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Aquamarine Melt Hydrating Gel Balm Cleanser.

Sunday Riley
Aquamarine Melt Hydrating Gel Balm Cleanser
Cleansers

Guru Score

76%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far
2Gurus
1Yay
1Mixed
0Nay

What the gurus are saying

The Budget Dermatologist rates it highly; The Style and Beauty Doctor is mixed. The Style and Beauty Doctor: "One thing that I find a little frustrating about it is that sometimes you got to shake it up. Either that or I think I dropped it and I broke the the mechanism and it doesn't dispense properly."
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take September 2025

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What the gurus are saying.

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The Style and Beauty Doctor
The Style and Beauty Doctor
221k subs
✓Mixed
"One thing that I find a little frustrating about it is that sometimes you got to shake it up. Either that or I think I dropped it and I broke the the mechanism and it doesn't dispense properly."
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"I thought this was like a regular cleanser, like a gel cleanser, but my first instincts that it was a cleansing balm were correct. It has a pleasant scent, like a botanical kind of scent. Feels nice. I'm going to need to play around with that a little bit more."
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"One thing that I find a little frustrating about it is that sometimes you got to shake it up. Either that or I think I dropped it and I broke the the mechanism and it doesn't dispense properly."
The Budget Dermatologist
The Budget Dermatologist
723k subs
✓Yay
"I think my skin feels really nice, feels hydrated. I don't think that I would go behind this with a second cleanser. I don't feel like I need to."

Frequently asked.

Is Sunday Riley Aquamarine Melt Hydrating Gel Balm Cleanser worth it?

Mostly yes. 1 of the 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 76%.

What is Sunday Riley Aquamarine Melt Hydrating Gel Balm Cleanser's Guru Score?

Sunday Riley Aquamarine Melt Hydrating Gel Balm Cleanser holds a Guru Score of 76%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.

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Sunday Riley Aquamarine Melt Hydrating Gel Balm Cleanser: a Guru Score of 76% from 2 experts on The Guru Index

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