Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil: a Guru Score of 84%

What the gurus are saying.

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✓Yay

"I love this cleanser, it's super light and it rinses really easily. On nights when I was really tired, this stuff was so great that I typically didn't feel like I needed a second step cleanser on those days, it just gets the makeup off enough that I can go to bed and lay down without the makeup sitting on your skin. It's really nice, super lightweight, and affordable, so I loved it, amazing. I will repurchase that again in a heartbeat."

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"I've got the Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil, which I love."

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"A lot of these oil cleansers can have a lot of acnegenic or fatty acids or fatty oils in them which can be reactive. This one's the most friendly out of all these, so if you have acne-prone skin it's really nice. This one does a pretty good job in and of itself. Sometimes I'll use this in the morning and I don't feel the need to use a second step cleanser after that. It leaves skin feeling pretty nice and soft and clean with no residue."

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"Their oil cleanser is really nice."

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"Their Pre-Cleanse facial oil cleanser is also great, [...] pretty affordable, and they're available at Target."

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"This stuff is pretty affordable. It's got sunflower seed oil, rice bran oil, a couple of fatty acids, centella, and then vitamin E, so it's got a nice short ingredient list, no fragrance in here. For the directions, it's an oil-based cleanser: apply it to your skin when it's dry, massage it on your dry skin, and then rinse it. Literally no scent to it."

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"The Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil is about 20 bucks. It's got sunflower seed oil, rice bran oil, vitamin E, [Centella]. It's really nice. It's super lightweight. If you're into the oil cleansing method, [...] I think it would probably be good for that. [...] It's really nice. Pretty affordable. It works great with their cleanser, which is really nice. This one really nice. Really good brand overall."

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"They have a nice oil-based cleanser, which is pretty affordable as well."

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"I'm a big fan of double cleansing in the spring and summer, especially when you're wearing some of these strong sunscreens. Double cleansing, especially when you're wearing sunscreen, is a must because I just don't feel like it comes off otherwise. So a couple of oil-based cleansers, Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil is great."

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"I love this cleanser, it's super light and it rinses really easily. On nights when I was really tired, this stuff was so great that I typically didn't feel like I needed a second step cleanser on those days, it just gets the makeup off enough that I can go to bed and lay down without the makeup sitting on your skin. It's really nice, super lightweight, and affordable, so I loved it, amazing. I will repurchase that again in a heartbeat."

AliceintheRabbitHole

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✓Yay

"Prequel's Pre-Glance has completely replaced my old cleansing oil. It's fragrance free and it's also a way better price. I'm happy to replace an old favorite that cost me more money with a new favorite that I both like more and that's saving me money."

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All 2 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole

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"Prequel's Pre-Glance has completely replaced my old cleansing oil. It's fragrance free and it's also a way better price. I'm happy to replace an old favorite that cost me more money with a new favorite that I both like more and that's saving me money."

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"It is not heavy, it doesn't leave behind a film, it emulsifies beautifully, and it takes off every bit of sunscreen and makeup. I can double cleanse with this, or with my dry skin type I can use it on its own. [...] In the past month I tried a few other oil cleansers and they were either too scented, too heavy, or too expensive, and one that was fragrance free was so much more expensive than this. [...] This is just the most perfect oil cleanser I've ever tried."

Dr Dray

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✓Yay

"Overall, I really like this cleansing oil. I think it's fantastic. I would gladly repurchase it over and over again. It's relatively affordable. I mean, it's not the least expensive, it's not the most expensive. It's pretty similar performance-wise to the Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil, which I frequently repurchase from Japan."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

✓Nay

"A pass for me is going to be the new Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil. This just did not cut all the makeup and the sunscreen with a couple cleanses. It didn't emulsify all that well and also the packaging is super flimsy."

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"I had a huge problem with the packaging on this. [...] I could never get this pump to work, so that was slightly irritating. But the cleanser wasn't that irritating, but it did not emulsify well. You know how when you have that emulsification factor with an oil cleanser and it just breaks up your makeup and just kind of rinses clean? I didn't feel like this really broke up the makeup all that well. So, that was a little annoying along with the packaging."

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"A pass for me is going to be the new Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil. This just did not cut all the makeup and the sunscreen with a couple cleanses. It didn't emulsify all that well and also the packaging is super flimsy."

Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

✓Yay

"It does like to cling to the skin, so [...] you have to wash very thoroughly, and you can't really just splash and go with this cleanser, but [...] I put it in this month's favorites because I tried it just for that video, and [...] it has not left my sink side [...] since. It's stayed in my cleanser spot and I just go for it all the time now, so that's a testament to the product, it's working really nicely."

All 2 takes from Kelly Driscoll

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"It does like to cling to the skin, so [...] you have to wash very thoroughly, and you can't really just splash and go with this cleanser, but [...] I put it in this month's favorites because I tried it just for that video, and [...] it has not left my sink side [...] since. It's stayed in my cleanser spot and I just go for it all the time now, so that's a testament to the product, it's working really nicely."

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"I adore this texture because even when I'm using this and not wearing makeup, it's actually really great for helping to remove any of those little hardened sebum clogs in the skin. [...] This can be really great for folks who have really congested skin, who have a lot of clogged pores, because it can kind of help pop out those little annoying hardened sebum plugs. [...] But this also removes makeup like a champ."

Mixed Makeup

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✓Yay

"This is the Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil. I think it's really good. It feels very juicy for an oil, if that makes sense. I don't know how to explain it, but it's juicy and I like that. I've been using it a lot lately and it breaks everything down so easily. [...] Let me show you how it emulsifies, because we always want to see it do a good job. Now I'm going to rinse it off. This is what it looks like right after I rinse off, and my skin is not sensitive at all now."

Dr. Sam Ellis

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✓Yay

"I will either use my Prequel Cleansing Oil and then go in with the Prequel Cleanser, or I will use my Bioderma micellar water on a cotton pad, and I typically will do this if I'm wearing a ton of makeup, and then I'll go in with my Prequel Cleanser. The beauty of a double cleanse like this is that all the products you're using are super gentle, so you're not stripping your skin even though you're cleansing twice and very thoroughly."

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All 4 takes from Dr. Sam Ellis

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"I am obsessed with this. It has been tested to not be pore clogging, so big win if you are acne prone. Once everything's been melted down, I add a little bit of water to start to emulsify this so it gets kind of white and milky. I rub for another 10 seconds and then rinse everything off. I love that oil cleanser so much because it not only breaks down your makeup, but after you rinse it off, you don't feel any residue on your skin."

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"It has such a lightweight oil texture, like when I feel it on the skin it's light but it still feels plushy, and what I really like about this is when I'm massaging it into my skin it still has this beautiful slip. I actually kind of want to put this on my face right now. I feel like sometimes people rush through the cleansing process but this really allows you to pause and be a little bit more ritualistic, because you want to massage this into your skin, it feels that good."

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"I am obsessed with using my Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil for this. It is so good at removing gunk but it doesn't leave the skin feel stripped and it also doesn't leave a residue on the skin."

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"I will either use my Prequel Cleansing Oil and then go in with the Prequel Cleanser, or I will use my Bioderma micellar water on a cotton pad, and I typically will do this if I'm wearing a ton of makeup, and then I'll go in with my Prequel Cleanser. The beauty of a double cleanse like this is that all the products you're using are super gentle, so you're not stripping your skin even though you're cleansing twice and very thoroughly."

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Frequently asked.

What is Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil?

A lightweight oil cleanser formulated to remove makeup, sunscreen, and impurities while emulsifying cleanly without leaving residue.

Is Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil worth it?

Mostly yes. 6 of the 7 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.

What is Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil's Guru Score?

Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.