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Clinique
Take The Day Off™ Cleansing Balm
A makeup remover built around Vitamin E, for barrier repair and hydration.
Brand price
USD 15.00 · checked 8 Oct 2026 · on the brand's site
From the brand
What the brand says about this product. Our ingredient analysis follows below.
The brand recommends it for
- Dry skin
- Oily skin
- Combination skin
- Normal skin
- Sensitive skin
How to use
Use our makeup remover balm before cleanser and other treatment products. Massage balm over dry skin with your fingertips. Rinse well with warm water. Pat dry. Follow with Take The Day Off™ Facial Cleansing Mousse or your favorite All About Clean™ cleanser for a thorough double cleanse.
What's inside
Ingredients List
5 trigger at least one check · 4 trigger none
- Fatty esters (glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate)
- May Trigger Acne
- May Worsen Keratosis Pilaris
- May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Plant oils and butters (coconut, olive, shea)
- Plant or mineral oil
- Barrier Repair
- May Worsen Oily Skin
- May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Fatty esters (glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate)
- May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Fatty esters (glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate)
- May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Vitamin E
- Anti-Pollution
- Antioxidant
- May Trigger Acne
- May Worsen Irritation
- May Worsen Keratosis Pilaris
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Barrier Repair5
Strengthens and restores the skin's natural barrier.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, PEG-5 Glyceryl Triisostearate, Tocopherol
Concerns
May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis4
May feed the yeast involved in seborrheic dermatitis.
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, PEG-5 Glyceryl Triisostearate, Sorbeth-30 Tetraoleate
May Worsen Keratosis Pilaris2
May clog follicles or strip skin prone to keratosis pilaris.
Ingredients Explained
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Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Perfuming, Emollient
Ethylhexyl Palmitate isn't fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Ethylhexyl Palmitate →Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Fragrance, Skin Conditioning
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil isn't fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil →Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Fragrance, Perfuming, Occlusive, Solvent
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the mixed triester of glycerin and caprylic and capric acids.
Learn more about Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride →Sorbeth-30 Tetraoleate
Emulsifying
Sorbeth-30 Tetraoleate isn't fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Sorbeth-30 Tetraoleate →Polyethylene
Abrasive, Film Forming, Viscosity Controlling
Homopolymer of ethylene monomers
Learn more about Polyethylene →PEG-5 Glyceryl Triisostearate
Emollient, Emulsifying
PEG-5 Glyceryl Triisostearate isn't fungal acne safe.
Learn more about PEG-5 Glyceryl Triisostearate →Aqua
Solvent
Tocopherol
Antioxidant, Fragrance, Skin Conditioning, Occlusive
Tocopherol is vitamin E.
Learn more about Tocopherol →Phenoxyethanol
Antimicrobial, Preservative
Phenoxyethanol is the aromatic ether alcohol that conforms to the formula:
Learn more about Phenoxyethanol →
Dupes
- Clinique Take The Day Off™ Charcoal Cleansing Balm87% match
- ROUND LAB Birch Juice Moisturizing Peeling Cleansing Oil70% match
- ROUND LAB Pine Cica Deep Pore Cleansing Oil65% match
- Numbuzin No.1 Easy Peasy Cleansing Oil64% match
- CeraVe Makeup Removing Cleanser Balm: Effective Cleanse64% match
- Anua Heartleaf Pore Control Cleansing Oil64% match