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Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil.

Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil
Cleansers

About this product

A lightweight oil cleanser designed to remove makeup and impurities from the face.

Full ingredients

Guru Score

70%

Mixed

5 experts · Moderate agreement
5Gurus
3Yay
0Mixed
2Nay

What they liked

  • Dissolves makeup and sunscreen completely
  • Rinses cleanly without residue or film
  • Suitable for sensitive skin

What they flagged

  • Expensive for rice bran oil as the main ingredient
  • Requires extra work to remove waterproof makeup

What the gurus are saying

This cleansing oil is mainly rice bran oil at a fifty-dollar price, and reviewers differ on whether that's worth it. The product earns praise for how it feels and works; the counterargument is that rice bran oil costs three to eight dollars plain, and Heimish All Clean Balm delivers similar feel for eleven dollars. Worth the premium if the brand and texture resonate; less clear on ingredient value alone.
Synthesized from 5 expert reviews · most recent take October 2025

Type

CleansersOil

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

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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 do think of all the products today, this is by far from me personally the prettiest, the packaging is so beautiful, really lovely to just hold and look at. Tatcha really is founded on the concept of skin care as a ritual and it's self-care and I really do feel that this bottle embodies that. But it also works really well at dissolving makeup, sunscreen, and residue and rinses off really nicely without any sort of feeling on your skin, doesn't clog pores, and really makes your skin hydrated and soft. Really great for all skin types, including sensitive skin. It contains camellia seed oil, which is a really popular skin and hair care ingredient in Japan, rice bran extract, vitamin E, and then Tatcha's signature ingredient, the Hadasei-3 complex, which [...] is a fermented ingredient of rice, algae, and green tea that helps to soothe and protect your skin, especially in their toner and moisturizer. The essence really helps to soften and improve the penetration of your ingredients, and also acts as a gentle exfoliant. This is a really nice one if you're looking for a pretty packaged bottled oil and part of that ritualistic self-care as the first step of your routine."
All 2 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu
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"I really do think of all the products today, this is by far from me personally the prettiest, the packaging is so beautiful, really lovely to just hold and look at. Tatcha really is founded on the concept of skin care as a ritual and it's self-care and I really do feel that this bottle embodies that. But it also works really well at dissolving makeup, sunscreen, and residue and rinses off really nicely without any sort of feeling on your skin, doesn't clog pores, and really makes your skin hydrated and soft. Really great for all skin types, including sensitive skin. It contains camellia seed oil, which is a really popular skin and hair care ingredient in Japan, rice bran extract, vitamin E, and then Tatcha's signature ingredient, the Hadasei-3 complex, which [...] is a fermented ingredient of rice, algae, and green tea that helps to soothe and protect your skin, especially in their toner and moisturizer. The essence really helps to soften and improve the penetration of your ingredients, and also acts as a gentle exfoliant. This is a really nice one if you're looking for a pretty packaged bottled oil and part of that ritualistic self-care as the first step of your routine."
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"It contains camellia oil and Tatcha's trademark fermented ingredients, fermentations from green tea, red algae, and rice, which really help to hydrate the skin. I don't think it's doing significantly too much in a cleanser, but I just love the elegance of this cleanser. I love the scent. It really makes me feel like I'm indulging and treating myself when I'm using it, but at the same time it is effective and gentle at removing debris, makeup, and sunscreen from my skin."
~Yay
"Their cleansing oil is great as well"
~Yay
"I've used them for years to the point now I could say over a decade the nourishing oil cleanser is easily my favorite. In terms of makeup removal, SPF removal, giving your face a little quick cleanse in the morning, it's delicious. Again, not the cheapest."
~Nay
"This cleanser is not terrible, but it's literally rice bran oil. The second ingredient is rice bran oil, and you can go to Target and get rice bran oil for three dollars, or if you want to be bougie you can go to Thrive Market and get it for eight. I love that she can afford this and loves it for her skin, but this is basically very cheap inexpensive rice bran oil with a couple of other ingredients and some fragrance in it, and people are paying fifty dollars for it. I would say save the expensive steps in your routine for the stuff that actually sits on and soaks into your face. A cleanser you just wash off. There are so many great silky cleansers. The Heimish All Clean Balm is like eleven dollars, and it gives you such a similar feel but it's way less expensive."
~Nay
"It's very runny because it's an oil, pretty liquidy. The scent is pretty classic Tatcha, kind of like dead florals but slightly more fresh than that. I do kind of like the scent. In terms of removing my waterproof mascara, which is like always the test that I put my cleansing balms and oils to, it's fine but I have to work it in for a really long time so I don't know if it's necessarily worth it. It's Tatcha so it's expensive, and there are so many more affordable options out there for a cleansing balm or oil. I personally prefer a balm because an oil just kind of goes everywhere. I wouldn't recommend it really. I just kind of think it's not worth it."
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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 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 Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil?

A lightweight oil cleanser designed to remove makeup and impurities from the face.

Is Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil worth it?

The gurus are split. 3 of the 5 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 70%.

What is Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil's Guru Score?

Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil holds a Guru Score of 70%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.

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