Cleanser School 101

Welcome To Cleanser School

Master the art of cleansing with MV Skintherapy

Why Are Cleansers So Important?

Proper cleansing is the cornerstone of healthy, radiant skin. A cleanser that respects your skin barrier, preserves the acid mantle, and maintains your microbiome is essential. Without it, impurities like pollution, grime, makeup, sweat, and SPF build up, creating a barrier that prevents your skincare from working effectively - and of course, causes congestions and breakouts.

Unfortunately, many cleansers on the market strip natural oils from the skin, leaving it taut, thirsty, and vulnerable. A compromised skin barrier is what drives barrier-impaired conditions like sensitivity, rosacea, eczema, and acne. This also means your skincare has to work overtime to replenish lost moisture before it can deliver the results you’re after. Vulnerable skin focuses on repair, making it near impossible to retain moisture and oils—causing dehydration and an overall loss of vitality.

Cleansing should never be about leaving your skin feeling squeaky clean—it’s about creating the optimal foundation for your skin to thrive. Finally, it’s important to remember that cleansers are wash-off products. While their time on your skin is brief, their ingredients still matter. Many cleansers boast impressive claims, but if their formulations aren’t therapeutic for short-term contact, they're just on the bottle for marketing gains - not your skin goals.

Let your cleansing ritual set the tone for your entire skincare experience, and allow us to indulge you in the MV difference.

MV Cleansers Explained

Let your cleansing ritual set the tone for your entire skincare experience, indulge in the MV difference.

The Multi-Tasking Marvel

(And Sensitive Skin's Best Friend)

Not your average cleanser, our Pure Jojoba is a golden liquid wax (not an oil) with a thousand talents. Incredibly lightweight, yet rich in natural ceramides and squalene.

✔️ Eye-makeup remover, lash conditioner, and eye serum.
Apply a few drops across the centre of a damp cotton disc and hold against the lashline for 5 seconds. Gently swipe outwards towards the hairline, and repeat until all traces of makeup are dissolved.

✔️ As a cleanser option for those with hyper-reactive sensitive skin.
Apply a few drops to a damp cotton disc and gently sweep across the face to remove impurities.

Discover Pure Jojoba

A Comforting Classic

A butter-soft, spa-worthy cream that effortlessly melts away makeup, grime, and SPF—while softening the skin with nourishing plant compounds. Universally loved, deeply nurturing, and designed to respect even the most sensitive skin.

✔️ A nourishing cleanse that respects and
supports the skin’s microbiome.

✔️ Gently lifts away impurities while
maintaining hydration—perfect for all
skin types, from acne-prone to
dehydrated skin.

✔️ Delicately exfoliates when paired with
our Compress Cleansing Cloth,
encouraging healthy cell turnover
without irritation.

Explore The Gentle Cream Cleanser

The Cleansing Companion

This is the key accessory to transform your cleanse into a spa-like ritual. Crafted from 100% organic, unbleached cotton, its ultra-delicate open-weave fibres soften, subtly exfoliate, and enhance absorption of our aromatic treatment oils.

✔️ Creates a steamy compress to soften, infuse, and remove cleansers and masks with ease.

✔️ Gentle exfoliates to encourage delicate cell-turnover when paired with our Gentle Cream Cleanser.

✔️ Ultra-lightweight, quick-drying, durable, and machine washable, for endless reuse

Learn More About The Compress Cloth

A Glow-Inducing Elixir

A potent fusion of nine highly concentrated plant oils, this transformative tonic deeply cleanses, revives, and restores—leaving skin plump, dewy, and luminous. A true multitasking miracle, designed to nourish, purify, and rebalance.

✔️ A powerful secondary cleanse that detoxifies, decongests, and clarifies.

✔️ Delivers intensive repair and nourishment to dry, mature, and sun-damaged skin.

✔️ Instantly plumps and revitalises for a naturally dewy glow.

✔️ Rich in antioxidants and phytoactives to restore vitality and support healthy cell turnover.

✔️ Balances and soothes barrier-impaired, oily, and acne-prone skin—calming inflammation while supporting long-term skin health.

Discover The 9 Oil Tonic