Oat Cleansing Balm.

"The Oat Cleansing Balm from the INKEY List, I loved how you could use it as a mask or a cleanser, how it felt so calming, soothing on the skin, got rid of multiple layers of water resistant SPF and makeup and disappeared like that without a trace. It was like the best Holy Grail cleansing balm. Then for reasons not known to the INKEY List, I thought, we could do better, let's reformulate it. And as a result, it split before you even got halfway through the product, it didn't cleanse as well as it used to, I found it a little bit irritating on the skin, and it used to come out separated in such a gloopy, gloopy mess. Really wasn't the Holy Grail product it used to be. Now the INKEY List actually denies ever reformulating this, but I know you can just tell when a product is totally different from the original, and it wasn't just me, so many of you guys said exactly the same thing, that you'd moved away from it because it just wasn't working. Their sales have actually plummeted, and now they're really heavily promoting it to kind of get the hype going again. Well, I had to say to the INKEY List, don't bother, you're wasting your time and your money, because there is a new cleansing balm in town I want to shout about."

"The Inkey List reformulated and cheapened the ingredients they were using in the product and ruined what was an absolute gamechanging cleanser. People started complaining online that the product started separating, it didn't cleanse as well as before, and it was almost a little grainy on application. The brand never actually owned up to reformulating it, but thousands of people said this was a completely different cleanser. They tried to save a few pence or cents and ruined a perfectly good product."

"Their old extract cleanser reminded me of the INKEY List Oat Cleansing Balm, which I didn't love or hate."

"The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm, a lot of people absolutely love this stuff. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it at first and then I changed to not loving it but not hating it. It's pretty effective at removing makeup, but I did find this leaves a film for me if I don't use it with a washcloth to rinse it off. And I found you have to ignore the directions on this and don't do what it says because it says to apply to a dampened face. I highly disagree with that. You have to apply this to dry skin. If you apply this to damp skin it doesn't do a good job at anything, but if you apply it to dry skin it does a better job for me. It leaves a little bit of a film, but for a lot of other people it doesn't. In terms of affordability, it's really affordable, so if it ends up working great for you it's worth it."

"The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm contains oats so this is very calming and soothing to the skin. It's great for all skin types including those that have sensitive skin and it also is quite moisturizing as well. I never use this as that traditional cleanser; I just use this to remove makeup and sunscreen and then of course as a face mask. This is really gentle, calming, and soothing, and you're getting 150 mls of product."

"This is a bomb, it's thick but it's also very moisturizing on the skin. It's super gentle, there's no fragrance, but also it really helps to repair the skin barrier with the oat ingredient. Oats is a humectant, so this is going to moisturize and nourish the skin, but it can also help to calm and soothe irritated skin as well. You can use this as your everyday cleanser both morning and evening. This works really well as a makeup and sunscreen remover and also great as that second cleanse as well. You can use this as a mask, put a thick layer all over your face all over your neck wherever you're experiencing irritation and just leave it on for as long as you want, half an hour, an hour, a couple of hours, and let this penetrate the skin. Three percent of the oat ingredient in here will really help to calm that irritation. When my skin is really rosy sometimes I will use this and I do feel like when I rinse it off after an hour or so my skin doesn't look as rosy. You can use this every day twice a day even if your skin is normal."

"The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm is perfect for all skin types including oily skin. It's a great cleanser to calm irritated sensitive skin, and also great if you have dry skin. It's a perfect everyday cleanser that performs really well. It doesn't strip the skin and it doesn't make your skin feel tight; it keeps your skin feeling comfortable. If you have redness, this cleanser is also really great for that. A little amount goes a long way, and when you emulsify it with water you get a nice cleanse. You can also use this as a mask. If you need some hydration, have a little bit of irritation, and your skin is rosy, you can put a decent amount all over your face, leave it on for as long as you like, and then rinse. Your face will feel amazing."

"Another really affordable and great cleansing balm is from Inkey List, their Oat Cleansing Balm. This is a thicker balm, and I actually sometimes use this in the shower. It's very gentle and it works fairly well. I don't find it to work as effectively at removing my eye makeup, but for all the sunscreen it works great and it rinses off really nicely with minimal residue."

"The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm is very nourishing and really good at removing water resistant mascara from my face without leaving a lot of residue, so you can use it alone as your night cleanser."

"It didn't feel right around the eyes. The website will advise you to stay clear of the eyes. I don't think it's dangerous for use around the eyes, but I don't think it is meant to remove eye makeup, just the regular face makeup, which is why I don't usually use it as a first step. And when you look at The Inkey Way to double cleanse, it is actually listed as second cleanser after using The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm as first cleanse to really remove every trace of makeup and then go in with a second cleanse afterwards. And I think for that it works really fine. So either for that or as a morning cleanse is how I prefer to use it. Looking at the ingredients, you have glycerin as humectant which is a very good humectant but probably not the most effective in a wash-off product, and you also have betaine made from sugar beet which pulls in water as well. Same here, it gets washed off, so I'm not sure how much hydrating effect it will have on the skin. Then there's shea butter which has emollient properties, some rice bran oil which is also good for this protective layer, and inulin. Inulin is said to be food for the good skin bacteria, so promoting a healthy skin microbiome. If you've seen my videos on the skin microbiome, you know that there is no definition of what a good skin microbiome is, so I can't say for sure if inulin is helpful, but it is a so-called probiotic. All in all, not a very exciting ingredient list."

"The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm is a great one for removing makeup in the winter. It is the second time I finished it, and while some people claim it is too harsh on their skin due to the tiny granules it contains, I never had any issues with them."

"The Inkey List has their viral Oat Cleansing Balm. It's a cleansing balm that removes makeup very gently and does not leave the skin feeling greasy or stripped of the natural oils. It's only $11.99, and it's one of their most popular products because it's an incredible price point and really great."

"A cleansing balm is really your secret weapon here to carefully remove makeup and waterproof sunscreen from your skin with a very gentle massage technique that helps it just lift right up off the skin without needing to use any harsh abrasive makeup wipes or eye makeup remover that can pull and tug the skin or just irritate the eyes and the skin. Cleansing balms specifically are very gentle on the skin, really nourishing and hydrating to our skin barrier all while doing the heaviest work of the entire cleansing method and getting this oil-based sticky makeup and skincare products out of the crevices of our skin and off our skin, especially waterproof makeup."

"If you want to remove all of your sunscreen and makeup very thoroughly at the end of the day make sure you double cleanse. This is another really affordable product, it's one of the most popular Inky List products too, it's their Oat Cleansing Balm. This is a really nice and effective, super affordable so you can use this to get all of this off at the end of the day."