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Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3%.

Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3%
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About this product

A gel cleanser formulated with 3% niacinamide for makeup removal and skin cleansing.

Full ingredients

Guru Score

85%

Yay

4 experts · Moderate agreement
4Gurus
4Yay
0Mixed
0Nay

What they liked

  • Gentle yet cleanses effectively
  • Doesn't strip or dry skin
  • Fragrance-free

What they flagged

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

    What the gurus are saying

    This gel cleanser performs like a balm or oil to remove makeup and sunscreen effectively, yet stays gentle enough for morning and night use without stripping. The niacinamide helps balance skin and reduce redness. Multiple gurus praise its effectiveness across different climates and skin types, and several rely on it as a travel staple, noting it delivers serious results for just five dollars.
    Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take July 2026

    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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    Yay
    "I really like the Naturium Niacinamide cleanser. It's only five bucks and it lasts a really long time. I've used this cleanser for so many years, and I feel like it does a good job of getting a nice deep clean out of my skin without overly drying it. I do feel like it's more meant for oilier skin types rather than dry skin types, but it always does a good job of making sure my skin isn't overly red or irritated when I travel, and honestly I mostly like it because you get a lot of product for five bucks in a travel friendly bottle."
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    "I use a cleanser for my face right now I'm using the Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée just because that's my go-to travel cleanser."
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    "I'm currently using the Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée and it's one of my favorites. I always make sure to have one face cleanser in the shower and then one face cleanser at my sink that way in the morning I can just quickly do it in the shower and at night time it's right there at the sink ready to go."
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    "I'm going to be starting off with the cleanser I'm going to use the Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée, their travel size version. I always bring this with me everywhere."
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    "It's $18 or they have the travel size for $5. It's a good simple ingredient list that I find works really well for combination to oilier skin types but still a gentle cleansing experience. With the inclusion of ingredients like niacinamide to help the skin barrier reduce redness and sensitivity, it also has sodium hyaluronate to help a little bit with that hydration. This is a formula that I could always rely on whenever my skin was going through the craziness of travel, different environments, whether it was dry or humid, whether my skin was breaking out or not. I could always rely on this formula to do a good job of cleansing without having to worry about it overly drying out my skin. This is not a formula that has bells and whistles as far as skincare ingredients goes. It's very simple but such a nice pleasant experience. And I love the travel size bottle that they offer just because it makes it super easy to travel with."
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    "I'm gonna go in with the Naturium cleansing gel. I love this one if I want the niacinamide to help reduce any redness in my face."
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    "I really like the Naturium Niacinamide cleanser. It's only five bucks and it lasts a really long time. I've used this cleanser for so many years, and I feel like it does a good job of getting a nice deep clean out of my skin without overly drying it. I do feel like it's more meant for oilier skin types rather than dry skin types, but it always does a good job of making sure my skin isn't overly red or irritated when I travel, and honestly I mostly like it because you get a lot of product for five bucks in a travel friendly bottle."
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    "Naturium does such a good job of delivering powerfully active ingredients that will get you the results you want for a good price point. My favorite product from the brand is their cleansing gel. I used this constantly when I was traveling throughout this past year, it was always on the go with me, and I really enjoyed using it because I never felt like it stripped my skin but it always does a pretty solid job of cleansing my skin. I love that it includes niacinamide because that's one of my favorite ingredients, and it's just consistently good, I never have to worry about my skin breaking out or not being cleansed enough. Naturium has so many great products that are really powerful and will get you noticeable results, it's one of my favorite brands at Target."
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    "This cleanser is so good, it's just really really good. I've used this in humid environments, I've used it in dry environments, I've used it across every area of my skin, and every time I am always satisfied with how well this works. It does an amazing job of being gentle while still cleansing at a good level. I will say this one's good if you lean a little bit more towards the combination dry side, because sometimes when my skin is extra oily, this cleanser still does a good job but I just want a little bit of a deeper cleanse. I've loved using this one, and I love that it also comes in a travel size, which is really convenient whenever I'm traveling. Overall, solid product, Naturium did an amazing job, super good cleanser."
    Yay
    "A slightly more focused cleanser, which is thankfully not stripping anyway cuz it is nice to leave on your skin for a little bit kind of like a mask, especially when you have actives in it. So, so gentle, niacinamide balancing things out a little bit. I just love this. Again, another everyday cleanser that I'd happily use morning and night, which I do when the weather gets hotter and my oily combination skin becomes more oily."
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    "This is formulated with 3% niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and vitamin C. One of my pet peeves is when people say you shouldn't waste your money or time on a cleanser because you put it on your face and you wash it down the drain, but cleansers are formulated so that those core ingredients stay on the skin whilst you rinse the rest away. This cleanser in particular also never leaves my skin feeling dry. Usually after coming out the shower I have to up the hydration levels and the moisture levels because my skin feels tight and dry, but that never happens with this cleanser. I do actually have two other empties of this and the one in the shower is nearly empty, so I technically have five empties of this product. I love it so much. I buy these myself, they're not always gifted. I purchase these with my own money as well. What I love about this one is you can put the tiniest amount on the palm of your hand and then it just foams and it gets big and expands into this creamy, soft, lathery texture that just glides over your skin and stays there. It's not dripping off into the shower or falling down your arms. It's so easy to control so you make the most of that cleanser and you get the most of that cleanser whilst you're gently massaging."
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    "A slightly more focused cleanser, which is thankfully not stripping anyway cuz it is nice to leave on your skin for a little bit kind of like a mask, especially when you have actives in it. So, so gentle, niacinamide balancing things out a little bit. I just love this. Again, another everyday cleanser that I'd happily use morning and night, which I do when the weather gets hotter and my oily combination skin becomes more oily."
    Yay
    "I use the Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% 95% of the time to remove my makeup and sunscreen at the end of the day. This does a really good job and it performs just as good as a cleansing balm or a cleansing oil. It is very gentle, it's fragrance free, it does not strip the skin and it lathers quite nicely. I remove my makeup and sunscreen with this and then once I rinse my face off, I go back in with this to double cleanse my skin to ensure that my skin is really clean. I do that in my night time routine and sometimes I will use this in my morning as well and I keep this in my shower. This is one of my favorites and I've been using this for several months."
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    "I use the Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% 95% of the time to remove my makeup and sunscreen at the end of the day. This does a really good job and it performs just as good as a cleansing balm or a cleansing oil. It is very gentle, it's fragrance free, it does not strip the skin and it lathers quite nicely. I remove my makeup and sunscreen with this and then once I rinse my face off, I go back in with this to double cleanse my skin to ensure that my skin is really clean. I do that in my night time routine and sometimes I will use this in my morning as well and I keep this in my shower. This is one of my favorites and I've been using this for several months."
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    "This is the Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3%. I'm actually almost done this, this has been my go-to cleanser since the fall basically, and I love it because it's not stripping but it does a really good job to cleanse the skin. So if you have any leftover makeup or sunscreen like the residue from the first cleanse, this ensures that your skin is super clean prior to going in with your skincare products."
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    "Lately I've been using the Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3%. I'm actually almost done this and this has been my go-to actually for several months. I was using this back in the fall and I really like it. It's super gentle, it doesn't strip my skin, but it does a really good job to cleanse."
    Yay
    "I have my niacinamide cleansing gel three percent which is actually my favorite one to keep in the shower. I know that I'm gonna be able to get all of my makeup off if I need to with this cleanser. I like to have one that is trusty that you know you can get everything off. The other reason why I keep one of these in my shower at all times is because sometimes I decide I want to use it as a body wash. You can throw this onto something like your PMD Clean and it's going to do the job really well. If you have a good cleanser it doesn't matter if it's for the face or for the body, you just need a good cleanser and sometimes this will double up as my body cleanser as well."
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    What the evidence says.

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

    Vitamin C

    Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

    Source: DermNet

    Niacinamide

    Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

    Source: DermNet

    Humectants and emollients

    Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

    Source: DermNet

    Frequently asked.

    What is Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3%?

    A gel cleanser formulated with 3% niacinamide for makeup removal and skin cleansing.

    Is Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% worth it?

    Yes. All 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 85%.

    What is Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3%'s Guru Score?

    Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% holds a Guru Score of 85%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.

    Who is Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% best for?

    Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% is generally suited to oily skin and acne-prone skin.

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