First of all, please don't come for me with unkindness, Reddit. I know this is many people's fav and I'm not saying it's not good for most people.
But sensitive skin people, beware!
I've seen this product touted all over Reddit as a holy grail oil cleanser, and oftentimes people even say it's perfect for sensitive skin.
It seems it must have been reformulated to add a citrus scent…(Picture on post is a screenshot of the ingredients list on YesStyle).
So not knowing this, I went and slathered it all over like a fool and used it as the first step in a double cleanse, with my usual foaming cleanser as the second step. Immediately my skin started burning, and going blotchy and red.
The burning got worse over the course of an hour, and then dissipated overnight. During the burning phase, I kept splashing my face with cold water to cool it down. My skin still felt a little sensitive the next day, but recovered okay.
I looked up the ingredients on the INCI decoder website, and Orange oil and Orange Peel Oil are known irritants.
I'm sure most people will be fine, but I am sensitive to stuff like this and have had reactions to other products in the past.
Since then I've also had a reaction to another cleansing oil I tried (luckily I only bought a sample of this one): the Mixsoon one, which I found contains fragrance. It seems a lot of cleansing oils contain fragrances (even product lines that are fragrance-free for the rest of their range), probably to cover up the weird smell of the oils.
I'm now going to be extra careful about checking ingredients. I've now bought the Beplain Mung Bean Cleansing Oil, which is fragrance-free, and have used it with no reaction (phew).
I'm open to suggestions on anything that I might be missing or if there might be something else I'm reacting to. I'll update if I learn more.
Hope this is helpful to someone.
by bigblackfatbird