When it comes to finding the best natural face wash or organic facial cleanser for your skin type and concerns, the choices can feel endless—creams, gels, balms, oils, foams and more.
That’s why today, I’m excited to share our carefully curated collection of natural face cleansers.
Whether you have sensitive, dry, aging, oily or acne-prone skin, the right face wash will remove all the dirt and grime accumulated during the day without stripping your skin’s natural moisture.
From hydrating cream cleansers for dry skin to exfoliating formulas to brighten dull skin, we’ll help you narrow down your choices and find the best formula for your skin’s unique needs.
Good to know: Every natural facial cleanser in our collection is cruelty free and made with clean, non-toxic ingredients designed to keep your skin balanced, refreshed, and glowing. Plus, our natural facial cleansers are also free from harsh surfactants, microplastics, phenoxyethanol, synthetic fragrances, parabens, and sulfates—ingredients that can dry or irritate your skin.
Ready to get started? Let’s dive in! Here are the best natural face wash & facial cleansers for your skin type.
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Best cleansers for sensitive skin
Fitglow Beauty Calm Cleanser
Key ingredients | Bamboo Electrolytes, Glycoproteins and Cucumber. Essential oil free
Why you’ll love it: Pollution, harsh weather, working out and even wearing makeup can leave sensitive skin feeling irritated and out of balance. This creamy sensitive skin cleanser is enriched with skin loving botanicals to remove dirt, environmental buildup, makeup, and SPF without irritation.
Good to know: This mild milk cleanser is also a great choice for dry or redness prone skin.
Mokosh Makeup Remover & Cleansing Oil
Key ingredients | Certified Organic Pumpkin, jojoba, baobab and sesame seed oils. Essential Oil Free.
Why you’ll love it: This 100% organic facial cleanser efficiently removes makeup, dissolves dirt and impurities and removes excess sebum. Made with minimal ingredients, this cleansing oil leaves sensitive skin clean, soft and deeply hydrated without clogging pores.
Good to know: Oil cleansing is an extremely gentle cleansing method, particularly useful for sensitive skin types.
Graydon Skincare Aloe Milk Cleanser
Key ingredients | Niacinamide, black tea and maple sap water
Why you’ll love it: This extra gentle cream cleanser is ideal for dry, dehydrated or sensitive skin. It stars hydrating aloe vera, antioxidant-rich black tea and niacinamide (vitamin B3) to nourish and soothe skin while melting away excess oil and impurities. Winner Best Face Cleanser for Sensitive Skin (2023 & 2024)
Good to know: Dermatologist and clinically tested to be hypoallergenic and non-irritating.
Best cleansers for dry or aging skin
Kari Gran Essential Cleansing Oil
Key ingredients | Organic avocado, sunflower and castor seed oils.
Why you’ll love it: This natural oil based cleanser lifts away pore-clogging oils along with all traces of makeup, sunscreen, and pollution. Additionally, this organic cleanser balances the skin’s natural oil production leaving dry or aging skin feeling soft and supple.
Inlight Face Cleanser
Key ingredients: Sesame seed oil, green tea, rosemary, olive oil
Why you’ll love it: This luxurious organic cleansing balm gently breaks down dirt, makeup, and excess oils while hydrating botanical oils counteract dryness and flakiness. This balm-to-oil formula cleanses effectively without scrubbing or tugging or disrupting the skin’s natural barrier, making it a great option for those with dry or mature skin.
Free + True Skincare Marigold Morning
Key ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, sunflower oil, plantain extract
Why you’ll love it: This pH balanced creamy gel cleanser removes impurities with ease, then rinses away clean. Enriched with botanical extracts and plant oils to soothe, cleanse and condition, while papaya enzymes gently renew. A healthy dose of hyaluronic acid keeps dry skin hydrated.
Best cleansers for oily or acne-prone skin
Little Seed Farm Charcoal Soap Bar
Key ingredients | Activated charcoal, organic olive oil, grass fed goats milk. Essential oil free.
Why you’ll love it: This detoxifying face wash deep cleans without drying out your skin. Infused with activated charcoal and organic olive oil this natural bar soap absorb excess oil while keeping skin hydrated.
Good to know: Natural soaps contain skin nourishing oils and are softer than traditional bar soaps. Using a self-draining soap dish will help the soap last longer.
100% Pure Lavender Oat Milk Soothing Cleanser
Key ingredients | Colloidal oatmeal, rose petal, calendula
Why you’ll love it: This powder cleanser is especially good for those with sensitive or irritated skin. It transforms into a creamy lather upon mixing with water to deeply purify while simultaneously soothing. The combination of echinacea, rose petals and lavender powders with calendula work to calm breakouts and reduce redness.
Best cleansers for combination skin
Honua Hawaiian Skincare Paʻakai Cleansing Cream
Key ingredients: Hawaiian Salt, hibiscus and wild harvested sea weed extract
Why you’ll love it: This creamy pink water-soluble cleanser combines Hawaiian salt and antioxidant-rich hibiscus to effectively remove impurities and light makeup without leaving skin feeling tight or dry. Made for all skin types, this gentle daily cleanser works particularly well keeping normal to combination skin balanced.
100% Pure Cucumber Cloud Foam Cleanser
Key ingredients: Cucumber, calendula and chamomile
Why you’ll love it: A hydrating foaming face wash with cucumber juice, aloe, and rose to replenish moisture while gently washing away dirt and oil. Calming calendula and chamomile make this natural face wash extra soothing for dry or irritated skin.
Good to know: This foaming cleanser has a light cucumber scent, with delicate notes of rose.
Black Chicken Remedies Cleanse My Face
Key ingredients: Organic camellia tea, sesame seed, jojoba
Why you’ll love it: This all natural cleansing oil balances and hydrates without stripping your skin of its vital moisture. Formulated with 100% natural and organic ingredients, this facial oil cleanser works in harmony with your skin’s natural systems to balance sebum levels, draw out impurities, and deeply hydrate without causing clogged pores or dryness.
Good to know: Multi-award-winning Cleanse My Face balances sebum levels making it ideal for dry, oily, and combination skin types. The Beauty Shortlist Awards 2023 - Editors Choice award winner
Best face wash for glowing skin
Free + True Soft Power Exfoliating Powder Cleanser
Key ingredients | Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), amla powder, marshmallow, and colloidal oats
Why you’ll love it: With a few drops of water, this gentle exfoliating cleanser transforms into a creamy lather to gently wash away everything from dead skin buildup to excess oil with Vitamin C-rich amla powder, marshmallow, and oats. Never gritty, it’s mild enough to use daily. Over time, skin appears brighter and smoother
Good to know: Common in Korea and Japan, powder cleansers are easy to use and can be customized to your daily needs. Simply add less water for a thicker, mask-like consistency, or more for a thinner, serum-like consistency.
Yina Bioadaptive Cleanser
Key ingredients: white tea, medicinal mushrooms, vegetable glycerin
Why you’ll love it: Infused with white tea, medicinal mushrooms, and pearl extract, this luxurious natural facial cleanser gently exfoliates, soothes, and brightens while dissolving daily impurities, residual makeup, and pollutants from your pores. Skin feels clean, soft, and comfortable — and brighter and smoother over time.
Best for heavy makeup removal
Free + True Skincare Moonlight Milk Balm Cleanser
Key ingredients | Organic camellia, black cumin and mango butter
Why you’ll love it: This balm cleanser works like a dream melting away heavy makeup and removing impurities without stripping the skin or leaving behind an oily residue. The combination of organic camellia oil, black cumin oil, and mango butter melts into a beautiful, silky texture dissolving makeup in seconds. Plus, the nourishing formula gives mature skin an extra boost of needed hydration.
Best budget friendly face wash
Carina Organics Daily Face Wash
Key ingredients: organic olive oil, chamomile and nettle
Why you’ll love it: This budget-friendly unscented face wash is ideal for oily skin. Made with coconut-based surfactants and organic plant extracts, this non-toxic face wash effectively removes excess oil, makeup and dirt without stripping moisture.
Good to know: This face wash is best for oily skin types and can leave dry skin feeling a little tight
Kari Gran Luxe Facial Cleansing Bar
Key ingredients | Organic shea butter, avocado oil and colloidal oats
Why you’ll love it: This gentle, super-fatted organic bar soap lathers into a creamy texture to calm and soothe sensitive, dry, and itchy skin. Organic cold-pressed avocado oil and castor oil nourish and balance skin while colloidal oats soothe any irritation.
Good to know: One bar of the Luxe Facial Cleansing soap equals one 114ml bottle of the liquid stuff.
Choosing a high-quality natural cleanser is the first step toward better skin. Explore our full collection of natural facial cleansers here!