Kate Somerville Goat Milk Moisturizing Cleanser

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Ever since Caroline Hirons showed the Kate Somerville Goat Milk Cleanser* in one of her videos, I’ve been itching to try it for myself. There are a couple of reasons why it’s taken me years to get the goat milk cleanser into my bathroom. Firstly, like all Kate Somerville products up until recently it was only available in the US and secondly, it was being reformulated so wasn’t available to anyone! Now though it’s back in a better formula (this one is a cream whereas the original was a balm) and it’s now stocked at Space NK and at Kate Somerville online in the UK so those of us who’ve been desperate to try it can now do so with ease! 

Prior to this cleanser I’d been using Kate Somerville’s Exfolikate Cleanser* daily, which I did like but feel that it’s more of a ‘summertime’ cleanser for me. With daily use I found it a little bit drying for my skin and really should have been using a hydrating cream cleanser, which is what my skin really craves at the moment.

I’ve only had the goat milk for a couple of days but I already feel like this is the start of a beautiful relationship. After my very first cleanse with it (pea sized blob massaged into damp face for 30 seconds before rinsing) it was as if my face did a huge happy sigh of relief. It was like it was grateful to me for bestowing such a glorious thirst-quenching gift upon it’s parched contours! My face didn’t feel tight in the slightest after rinsing, which is something I’ve experienced lately with virtually every cleanser, even Cerave, and it sort of frothed up as I massaged it in which was a happy surprise given that it’s a cream formula. It has to be mentioned that the goat milk cleanser smells superb. It’s a bit sweet, a bit vanilla-ry and a touch goat milky. I guess like a scoop of goat milk vanilla ice cream? It’s a delicious scent, however you describe it. The cleanser contains goat milk, Manuka honey and jojoba and avocado oils and is sulfate free. The sulfate alternatives used in this are Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate and cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine which are partly derived from coconut oil and are said to be less harsh on the skin than classic SLS. 

Which leads me to my next point- the goat milk cleanser is so gentle and comforting to use it’s unreal, so I imagine it would be absolutely brilliant if you’ve overdone it with your active skincare (acids, retinols etc) and need something that is not going to disturb your skin in the slightest. All in all, I love this cleanser. It is a high end brand so comes with the price tag to match at £32 for 120ml but my word it is glorious. You can find it at Space NK* or Kate Somerville.

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