ROOT CAUSE SKINCARE™
The Essential Cleanser
★★★★★(4.87)
The cleanser that loves your skin back! Ingeniously formulated to rebalance every skin type's unique imbalances, all while actively moisturizing the skin. Uses our proprietary Root Cause Skincare™ science to create a healthy, balanced baseline for your skin.
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Why You'll Love It
• Hydrates and flushes away toxins, instead of stripping everything out of your skin
• Melts away build-up and dead skin
• Probiotics support your microbiome while ceramides actively rebuild your skin's moisture barrier
• Gentle gel-cream texture leaves your skin feeling soothed, replenished, and loved
• Natural anti-acne power without without harsh, sensitizing, or drying ingredients
Details, Ingredients, & Directions
Size: 236ml / 8 fl oz, – which typically lasts 8-16 weeks with daily use.
How to Use: Wet your face. put 2-3 pumps into wet hands and work into a light lather. Massage into face for 3-60 seconds, then rinse your skin clean. Use 1-2 times daily. Follow with The Face Cream.
Cost-Effectiveness: Comparable non-drugstore cleansers are only 150ml, and cost on average 1.35x more per ounce than ours. Drugstore cleansers almost always include barrier-damaging ingredients such as sulfates, benzoic acid, or fragrance, which can do permanent harm.
Ingredients: Water, Sodium C14-16 Alpha Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerin, Propanediol, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract, Glycolic Acid, Kalahari Melon Extract, Beta Vulgaris (Beet) Root Extract, Spinacia Oleracea (Spinach) Leaf Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrasodium EDTA, Zinc Oxide, Dindolylmethane (DIM).
Terracycle x Nordstrom: Head to any Nordstrom location to ensure your tubes are recycled properly, via their partnership with Terracycle.
FAQs
How does it work for different ages? As a mother and daughter-founded brand, we always make sure our products work for ages 0 to 100 – and The Essential Cleanser is no exception ☺ For more mature skin, it never accentuates lines, but helps plump and smooth with pro-collagen naturals and gentle exfoliants. For younger skin, it helps balance oil, calm acne, and remove build-up. It's universally effective!
When do I use it – morning or night? You can use it AM and PM, but go with your gut! You know your skin and its rhythms, so use it whenever you need a reset or to create a happy baseline.
Is it safe for reactive skin? Most definitely! It's free of all common irritants and allergens, and is compltely fragrance-free. It also contains ultra-soothing glycerin, propanediol, and 3 different ceramides that ensure your skin barrier is not only never disrupted, but is actively supplemented.
★★★★★ Review Highlights
"Wow. I can't stop touching my skin, I look like a total weirdo. So soft!! But the best part is the SCENT, so light and clean and natural and unique. I want to smell like this forever!" -Kara B.
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The Essential Cleanser, The Daily Vitamin Serum, The Face Cream
Your skin's intensive care kit for anti-aging, acne, redness, & more.
• $160 Value
What's Included
Never-drying gentle cleanser for all skin types. Rebalances, hydrates like a serum, gently exfoliates, targets acne, and minimizes pores.
All-in-one serum, packed with 17 powerful holistic nutrients that your skin needs to thrive. Hydrates, brightens, lifts, and supports your skin's natural defenses.
One simple solution to balance, calm, hydrate, repair, and protect. Your daily moisturizer that promotes your skin's wellness from the cellular level.
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The Essential Cleanser, The Face Cream
The basic routine everyone's skin has to have.
• $91 Value
What's Included
Never-drying gentle cleanser for all skin types. Rebalances, hydrates like a serum, gently exfoliates, targets acne, and minimizes pores.
One simple solution to balance, calm, hydrate, repair, and protect. Your daily moisturizer that promotes your skin's wellness from the cellular level.
All-in-One
$36
$174
Daily Gentle
Cleanser • $20
Gentle
Exfoliant • $23
Acne
Cleanser • $17
Probiotic
Cleanser • $38
Anti-Aging
Cleanser • $38
Pore-Minimizing
Treatment • $38
All-in-One
$36
$174
Daily Gentle
Cleanser • $20
Gentle
Exfoliant • $23
Acne
Cleanser • $17
Probiotic
Cleanser • $38
Anti-Aging
Cleanser • $38
Pore-Minimizing
Treatment • $38
All-in-One
$36
$174
Daily Gentle
Cleanser
• $20
Gentle
Exfoliant
• $23
Acne
Cleanser
• $17
Probiotic
Cleanser
• $38
Anti-Aging
Cleanser
• $38
Pore-
Minimizing
Treatment
• $38
Targets Root Cause
Our patent-pending Heart to Heart Complex® is a "cell-communicating ingredient", so it works with your skin cells' to target inflammation, oil production, and create a balanced baseline.
Superfood Infusion
Beet Root, Spinach, Kalahari Melon, and Moringa Seed re-feed your skin after rinsing away toxins. Packed with anti-aging antioxidants, amino acids, Vitamin C, Vitamin B, Vitamin K, magnesium, lycopene, and more.
Hydrates While You Wash
Acts like a serum while you wash, with a shot of bio-identical hydration Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin. When we say it doesn't strip your skin, we mean it! P.S. We almost called it "The Serum Cleanser" because of this!
Probiotics and Ceramides
Replenish your microbiome with a proprietary Lactobacillus probiotic – this helps with everything from oil production to eczema. Rebuild your skin barrier with a complex of 3 different Ceramides.
Targets Root Cause
Our patent-pending Heart to Heart Complex® is a "cell-communicating ingredient", so it works with your skin cells' to target inflammation, oil production, and create a balanced baseline.
Superfood Infusion
Beet Root, Spinach, Kalahari Melon, and Moringa Seed re-feed your skin after rinsing away toxins. Packed with anti-aging antioxidants, amino acids, Vitamin C, Vitamin B, Vitamin K, magnesium, lycopene, and more.
Hydrates While You Wash
Acts like a serum while you wash, with a shot of bio-identical hydration Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin. When we say it doesn't strip your skin, we mean it! P.S. We almost called it "The Serum Cleanser" because of this!
Probiotics and Ceramides
Replenish your microbiome with a proprietary Lactobacillus probiotic – this helps with everything from oil production to eczema. Rebuild your skin barrier with a complex of 3 different Ceramides.
ROOT CAUSE SKINCARE™
Why It's Different
When you eat, sleep, drink, stress, laugh, zen, or literally do anything at all, your body sends your skin signals. These can turn into inflammation, barrier breakdown, premature aging, and more.
Our body naturally gets to work to neutralize and rebalance these cellular and hormonal signals, and return your skin to its natural perfection. We bottled this perfect natural rebalancing process – so that it happens better and faster.
Our patent-pending Heart to Heart Complex® (a superhero broccoli metabolite that's featured in more than 3,000 published studies) helps your skin cells communicate more clearly, and helps rebalance skin-level hormonal and cellular disharmony.
Your skin know how to be happy – we make sure it can be.
400%
boost in skin's own collagen production*
4x
faster regeneration*
50
different skin concerns*
SENSITIVE-SAFE
Formulated for even the most irritable and unhappy skin. Suitable for all ages.
CLEAN, NON-TOXIC
No toxins or unnecessary ingredients. Free of endocrine disrupters.
GAME-CHANGING RESULTS
Derm-tested and packed with clinically-proven ingredients for life-changing results.
EU-STANDARD
Proudly made in the USA to European clean/non-toxic standards.
CRUELTY-FREE
Vegan, cruelty-free, and ethically sourced. Anything but that isn't good enough.
SENSITIVE SKIN-SAFE
Formulated for even the most irritable and unhappy skin. Suitable for all ages.
CLEAN, NON-TOXIC
No toxins or unnecessary ingredients. Free of endocrine disrupters.
PROVEN RESULTS
Derm-tested and packed with clinically-proven ingredients for life-changing results.
EU-STANDARD
Proudly made in the USA to European clean/non-toxic standards.
CRUELTY-FREE
Vegan, cruelty-free, and ethically sourced. Anything but that isn't good enough.
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The Rescue & Repair Kit
The Essential Cleanser, The Daily Vitamin Serum, The Face Cream
Your skin's intensive care kit for anti-aging, acne, redness, & more.
