This cleanser is great for sensitive and overly reactive skin. Formulated with gentle cleansing ingredients combined with soothing extracts, this is the perfect cleanser for all skin types as well as sensitive skin.

Method of Application
Dispense about a dime to nickel size amount of cleanser into the palm of your hand, drip warm/hot water into your palm then rub hands together to emulsify. Pat into skin, wipe off gently with a wet, warm cotton or bamboo clean washcloth.
Do not massage into your skin. Only cleanse in the A.M. if necessary.

Customer Reviews

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Shelf Life and Storage Information for Our Products and Ingredients

Finished Products - generally don't need to be refrigerated as they are preserved, but you can refrigerate them to extend their shelf life. The shelf life for most products is 9-12 months. Vitamin C Serum(s) and VitaResurface products should continually be refrigerated to extend their shelf life.
Sample Sizes - do have a shorter shelf life (generally 3-6 months), and items in jars can dry up quicker than this if the lid is not tightened well enough (Vitamin C Serums - use within 90 days).
Please Keep Your Products Out of Humidity, Heat, Direct Light and in a Dark Cabinet When Possible 

Exfoliating Acid - products have a shelf life of 9-12 months. The only things we don't suggest refrigerating are the Mandelic Acid Serums or Salicylic Acid Serums, as they can crystallize in the refrigerator. If this happens, you can set the product into a hot water bath to see if the crystals will dissolve.

Additional Items That Require Refrigeration and/or Kept in the Dark

Hydrosols and Distillates - remove 1 ounce of hydrosol and add it to a separate, sterilized spray bottle and spritzer. Keep the larger bottle in the refrigerator.
Carrier and Exotic Oils - generally refrigerate all carrier oils, although some very rich oils will solidify. This is fine. All you have to do is take the oil out, warm it up at room temperature, and it should liquefy. If not, set the bottle in a hot water bath and occasionally shake the bottle, which will hopefully turn into a liquid. Some oils, like coconut cream and jojoba oil, have a super long shelf life.    

Refrigeration of The Following Ingredients is Not Necessary, But it Won't hurt

Essential Oils - essential oils are best stored in a cool, dark place.   
Co2 Extracts - these should continually be refrigerated.
Butters - we suggest refrigerating our "skincare" butters. You can remove
what you need and keep the rest in the fridge.
Clays - keep in a dry, dark place. Shelf life is at least 2 years.
Herbs All herbs <i>(whole or ground)</i> should be kept in a dark, cool, and dry location.
Herbal (liquid) Extracts are created using grain alcohol. The alcohol pulls the constituents (properties) from each herb, root, trunk, leaf, and flower. They have a shelf life of 3-5 years.
They can be stored in the refrigerator or a dark, dry place.
Other Raw Ingredients - such as Sodium PCA, Honeyquat, Oat Beta Glucan, etc., will all have different shelf lives.

Marshmallow Root Infusion soothing, emollient

Soapnut Infusion extremely gentle non-surfactant cleanser

Glycerin Soap Base soothing, gentle for sensitive skin

100% Pure Ingredients
Saponified oils of Coconut and Olive
Purified Water
Vegetable Glycerine
Oleic Acid

Cherry Bark Extract antiviral, antibacterial, soothing

Cellulose Gum natural thickener

Cosmocil CQ (Polyaminopropyl Biguanide) gentle preservative, paraben free, broad spectrum preservative

Antibacterial Version Contains The Following
Neem Leaf Extract
Honeysuckle Extract
Manuka Honey
Seabuckthorn Seed Oil
Tea Tree Oil
Thyme Essential Oil

Gentle Cleansing Gel

Customer Reviews

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Anonymous
Absolutely love this stuff

Absolutely love this stuff. I’ve been using it for about 10 years now. I used to have extremely oily skin. Garden of Wisdom’s products have allowed me balance my oils, and make my skin glow.

Hi -`♡´-
Thank you for this review. Our Gentle Cleansing Gel has been such a staple over the years.
10 years! You deserve a reward.
Your GoW Family

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Erika Miller
Super gentle and effective

As with all GoW products, this is an awesome cleanser! Melts makeup away but feels gentle and doesn’t strip my skin. Another winner!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with this cleanser!

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Laura
Gentle and affordable

I love this cleanser. Most soaps and cleansers leave my skin feeling stripped and dried out (this goes for hand soaps as well). I've recently noticed that glycerin based hand soaps don't have that effect on my skin, but it took me a while to make that connection with this cleanser, because I've been using this for a couple of years now. My skin is dry/dehydrated, and can be sensitive to certain ingredients, so the regular formula with no essential oils is what works for me. It's gentle and soothing. One of my favorite ingredients is actually the marshmallow root! I think the ingredients in this cleanser could inspire a really nice gel moisturizer for daytime, and a cream moisturizer too, with glycerin as the humectant instead of something like hyaluronic acid (I still haven't decided if that ingredient is good for bad for my skin 😅). I don't wear makeup very often so this is a beautiful formulation for me to use regularly (I remove my makeup with oil when I do wear it). Thank you for making amazing products with minimal, healthy ingredients! It's what keeps me coming back to your company. 💜

Thank you so much for your review of this product! :)

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Le
Best cleanser!

I’ve been using this for about five years now and it has never let me down! It keeps my blemishes under control while still keeping my skin soft. No other cleanser is so perfectly balanced in this way! I’ve started wearing more foundation recently too and this feels like it will be gentle enough to use on top of a makeup removing cleanser!

We really appreciate you reviewing this product! Thank you!

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Tracy
Gentle cleanser for a teen

My teenage daughter has been using this cleanser for years now. She has sensitive skin but this cleanser doesn't irritate or redden her skin, like other cleanser do. She is a teen now and switched to the anti-bacterial formula with no problems. Its working to keep acne at bay, along with blemish prone serum and tumeric mask. Thank you, GOW!

This is so awesome to hear, thank you for the feedback! :)