It was the luxurious orange blossom scent that made me fall for Clarins Pure Melt Cleansing Gel; it was the ease with which the gel-to-oil-to-milk formula took off all of my makeup (including some heavy-duty eyeliner and night-out foundation) that kept me coming back for more. Marula oil acts as an emollient that also melts away makeup and dirt, and leaves skin feeling hydrated, not stripped.

If you're the kind of girl who scours labels for anti-aging ingredients, make Algenist Genius Ultimate Anti-Aging Melting Cleanser a part of your routine. The gel is packed with alguronic acid, which firms and tones skin, along with microalgae oil, a relative newcomer to the anti-aging game that keeps skin hydrated five times longer than normal. And the formula is soap-free, which means it imparts all these benefits while being extra-gentle on sensitive skin.

Ole Henriksen Pure Truth Melting Cleanser is packed with vitamin C, rosehip oil and virgin cherry oil; these brighten, repair and hydrate, respectively. The scoop-able consistency is similar to Jell-O (If you tap the container, it bounces), and it luxuriously melts into skin, clearing away makeup without over-drying skin. After rinsing, a light layer of hydrating oil is left behind that feels nourishing but not greasy.

The lotion-like consistency of Nude Perfect Cleanse Omega Cleansing Jelly feels just as good as your most luxurious face cream. The formula is chock-full of skin-soothing ingredients (orange extract, sunflower seed extract and annatto seed extract, to name a few). In fact, the first ingredient is sunflower seed oil (as opposed to water), so you can be assured that it's potent.

Most cleansers that promise to leave skin matte are harsh and stripping; Elemis Melting Gel Cleanser is the opposite. The spicy orange-scented formula is blended with sunflower seed oil, which is packed with skin-hydrating vitamin E -- this helps keep the oil-zapping formula from over-drying skin. It should be noted that it wasn't designed to remove eye makeup, but it does an excellent job of clearing away foundation, blush and bronzer.