What it is: A mild cleanser that removes makeup, excess oil, pollution, and dirt. It rinses off without residue, leaving skin clean and soft.
Skin Type: Normal, dry, combination, and oily
Skin Concerns: Redness
Formulation: Lightweight gel
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Mild Surfactant Blend: A combination of gentle cleansing agents, including fatty-acid-rich coconut-based surfactants, that work together to create a gentle lather that effectively dissolves even stubborn makeup, sunscreen, and oils, while helping to maintain a healthy skin barrier.
- Glycerin: A skin-identical humectant that replenishes hydration levels typically lost during cleansing.
- Melon Extract: Rich in antioxidants, this extract soothes and hydrates.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: With a unique blend of mild surfactants and makeup-dissolving emollients, this gentle cleanser has an ideal pH of 5.5, which does not dry out the skin. Dermatologist-tested and free of SLS, fragrance, essential oils, and silicones, Beste™ No. 9 is suitable for all skin types.
Drunk Elephant is committed to using only ingredients that directly benefit the skin's health or contribute to the integrity of their formulas. The brand focuses on healthy pH levels, skin-recognizable formulas, a small molecular structure for easy absorption, and effective active ingredients that also protect the skin's acid mantle. All of their products are designed to be mixed together, which Drunk Elephant calls "making a smoothie." (This applies to all of their products except for their sunscreen, Umbra, which remains on the skin's surface, protecting it from UV damage). The result is skin that returns to its healthiest and most radiant state.
Drunk Elephant supports the IEF (International Elephant Foundation) and is a cruelty-free brand.
Clinical Results:
In a consumer perception study with 106 people after one day of use:
- 99% agreed that skin felt free of impurities and surface residue.
- 97% agreed that Beste did not irritate the skin.
- 93% agreed that skin felt balanced, soft, and supple.
