We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise.Want clean, soft-as-hell skin? Then you absolutely need to incorporate a cleansing oil into your skincare routine. Cleansing oils or balms are commonly used as the first part of a two-step K-beauty process called double-cleansing—i.e., my favorite way to thoroughly clean my face. Cleansing oils call on water-soluble oils to gently dissolve a day’s worth of makeup, oil, and grime without irritating your skin or stripping it dry. It leaves your face nice and ready (kinda like a soft, dewy little canvas) for the rest of your products, and every skin type can benefit from one (even you oily or acne-prone folks!). All of this is to say that you definitely need a cleansing oil in your lineup, which is why I gathered the 16 best cleansing oil formulas of all damn time, personally tested and reviewed them (yes, rlly), and called on a few of my trusty board-certified dermatologists, Mona Gohara, MD,...
