essano Hydrating Rosehip Gel Foaming Cleanser

Essano Rosehip Oil Cleanser is a soap-free facial cleanser with active natural botanicals and certified organic. It is not tested on animals and is made in NZ. The cleanser is rich in certified organic Rosehip Oil and includes Aloe Vera for hydration. 97.36% of the total ingredients in the formula are of natural origin with 5.05% of the total ingredients from organic farming. Essano is a New Zealand based natural skincare brand that I've only recently become aware of because of the brand's eco-friendly philosophy. Essano claim that their Rosehip Facial Oil will soothe, renew and cleanse skin without drying. The cleanser comes in a brown plastic pump bottle which is recyclable and easy to dispense. I like that the entire bottle is a dark brown which helps to protect the integrity of the ingredients. A label wraps around the bottle, with a product description, a full ingredient list, plus a list of ingredients that you will never find in Essano's products, for example no parabens, sulphates, silicones, and so on. All of the product's packaging is recyclable. The cleanser has fragrance added which smells slightly synthetic but as it dissipates quite quickly it wasn’t a problem for me. I use the cleanser every morning and evening along with my other Essano products. I wet my face and neck and use one pump on my facial brush, which I then use to thoroughly clean my skin. The gel in combination with water, works to a very light lather, only foaming slightly. I find the gel works well on its own but it is exactly the right consistency to use with a facial brush. I really like the pump action of this cleanser and find that you don't need very much to obtain completely cleansed skin. I am particularly wary of gel cleansers as I find many are too drying and often have leftover residue. A little goes a long way so it's excellent value for a natural plant based cleanser which is free of GMO's and contains such good ingredients. I have combination skin, and my skin can be slightly dry. I found this cleanser did take off my makeup well, I also haven't had any skin reactions, but it left my skin with a slight feeling of tightness and dryness. I felt I had to follow up with a moisturiser straight away. However, I do not feel that my skin has been stripped of its natural oils. I do think this cleanser does the job, taking the price into consideration I think that it is an excellent product. I would recommend it, but I would not personally re-use it. I think this product would work better for normal to combination skin which doesn’t have areas of dryness.

I suffer from psoriasis so am really picky about products Inuse on my face. This was perfect as it is soap free and did not have a perfumed scent. The bottle is dark brown with a cute pink label. The lockable pump is perfect for use in the shower or tucked away while travelling. It comes in a 140ml bottle and the cleanser is clear in colour.

This was either to later and easy to spread across my face and skin. I did find the scent a little strange but given it was fine on my senstive skin, I ignored this. I found this product to leave my skin feeling soft fresh and clean.

This was great for my skin so this one ticked all the boxes for me.

I was picked to review this, so first thanks for that! I have lots of issues with my face, the biggest being eczema, then combination skin and the good old occasional adult acne. so im pretty hesitant to try things on my face. but this cleanser is soap free, so thats a big selling point for me. i like the bottle, nice looking and easy to use. its easy to apply, mine did go a little stiff in between applying and washing off, but that was only for the time it was on my face. pump some cleanser out onto your palms and rub together to get foam, although mine wasn't really that foamy, (it was more like a cream) after washing, my face feels amazing! i actually couldn't believe it. its soft, feels like i have moisturized it, when i haven't. the best park about this, my face has had no reaction to it, which is amazing, not itchy or redness. im super impressed!

I love using Essano Rosehip Gentle Foaming Cleanser, it cleans my skin and doesn’t leave that ‘tight’ feeling afterwards. I feel my skin moisturised but clean at the same time. I love the smell of the cleanser too. I will definitely use it again!

The Essano gentle foaming cleanser is exactly what it says it is; no fancy smells or exclusive colorings just gentle on your skin and an effective cleanser. I love the simple ingredients and the way it makes my skin feel after cleansing. There is no tightening of the skin or excessive striping of natural oils as some cleansers do. As I have aged my skin has been sensitive at times and this cleanser has in the short time I have been using it really agrees with my skin and helped reduce redness and calm it. I will definitely continue to use this product and will look in to adding more essano products to my arsenal.

28 yo female, fair complexion, historically oily to combination skin, now combination to dry skin.

This cleanser is ok. That about sums it up. It's just average for everything. If I were super concerned with acne I would not use this. When my skin was really bad I had specific products that worked with my skin to try and get it as clear as possible. As I'm now more interested in keeping dry patches at bay than oily patches, this does an ok job. I've received better cleansers in previous beauty boxes. My dry patches are still under control as they are just mild anyway and my oily patches are fine but not as clear as with other products.

This gel like cleanser is one of the best I’ve tried from the Supermarket and it’s pretty well priced too. I’m on my 3rd bottle although I do chop and change my cleansers regularly. I recently picked it up on special for around $10 which considering how long it lasts is great value for money. It smells nice and leaves my combination/oily skin clean and fresh. It doesn’t minimise the oil production but for a basic cleanser it does the trick. My teenage daughter has dry skin and found it too drying but for normal to oily skin types this is a beautiful option.

I bought this cleanser because I wanted something gentle that was easy to use. I personally didn't like the fragarence of it, I found it didn't have the nice natural scents I gravitate towards, it smelt very artificial. It wasn't very foamy but it did feel gentle and didn't irritate my skin. I have liked most other essano products I've tried but I gave this away because it just didn't leave my face feeling nourished after being cleansed.

I liked it alot.. I was looking for something that wpuld clean my facr and woyld be gentle and this was perfeckt. I wpuld totaly recomend this for someone with sensitive skin