facial cleanser for sensitive skin

Sensi Wash

3.3 oz
$59.00 USD
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facial cleanser for sensitive skin

Sensi Wash

Calming facial cleanser for sensitive skin
4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
71 Reviews
$59.00 USD
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Cleanse sensitive skin gently and effectively with Sensi Wash, a 100% natural, sulfate-free facial cleanser formulated with calming lavender and oat kernel extract to soothe, hydrate, and purify without irritation.

This ultra-gentle cleanser is specifically designed for sensitive, reactive, or easily irritated skin that needs a thorough yet non-stripping cleanse. Lavender extract calms redness and inflammation while providing natural antibacterial benefits, and oat kernel extract—one of nature's most powerful skin soothers—reduces irritation, locks in moisture, and strengthens skin's protective barrier. The 100% natural, sulfate-free formula removes impurities, excess oil, and environmental pollutants without disrupting skin's natural moisture balance. The gentle, creamy lather rinses clean, leaving skin feeling soft, calm, and refreshed—never tight or dry. Especially ideal for cold weather climates when skin is most vulnerable to dryness and sensitivity.

Skin Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture, Sensitivity, Redness

Ideal for sensitive, reactive, dry, or mature skin. Perfect for daily use morning and night as the first step in your skincare routine.

40+ years of trusted skincare solutions

Benefits

• Gently cleanses the most sensitive skin types
• Reduces irritation and redness
• Anti-inflammation ingredients.
• Contains oat kernel extract, a natural anti-histamine
• Free of Parabens, Sulfate, Fragrance and Alcohol. 100% Natural

How to use

Massage directly onto skin and rinse with lukewarm water. Follow with recommended Sonya Dakar® product.

Full ingredients

Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Stearic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Citric acid, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Glycerin, Avena sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender) Oil

Why Our Gentle Face Cleanser for Sensitive Skin?

A gentle face cleanser for sensitive skin has to do less, not more. Sensi Wash was formulated as a calming facial cleanser for sensitive skin, built on oat kernel extract and lavender, and it's 100% natural, free of parabens, sulfates, fragrance, and alcohol. It holds a 4.9 star average across 71 reviews. If your current cleanser leaves your face red or tight before you've even finished your skincare routine, this cleanser for sensitive skin was formulated to do the opposite.

A Cleanser for Sensitive Skin Without Sulfates or Fragrance

Most foaming facial cleansers rely on sulfates to get that big, satisfying lather, and sulfates are also one of the most common causes of the tight, stripped feeling that follows. Sensi Wash skips them entirely. It's a creamy, gently lathering cleanser rather than a heavy foaming facial cleanser, and it's also fragrance free, since added fragrance is one of the most common triggers of irritation on reactive, easily inflamed skin. Free of parabens and alcohol too, there's very little in this formula that a sensitive skin type needs to worry about.

Calming Ingredients Instead of Harsh Active Ingredients

A cleanser's job is to cleanse, not to treat, and Sensi Wash leans into that. Oat kernel extract is a natural anti-histamine that helps reduce irritation and redness, and lavender oil adds a soothing, anti-inflammatory effect on top. Neither ingredient is a harsh active ingredient the way benzoyl peroxide or a strong acid would be, which matters even for acne prone skin: if you're already using a treatment product with real active ingredients at night, the last thing that skin needs is a cleanser fighting it for attention. Sensi Wash calms and clears the way for whatever comes next in your routine, instead of competing with it.

Gentle Enough for Dry Skin and Combination Skin, Not Just Sensitive Skin

Sensitive skin gets the headline, but Sensi Wash is formulated for normal, dry, and sensitive skin types across the board, and its calming approach translates well to combination skin too. Dryness and uneven texture are both on the list of concerns it's built to address, which is why it reads more like a nourishing cream cleanser than a stripping one. A cleanser this mild does not shock dry patches while trying to clarify oilier areas, which is usually where combination skin runs into trouble with harsher face washes.

One of the Best Face Washes for Redness Prone Skin

Redness and sensitivity are specifically what this cleanser targets, and that focus is what separates it from the best face washes built primarily for oil control or deep cleaning. Anti-inflammatory ingredients calm skin as you rinse, rather than after the fact, so reactive skin is not left recovering from the cleanse itself. It's a daily face wash gentle enough to use morning and night without your skin building up the kind of cumulative irritation that shows up as chronic redness over time.

How to Use This Facial Cleanser

Massage Sensi Wash directly onto damp skin, working gently across your face, then rinse with lukewarm water rather than hot, which can strip moisture on its own. The creamy formula also helps loosen light makeup as it cleanses, so it can double as a gentle first step before a deeper cleanse on heavier makeup days. Follow with a moisturizer suited to your skin while it's still slightly damp, to help lock hydration in. Used consistently, this is the kind of face cleanser that turns a daily routine into a small piece of self care instead of a chore.

Sonya products are 100% sulfate free
No synthetic fragrances are used in organic skincare products
As part of our environmental commitment, all Sonya Dakar skincare products are cruelty-free
We never use Phthalates
All Sonya Dakar products are proudly paraben-free since 1982.

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  • BT
    Brittany T.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    11 months ago
    game changer

    years of derm appts and products, nothing could attack my sensitive dry skin and cystic acne till sensi wash! 3 years and counting!

  • C
    christina
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 year ago
    THE BEST OF THE BEST

    I am absolutely in love with this brand and this product. It is so soothing and doesn’t make you feel like your skin is cracking after using. Absolutely would recommend to a friend(s)!!!!!

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    Allie
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 years ago
    Finally a cleanser that doesn’t make me break out

    I absolutely love this face wash. It always leaves me feeling clean and it doesn’t cause my skin to sting or breakout. I have rosacea, adult acne, and extremely sensitive skin and I can’t imagine ever stiopling use

  • ER
    Erika R.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 years ago
    the softest cleanse I've ever had

    from the moment this product touched my skin, i immediately felt a difference compared to past products I've used. this is by far the softest, most sweetest smelling, and most gentle cleanser I've ever used. I've noticed my rosacea has become softer in touch and color, and my pores have even become smaller over time. It's been just about a year since I started using this Sensi Wash, and my skin has never been better <3

  • MH
    Michelle H.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    22 seconds ago
    Nice!

    Very nourishing and balanced.