The 10 Best Natural Makeup Removers (2024)

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The best makeup removers are essentially just souped-up oil, which helps emulsify all that foundation, concealer, lipstick, and mascara you're wearing so it rinses off clean. If you're really obsessed with all things clean beauty, you might just turn to something like pure coconut oil to get the job done. But there are far skin-friendlier options out there that help get even waterproof makeup off clean while keeping skin hydrated, clear, and soothed. Whether you have sensitive skin, wear contacts, or just love your makeup to last all day, there's a cleaner, naturally-derived makeup remover out there just waiting to be included in your routine.

Ahead, the 10 best natural makeup removers and cleansers that BAZAAR editors love.

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Biossance Squalane + Antioxidant Cleansing Oil

The secret to cleansing oil is to make sure you apply it on dry skin with dry hands. Let it melt away your makeup before adding water and rinsing it all away. We love this one from Biossance because it's ideal for dry and sensitive skin, thanks to the inclusion of squalane and eight plant-derived oils.

2

True Botanicals Ginger Turmeric Cleansing Balm

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This is one of Laura Dern's favorite products, so you know it's really good. The Ginger Turmeric Cleaning Balm dissolves makeup and sunscreen without stripping skin of moisture, while lactic and azelaic acid go to work to brighten and smooth skin with each use. It's pregnancy-safe and great for sensitive skin.

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Some cleansing oils can feel a little rich on the skin, making a double cleanse with a foamy formula necessary. Not this one, though. Tatcha's camellia and rice bran oil cleanser feels light and luxurious. It melts away all signs of makeup and grime but leaves skin feeling soft and clean—all in just one step.

4

Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm

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Perhaps the most popular cleansing balm at Sephora, Farmacy's Green Clean is famous for getting off every single speck of long-wear makeup and sunscreen without irritating sensitive or dry skin. It's great for all skin types, too.

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5

Josh Rosebrook Josh Rosebrook Essential Balm Cleanse

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Hate products in jars? Totally get it. This gel-to-milk cleanser from our of our favorite clean brands Josh Rosebrook comes in a nifty tube to keep things neat and clean. Smear it over your skin and then add water to remove makeup while supporting your skin's natural moisture barrier.

6

One Love Organics Botanical B Enzyme Cleansing Oil + Makeup Remover

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This cleansing oil is great for all skin types, but will wow mature and dry skin thanks to the gentle exfoliation from papain, a fruit enzyme. Plus, the smell is incredible—we use it on no-makeup days just for the tropical vibes alone.

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7

RMS Beauty Raw Coconut Cream

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This raw coconut cream doesn't just remove makeup and mascara, it also can be used to soften scaly elbows and cuticles as well as a hair treatment or super-natural deodorant. Just be sure to cleanse your skin really, really well before applying makeup to avoid a slippery finish.

8

Drunk Elephant E-Rase Milki Micellar Water

Drunk Elephant's take on micellar water includes ceramides to help boost skin's health and hydration as well as wild melon seed oil to support a healthy skin barrier. While it doesn't technically need to be rinsed off, we like using this as the first step in any cleansing routine to remove eye makeup gently.

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Caudalie Vinoclean Makeup Removing Cleansing Oil

This gentle cleansing oil is spiked with castor oil, so while you're busy removing brow gels and volumizing mascara its also helping support healthier, longer lashes and brows. Genius.

10

Naturopathica Manuka Honey Cleansing Balm

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Manuka honey is one of the best natural ingredients for your skin, but we can understand not wanting to smear it on from the jar like Winnie the Pooh. This cleansing balm from Naturopathica blends the honey with royal jelly peptides and natural oils to create a soothing, repairing formula that gently removes makeup without disturbing skin.

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Jenna Rosenstein

Beauty Director

Jenna Rosenstein is the Beauty Director at Harper's BAZAAR across both print and digital. While attending NYU, she held internships at Women’s Wear Daily, Bloomingdale’s, Harper’s BAZAAR, and Allure, the latter of which she parlayed into her first job as the Beauty Assistant. She left Allure three years later as the Senior Beauty Editor. She spent a few months at Refinery29 overseeing branded content in the same title, before finally landing back at BAZAAR to manage all beauty content. When she's not testing every lipstick known to mankind, getting zapped by new lasers, or interviewing experts and celebrities, you can find Rosenstein at home in New Jersey with her son, husband, and black cat named Maddie.

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