Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser

What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Irritated or reactive skin1 expert

“Dry skin is going to love it because it's nicely hydrating and moisturizing and repairing and we have Colloidal Oatmeal in here for soothing your skin.”

James Welsh, watch at 2:33

Skin barrier support1 expert

“It has ceramides in there, pre and postbiotics to help support your skin barrier.”

Dr. Jenny Liu, watch at 10:05

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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Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

~Nay

"It has glycerin, inulin, ceramides, and oats, which are good, but not enough glycerin, and the ceramides aren't enough. My skin feels really tight after washing, which is not how your skin should feel. The negatives are the fragrance, and it costs £26 for 150 ml, and you'll smell like a vegetable market afterward. The dupe, Face Facts, is better, with no fragrance, and it's only £6 for 400 ml, so if I had to pick, that's the one I'd go for."

All 3 takes from Dr. Vanita Rattan

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"I've just washed it off and my skin feels really tight. That's not how your skin should ever feel after you've washed it. You need far more glycerin. [...] The positives are it has got glycerin in it. It's just not as much as I'd like. [...] It's got ceramides in it, but I would say not enough. My skin is not enjoying it. And then it's got oats in it, which is anti-inflammatory. [...] The negatives of this are the fragrance. Fragrance plus it costs £26 for 150 mils."

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"The positives are it has got glycerin in it. It's just not as much as I'd like. Inion which means that this will help with the good bacteria on the skin which is good. It's got ceramides in it but I would say not enough. My skin is not enjoying it. And then it's got oats in it which is anti-inflammatory which okay fair enough. I can actually feel the cooling effect on the skin. The negatives of this are the fragrance fragrance. Plus it cost £26 for 150 mls."

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"It has glycerin, inulin, ceramides, and oats, which are good, but not enough glycerin, and the ceramides aren't enough. My skin feels really tight after washing, which is not how your skin should feel. The negatives are the fragrance, and it costs £26 for 150 ml, and you'll smell like a vegetable market afterward. The dupe, Face Facts, is better, with no fragrance, and it's only £6 for 400 ml, so if I had to pick, that's the one I'd go for."

The Style and Beauty Doctor

222k subs

~Yay

"That one is more of a cream cleanser, and it's typically something I couldn't use until it's dead winter, but if you have dry skin, that's also one to look at. It has such a nice creamy texture and it's gentle. I wouldn't use it to double cleanse because the texture doesn't feel right. It depends on how much makeup you're wearing. If you're wearing just light makeup, maybe you could double cleanse with it, but the kind of makeup I wear, I wouldn't."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Nay

"When this product released it had a huge design flaw, it just pours out everywhere, gunky all over the packaging. As a cleanser itself I think it's nice, but in faulty packaging. They say the packaging is improved now, but I bought it when it released, and it was such an insult to your biggest fans to release a first batch with a design flaw like that. It's a lot of why I ended up falling behind with this brand."

All 2 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole

Skincare Pet Peeves.

"The Glow Recipe Avocado Cleanser had a hole that was too big, so the product came flying out [...] and it was [...] so wasteful. I was such a big fan of Glow Recipe that I bought it the second it released, and I [...] discovered the problem myself. They eventually fixed the packaging, but they never sent out any kind of fix for those of us who had already bought the product with the bad packaging."

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"When this product released it had a huge design flaw, it just pours out everywhere, gunky all over the packaging. As a cleanser itself I think it's nice, but in faulty packaging. They say the packaging is improved now, but I bought it when it released, and it was such an insult to your biggest fans to release a first batch with a design flaw like that. It's a lot of why I ended up falling behind with this brand."

Dr. Jenny Liu

324k subs

~Yay

"This is one of my favorite products from them. There's just something about this cleanser like it is so [...] elegant. It makes my skin feel so good after I use it. It is kind of this milky lotion to foam that gently cleanses your skin like feels more hydrated and refreshed afterwards in a really good way. It has ceramides in there, pre and postbiotics to help support your skin barrier."

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All 5 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu

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"Overall when I use this I feel like my skin feels hydrated but not stripped. Ingredient-wise it contains ceramides, pre and postbiotic ingredients along with colloidal oatmeal, all great ingredients that are soothing, nourishing and supportive of our skin moisture barrier. The addition of avocado oil [...] really helps to nourish our skin barrier and adds hydration back that is often removed with cleansing."

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"This is one of my favorite products from them. There's just something about this cleanser like it is so [...] elegant. It makes my skin feel so good after I use it. It is kind of this milky lotion to foam that gently cleanses your skin like feels more hydrated and refreshed afterwards in a really good way. It has ceramides in there, pre and postbiotics to help support your skin barrier."

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"This kit contains their Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser that is by far one of my favorite cleansers this year. I've actually talked about this one in so many different videos."

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"I really love the texture of this cleanser. [...] It's very creamy and it makes your skin feel very hydrated. If you're an individual who does not like having the sensation of a little bit of a hydrating residue that cream cleansers can impart on skin, [...] this does give you some of that sensation. But I think it's not that you're leaving residue and it's not washing off, it's more just the hydrating nature of this cleanser."

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"This by far has to be my favorite just generic cleanser of this year. I've used this so often predominantly in the morning. I just really love the formula, the scent as well as the way my skin feels while I'm cleansing and especially after. Ingredient wise it contains a blend of pre and postbiotics to help support skin barrier along with colloidal oats and avocado oil, all great nourishing ingredients. It's a non-foaming cleanser that is creamy and I love using it in the morning especially."

Abbey Yung

887k subs

~Yay

"Even though my favorite cleanser of all time is still currently Prequel, this is something I've been reaching for constantly. It's [...] a hybrid between a gel and a cream, and compared to something like the Geek and Gorgeous Jelly Joker cleanser I feel like this is quite a bit smoother and feels more nourishing on my skin. [...] It has tons of nourishing ingredients like ceramides, colloidal oatmeal, hyaluronic acid, avocado oil, moringa oil, prebiotics, and postbiotics."

All 3 takes from Abbey Yung

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"It's just not something that I wanted to repurchase, because I have to be totally honest, it reminds me of boogers when it dries. The green color, the way it even dries on the packaging. Sorry, I know that's actually disgusting, but I've got to be totally honest, that is the reason why I don't want to repurchase this, despite it being a really nice cleanser. But even if it didn't have that problem, I still probably wouldn't repurchase it, because I love the Prequel cleanser even more."

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"Even though my favorite cleanser of all time is still currently Prequel, this is something I've been reaching for constantly. It's [...] a hybrid between a gel and a cream, and compared to something like the Geek and Gorgeous Jelly Joker cleanser I feel like this is quite a bit smoother and feels more nourishing on my skin. [...] It has tons of nourishing ingredients like ceramides, colloidal oatmeal, hyaluronic acid, avocado oil, moringa oil, prebiotics, and postbiotics."

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"The texture of this is so so nice, you guys know I love a nice soft creamy cleanser, that is definitely what this is, but it goes not fully bubbly but does kind of bubble up a little bit more than some of my other cream cleansers. [...] While bubbles do not correlate to cleansing ability, I do feel like this offers a little bit of a better cleanse than some of my other favorite cream cleansers. It's [...] one that I just really enjoy reaching for."

JW

James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Yay

"This is far superior. This gives a really nice gentle, effective cleanse without the slightly drying cleanse that their other cleanser gives. This is great for all skin types. Oily skin is going to love it because it's not overly stripping of your oils. Dry skin is going to love it because it's nicely hydrating and moisturizing and repairing and we have Colloidal Oatmeal in here for soothing your skin."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Ceramides

Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser?

A cream-to-foam facial cleanser formulated with ceramides, avocado oil, colloidal oatmeal and pre and postbiotic ingredients, designed to cleanse gently while supporting the skin moisture barrier.

Is Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser worth it?

The gurus are split. 4 of the 6 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 71%.

What is Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser's Guru Score?

Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser holds a Guru Score of 71%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

Who is Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser best for?

Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser is generally suited to dry skin and sensitive skin.

What is Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser is good for irritated or reactive skin (1 expert) and skin barrier support (1 expert).