularly effective for oil pulling and shifting sebaceous filaments when worked into the skin for several minutes.
"The most cost effective of the balm cleansers that I like is going to be the Geek and Gorgeous Mighty Melt. It's very effective at breaking up like waterproof mascara, waterproof eyeliner, sunscreen that just won't budge. Give this a try. It will take it all off."
"Another one that I love is the Geek & Gorgeous Mighty Melt. I just take a scoop of one of these and I rub it into my dry face then I give that a splash with water then I rub my Wonder cloth around my face that removes more of the makeup and more of the dirt and more of the sunscreen and rinse this and everything rinses right off."
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"One of my favorite products is their Mighty Melt cleansing balm. This definitely gives my Clinique Take the Day Off cleansing balm a run for its money."
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"The most cost effective of the balm cleansers that I like is going to be the Geek and Gorgeous Mighty Melt. It's very effective at breaking up like waterproof mascara, waterproof eyeliner, sunscreen that just won't budge. Give this a try. It will take it all off."
"This is the best cleansing balm you will ever, ever use. It costs somewhere in the region of about £12 and you get a lot of product. It's like a full pan of cleansing balm and you only need a little. This is so good for summer because we wear multiple layers of SPF, often water resistant SPF, really difficult to shift. Put a little of this on, massage it in for 60 seconds, rinse away the day. It works that well. I absolutely love it. You get a lot of product. One of these will last me all summer long. Really inexpensive way of doing an effective cleanse. You don't need to be reaching for like the expensive cleansers when I can get this for £12."
"This is the best cleansing balm you will ever, ever use. It costs somewhere in the region of about £12 and you get a lot of product. It's like a full pan of cleansing balm and you only need a little. This is so good for summer because we wear multiple layers of SPF, often water resistant SPF, really difficult to shift. Put a little of this on, massage it in for 60 seconds, rinse away the day. It works that well. I absolutely love it. You get a lot of product. One of these will last me all summer long. Really inexpensive way of doing an effective cleanse. You don't need to be reaching for like the expensive cleansers when I can get this for £12."
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"The reason I love this is the price point. Cleansing balms usually they're like 30, 40 pounds for a good one, but to find a drugstore cleansing balm that actually works was the first reason I wanted to mention this. But beyond that it's just a really simplistic in its formulation, so it's one of those products that is just going to work for almost everyone, get the job done, not overload the skin with a load of different ingredients, and leave your skin feeling beautifully hydrated, smoothed, but perfectly clean ready for the rest of your skincare. You can use this as part of a double cleanse or if like me you're lazy you can use this on its own right and it emulsifies so well you don't really need to follow in with a secondary step like you do with a lot of cleansing balms. You get a lot of product for your money, it's probably the biggest cleansing balm I've ever found. Even in the heat, it stays solid, so if you've had a cleansing balm that melts and turns to oil in the heat and never really solidifies back, this doesn't have that problem. It's a 10 out of 10 cleansing balm, it's simple but it's a Holy Grail because it just delivers."
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"This is a cleansing balm, great as the first step in a double cleanse. If you're the sort of person on an evening you like to do a really nice double cleanse to kick start your routine, this is probably the product that I'd start with. You get an absolute vat of product, 100 ml of cleansing balm, that's quite a lot, probably one of the largest sizes I've seen. It's drugstore affordable, cruelty free, and it's just an absolutely phenomenal product. It's great for those days where you need a little bit more heavy duty cleansing action but you don't want it to strip and dry."
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"This is the Geek and Gorgeous Mighty Melt. I love this because it's super inexpensive. It's been in the ridiculous heatwave temperatures of the UK and it's still a bomb. It's solid and that's what you should be expecting. This doesn't have many ingredients in, so it's great if you have very sensitive skin because there's less in here to irritate you and it will get everything off like that. It just feels so luxurious and because it is so inexpensive, if you're someone that likes to be lavish with your balm cleansers, you'll get a lot on the skin to really do a massage. This is a great affordable option. I use this more than any other cleanser."
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"I love this cleansing balm, great for a facial massage and look how much product you get. I think I paid 14 pounds for this, super affordable by cleansing balm standards, and you get so much product because a little will go a long way. I work this into the skin for like three minutes doing my facial massage routine and then I rinsed it off. You could use one or the other if you want to cut out a step, but I think these pair so well together for the perfect double cleanse on an evening."
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"My favorite of the two would be the Mighty Melt, which is the best cleansing balm I have ever used, bar none. So much product for the price point. You just can't beat it. No matter what your skin type is, no matter how much makeup, SPF, or other things you're wearing on the skin, this will tackle it all."
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"I just got my stock up of Geek & Gorgeous and loving the Mighty Melt balm. If you want a double cleanse duo, the Mighty Melt balm and the Jelly Joker cleanser from Geek & Gorgeous together are absolutely amazing. I love them."
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"This one by Geek and Gorgeous washes off without a trace. There's no film. You don't need to have a gel cleanser after it. Obviously, you're going to want to go in with one that doesn't leave a film that you feel like you have to wash off with another cleanse. But this one by Geek and Gorgeous is great. You get a vat of product. It's super cost effective."
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"I love this because it's so budget friendly. I think I paid about 13 pounds, and a little goes a long way. Look at the amount of product you get, it's like a vat of product in here, which is great because often cleansing balms are bougie and expensive and you don't get a lot of product. My recommendation with this is use it for your facial massage, it feels so slippy and silky on the skin, great for facial massage, and really inexpensive. It's fragrance-free with very few ingredients, so it's great if you've got a sensitive skin type. I find it just breaks apart water-resistant makeup and SPF all gone in a flash. Geek and Gorgeous are one of my guilty pleasure skincare brands that I love, and this is definitely a welcome addition to their collection this year."
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"This is the only one actually worth buying when you think about the quality of the formulation and the fact I paid like 12 pounds for this you get so much product one of these will last me three months maybe even a little longer. Such a good formulation if you're using a bougie expensive one unless you really enjoy it, I just think it's better. The best thing is it holds its form which honestly is quite rare in cleansing balms and something I really appreciate. It's so cheap, it works so well, and it emulsifies and just rinses off without a trace."
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"It's got very few ingredients in here which is great if you've got sensitive skin and it just works. You put a small amount of this on, work it into the skin and it just gets rid of water resistant SPF, waterproof makeup. This is also great if you've got sebaceous filaments, those little dots on the nose. You want to use an oil cleanser to really shift them and this is probably one of the most effective I've ever used. Work this into the nose for like 5 to 10 minutes and you'll see those sebaceous filaments actually come out on the hand. It's so satisfying. I'd say this is the best cleansing balm I've ever used for what is termed oil pulling."
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"This is phenomenal because you get a lot of product. It's a really simple formula. There aren't a lot of ingredients in it. And yet it works better than any cleansing balm I've ever used. And I think that's magical because if you've got sensitive or reactive skin, you want to reduce the number of ingredients you're using without compromising on the results. And this just makes it super easy to do that. You can do a facial massage with it. It doesn't break the bank. It's phenomenal."
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"I absolutely adore this because it's one of the cheapest cleansing balms you'll ever find and you get a huge amount of product and it's really inexpensive. I love this because if you rinse it off with lukewarm water it disappears like that, none of that slightly greasy film that some cleansing balms can leave behind, which is why I absolutely love this. It's kind of like a one and done."
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"This goes on as a beautiful gel, then as you work it into the skin, transforms into an oil, which is going to be a great first step in your effective double cleanse. With this, you get so much product and it's one of the cheapest on the market. It probably lasts me like three months, so this is great on a budget. Absolutely love it. It's hassle-free and works really well. Just massage it into the skin for two or three minutes, let it work its magic, rinse off with a gel cleanser, and this can be one of the most effective ways of over time minimizing congestion and blackheads."
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"I absolutely adore the Geek & Gorgeous Mighty Melt Cleansing Balm. That's a balm not an oil but it's so so good."
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"It works better than the other ones I've tried and it has less packaging. This is a win. I've just bought a new one of this because it's so good. You get so much product here. You know how much you've got left because you can actually see it."
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"The best thing about it is if you emulsify with some lukewarm water, work it in for another 30 seconds, it disappears like that. It's not one of those balms that leaves a film on the skin, which I hate because I always think the rest of your skincare has to fight through that film to be effective. So you're not gonna get the results that you want. Not an issue with this. It's an absolute Holy Grail."
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"Their balm cleanser is phenomenal. What I love about this is you get a vat of product, so much cleansing balm for your money, and this is great to see because a lot of cleansing balms come with a sky-high price point and a tiny amount of product. This is hands down one of the most effective cleansing balms I've ever used and it's got minimal ingredients, which is a good thing, minimal risk of sensitivity, irritation, or reaction to it, great for the sensitive skin amongst us, and just an all-round Holy Grail. The best thing about this though is if you massage it into the skin for say 60 seconds, add a little lukewarm water, emulsify it, massage it in for another 20 seconds, then rinse, which is what you should do with any cleansing balm, there will be zero trait on the skin, no film, no greasiness, just a beautifully cleansed face. For me that's great because most cleansing balms leave that film that I just hate, not with this. It washes away perfectly."
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"This is the Mighty Melt cleanser, look how much product you get. A little goes a long way and it lasts forever. It's the best cleansing balm I think I've found. It melts into the skin, feels beautiful, minimum ingredients, so great if you've got very sensitive skin type. Vegan, cruelty-free."
"Their Mighty Melt Cleanser is just so easy. Makes it so easy to remove and it's a pretty big tube, too. I mean, it's taking me a while to get through, but just because a little bit does a great job removing eye makeup, sunscreen, all that stuff."
"The Geek & Gorgeous cleanser is really nice. It's no fragrance in it. A little bit of it goes a long way. It's a really nice cleanser. Just takes a minute to smooth it over everything and allow it to break down the oils on your skin."
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"Just a little tiny amount of this, maybe like a teaspoon is enough to remove all of my sunscreen and makeup. This one's priced right and it will last a very, very long time for me."
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"The Geek and Gorgeous cleansing balm is 13 bucks and it's really nice and sensitive. It only has seven different ingredients and comes in a little purple jar. It's one of the best for being gentle on your skin."
"This is really nice, it's super affordable and it's gigantic so you get a ton. It's a 100 milliliters, 3.38 ounces. I think this is a very short ingredient list for a product. I think it's got like eight different ingredients and they all seem to do a good job."
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"Their Mighty Melt Cleanser is just so easy. Makes it so easy to remove and it's a pretty big tube, too. I mean, it's taking me a while to get through, but just because a little bit does a great job removing eye makeup, sunscreen, all that stuff."
"The Geek & Gorgeous Mighty Melt really impressed me because it is from a western brand and I usually expect those to need a cloth to rinse off well but this one feels very much like an Asian style cleansing balm. The Geek & Gorgeous one is fragrance-free which is nice because there really was a lack of fragrance-free cleansing balms for a long time for people who couldn't handle fragrance or just didn't like it. This one is nice and soft, it rinses off without too much residue and the only issue I've had is that it doesn't take off my super longwear gel eyeliner very well."
"My budget recommendation for a balm cleanser that's easy to get your hands on and pretty inexpensive is the Geek & Gorgeous balm cleanser. It gets the job done and rinses really nice and cleanly, breaks up all the makeup and the sunscreen, and it works perfectly."
"The Geek & Gorgeous Mighty Melt is a cleansing balm and I did enjoy this. I don't know that I'm in love with it or wildly impressed with it, but this is a very good product. I can't fault it too much. This is a fragrance-free cleansing balm, which I find very hard to find. I don't really have anything to fault the product with. The only thing I was slightly disappointed in is that while the packaging is really beautiful, the actual package does seem kind of deep and wide, but it only goes about halfway down. I don't think anything shady has occurred here, but with using it I was like, oh my gosh, I'm reaching the bottom already. I wasn't quite ready for that."
"I've fallen in love with this one, the Geek & Gorgeous Mighty Melt. I love this for summer because it's runnier than traditional waxy balm cleansers, which means it's lighter weight, which means it's much nicer when it's humid. Even though it's been raining in the UK it's been really hot and humid, and it gets rid of every scrap of makeup. I have to say Geek & Gorgeous, I've not put a foot wrong. I really love that product."
"I consider myself a bit of a cleansing balm aficionado at this point, it's hard to be wowed, I haven't been wowed in a long time, and this did it. It's pretty much the texture that does it for me and of course the overall user experience. This has that textural refinement that in my experience is usually reserved for the very high-end Japanese cleansing balms, and of course this does have Japanese technology in it. Does not sting the eyes and rinses off completely without residue. This will remove it all, from the very resistant sunscreens to waterresistant, stubborn eye makeup. It's one and done."
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