FARMACY Green Clean Cleansing Balm

Editor's Take

Green Clean earns its counter space: the sunflower-wax melt lifts makeup cleanly, rinses without the usual oily encore, and keeps the formula unusually plant-forward.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 8.5 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 7.8 / 10
• Clean Standards: 10.0 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 9.9 / 10

The Verdict

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate does the serious dissolving, while polyglyceryl emulsifiers turn the balm milky for a cleaner rinse. Sunflower oil and wax give it quick melt and generous slip, with Moringa and Holy Basil supporting the skin-softening finish. Papaya extract adds a gentle resurfacing angle; the ingredient list is notably clean and sustainability-minded, though not COSMOS-certifiable. A high-tier cleansing balm worth its shelf space.

Is FARMACY Green Clean Cleansing Balm clean?

DARE scores FARMACY Green Clean Cleansing Balm by FARMACY 10.0 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.

What are the key ingredients in FARMACY Green Clean Cleansing Balm?

The formula leads with Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Polyglyceryl-6 Dicaprate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Wax, Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate, Stearyl Behenate. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.

How does DARE score FARMACY Green Clean Cleansing Balm?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, FARMACY Green Clean Cleansing Balm by FARMACY scores Performance 8.5 / 10, Clean Standards 10.0 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 7.8 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 9.9 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Polyglyceryl-6 Dicaprate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate, Stearyl Behenate, C10-18 Triglycerides, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil*, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract*, Eruca Sativa Leaf Extract*, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Seed Oil, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Glyceryl Laurate, Tocopherol, Lecithin.