I really enjoy using this product. I should mention my skin type. I have dry skin-- it can get especially dry in the winter. Also, my skin is very sensitive and I break out easily from many products (including products that are supposed to be fine for sensitive skin, such as Cetaphil).
This product has not broken me out and it makes an excellent cleanser. Note that this is NOT supposed to be a make-up remover. It is a cleanser and it does a great job at that. I like to use it in the morning to cleanse my face from remaining cream or oil that I put on at night. It leaves my face feeling clean. It doesn't leave a "tight" feeling like some cleansers leave.
I also like that the ingredient list is short. This is great for someone who breaks out easily. The ingredients are:
Water, sweet almond oil, glyceryl stearate se, alcohol, prunus domestic seed oil, zanthan gum, lactic acid

A very nice cleanser, with simple ingredients. I'm break-out prone, but this does not seem to bother my skin. In fact, I look more even-toned and less oily. I combine this with the Almond cream. The only con is a) the price and b) I hate the metal packaging, it always gets dents in it toward the end and product squirts out all over the place. A minor quibble. I am contemplating buying this again, but there are other cleansers I want to try.

I'm in love with Weleda Soothing Almond Cleansing Lotion. It is so moisturizing on my soft, dry skin that I don't always need to moisturize after using it, which is darn near a miracle! I had used Estee Lauder Tender Creme Cleanser for years, but wanted a more natural product. However, nearly every cleanser I tried was too drying on my skin. I am so glad I found this product (thanks to another MUA member!) I actually smile more after using this product because the skin on my face is so much more supple! I found that in combination with the Weleda Almond Lotion it reduces wrinkles, too. It has a great score on EWG, I'm so pleased.

My skin is combination but gets drier in the winter and super sensitive. I was trying a bunch of different and new natural products trying to find a good cleanser. I was suggested this one and I love it! I don't know how well it removes make up as I've only used it for the last 3 days but I do know that it calmed down all the redness and inflammation on my face! My skin had never been so bad and I think it got out of control because I kept trying new products. This is odd to use because I'm so used to foaming cleaners but it does rinse off rather nicely. It has kept my skin nice and soft without that awkward film of cream cleansers. I'd definitely recommend to anyone especially if you have combo/dry skin and are super sensitive. I'm not sure how long it'll last but it is a rather small tube, a little goes a long way. It was about $23 CAD, I've spent way more than that on cleansers.
UPDATE: Still loving this. Got my clarisonic since my first review which I use with this and it removes ALL my make up. I love using it in the morning to cleanse because it leaves my skin feeling so soft. Highly recommend!
ONE MORE UPDATE: 02/27/12: just purchased my second tube and loveeee it so much. ONly thing that I hate is the tube it comes in, it's an old school style antibiotic tin tube that breaks when you roll it down to get the product out. I feel like I wasted so much of it. Trying to figure out how to get the most of the product.

I like this product as a very gentle morning cleanser, to keep redness and flakiness at bay for makeup application. I have sensitive dry skin, and am prone to redness on the cheeks. This product is unscented, does not irritate my skin, and contains few ingredients (good rating on EWG's Skin Deep website). At night, I prefer using something else to wash off makeup and dirt.

This was a nice, gentle cleanser, but it was a bit too gentle. It was great at taking my makeup off (like some women, I don't rely on cleanser alone to take my makeup off, so that was a nice surprise), but it didn't really help breakouts or anything. This would be a great cleanser for girls just starting out with skincare, or those lucky ladies out there with next to perfect skin. For me, a person with not so perfect skin (good, not perfect), I don't think I'll be using this again.

Don't like it at all. It does take off non waterproof mascara but that is about it. Leaves a weird film on my skin too. The smell is nothing to write home about either. However it is gentle and does not aggravate my sensitive skin so if you don't wear make up at all and are looking for a friendly cleanser then, no I would still try others first!

I was going through a period of trying to only use natural products on my skin and hair, so bought this cleanser, along with the toner and moisturiser in the same line.
I used the cleanser to only cleanse after removing makeup. It seemed gentle and had a nice almondy smell (rather like almond essence that you bake with) but it did nothing to my skin. I don't have any major skin issues but after using the whole almond line for two months my skin was quite dry and clogged up, especially my nose- I have neve seen it like that- even as a teenager!! My cheeks were quite dehydrated and would get very hot at times because they were thirsty and angry.I work in some very heavy duty air conditioning (archives) with zero-humidity and not many skin care products can live up to my expectations of skin comfort. Sometimes it felt like the products didn't allow the skin to 'shed' normally- I often felt there was a lot of dead skin sitting on my face- even after exfoliation. After going back to Dermalogica my skin was much happier.
I'm unsure whether natural products live up to their hype- do you use them because they work or because they simply make you feel good and virtuous? I like the idea of all- natural but at the end of the day the Weleda Almond Range simply didn't work for me.

good gentle cleanser for dryish skin. it hasn't dried out or caused any breakouts for my dry acne prone skin. but i'm still looking for something that can clear up blackheads, and this is a little pricey, so i'd give it a 3.5.

I have oily, sensitive, acne prone skin and this works very well for me. I give it a 4 because I cannot remove my mascara with this, so I have to use a separate eye make-up remover with cotton pads, which costs extra time and I prefere to cleanse my eye's with my hands and facial cleanser and than rinse (do I talk any sense :-)
Anyway this is very gentle and effective and not very expensive.
I use it on dry skin and than rinse.
It doesn't last very long, I think about one month.
Update 12/28: Still an okay cleanser but it dissolves difficult in water and I really prefer to cleanse with water (incl my eyes), so I will not buy again.

I have been using this cleanser for the past 13 months, and I think I've repurchased like 10 times. I would really like to keep using it, as it smells delicious, has a short (read safe) list of organic ingredients and leaves my skin soft, evened out and smooth. Also, no breakouts or reactions whatsoever, only gentle cleansing. Unfortunately, when I'm wearing slightly heavier MU than the everyday staple I have to follow with a foaming cleanser. I don't like this, especially because my skin is dry and sensitive, and I don't like stressing it out with too many products just for the cleansing routine. The biggest downside, however, is that the 75ml tube lasts very little to me, something like between three weeks and one month, depending on my MU routine. This means that I am constantly compelled to repurchase it (and where I live is not easily available everywhere) and also that the overall expense is way more than the usual €12/13 per tube. I figured in the end it would cost as a super-expensive high-end cleanser.
Sadly, I will not repurchase: instead, I am looking forward to try Trilogy's cream cleanser or MAC cleanse off oil, which at the same quality seem to offer more product (150/200 ml) therefore less stress.

I bought this product together with the almond facial oil and the almond face cream which I reviewed already.
I wrote already a lot about the face cream, which was a pretty disappointing product for me and so is the cleanser.
I was looking for a gentle cleanser, since I have dry and sensitive skin.
Well, I have to admit: MAYBE this cleanser is very gentle. But its so gentle, that my skin doesn't feel very clean afterwards. The lotion is too thick in its texture, even if your face is already wet, it feels more like a rich moisturizer than a cleansing product on your face. It doesn't feel like it is removing dirt oder make-up properly from your face, it feels more like moving it around on your skin.
I don't feel very clean after using it and always felt the need to do an after-cleaning to free my skin.
Maybe its right for non-make-up, non-sweaty and non-air-pollution days, or as a very very light cleanser in the morning, but it definitely doesn't work for me like I want a cleanser to work.
Won't buy again.

I've been getting into natural skincare lately and Weleda is one of my favorite brands (others being Alba and Boscia). This cleansing lotion works best if applied on dry skin, like several other reviewers have mentioned. It doesn't foam, but my skin feels cleansed and with just the right amount of moisture - not stripped or dry. I use a separate makeup remover for eye makeup and foundation so I can't really comment on its makeup removing abilities. It's technically unscented but to me it smells like soy milk.

I have come back to this lotion, paired with the moisture cream from the same Almond line, after several months of experimentation with other products.
I love the fact that it is simple, unscented,gentle and kind to my skin, whilst still cleansing enough for all my make-up to be removed. I do use a seperate eye m/u remover though, infact the Almond oil works well for this purpose.
It is easily available, not to pricey, especially compared to ranges such as Dr. Hauschka (Weleda's formulations actually are more effective for my sensitive skin) I paid around £8 for this online. I like the pink, metal tube packaging which can easily be cut open to get all of the cleanser out.

I love this stuff. It cleans my face but it never leaves it dry or tight.
I have sensitive skin but this stuff makes it feel smooth and happy every time.
It's kind of expensive ($25 Canadian) but a small amount goes a long way.
I will always use this product.

Great product for sensitive skin. It has never caused irritation, break outs, or striping. I alternate between this and a couple other cleansing lotions. Personally, it doesn't take off my makeup so I just use Avalon Organics Vitamin C gel cleanser first to make sure to clean all of the day off then I use this product. HG for me. Love it.

I could have sworn I wrote a review for this product before, but sadly, I haven't. More people should know about this product!
Let me just say I literally have the most sensitive skin in the world. I was using the Wild Rose Cleansing Lotion, which wsn't bad, but didn't really "clean" my skin enough. I found this on clearance at Walgreens (after reading these revews!) and went back and got the last one from the clearance rack. I'm now hoarding it because I love it so much.
I put it on dry skin, rub in really well, then steam off with a hot washcloth, and wipe afterwards. Gets my skin perfectly clean, though I don't wear foundation (just powder) so I can't attest to its makeup removing capabilitie. It ges my eye makeup off fine though.
I'm never red, irritated, or have broken out from this product. Worth it's weight in gold!!!

It took some experimenting, but I really adore this cleanser now. For my skin I find it works best if you use it as a "mini-mask". I apply to DRY skin, leaving it on for a few mintues while applying nightly body lotion, then remove with wet washcloth. I scrub a little harder in the area of my nose and chin where things get a smidge oilier, but for my red-proned cheeks it is super gentle and seems to actually calm that area down, even during a week at the beach when face got VERY red :) When I tried wetting my face first and then washing, felt like it didn't do anything at all...but I think because it is very creamy/oily and basic science tells us oil floats on water...so if you water your face and then put oil on it, don't expect the oily stuff to make it to your skin!!! However, when applied to dry skin and left on for a couple minutes to work my face soaks this up, calms down, brightens, is soft and smooth and not at all tight - LOVE IT!!!! I don't usually wear a lot of makeup, but this seems to take off whatever I've got on, even on weekends out. Again though, must be applied to absolutely dry skin and left on for a few minutes. Also, the tube seems small, but as with many other "expensive" products I've found a little goes a loooooooooooong way...I use an amount about the size of a nickel to cover my whole face, and usually only use in the p.m., unless I feel really yucky for some reason in the a.m.

Weleda, like Dr. Hauschka, produce and grow their natural ingredients which are used in their products according to bio-dynamic principles, based on the teachings of Dr. Rudolph Steiner.
So basically without paying the steep price of the latter, you can just as easily buy the former and get the exact same benefits.
After looking at the Weleda skin chart, because of m sensitive skin, the Wild Rose line turns out to be the best for me. It also recommended the Almond cleanser.
While the cleanser is extremely gentle and smells fabulous, I have to say that the tube it comes in makes it easy for travel. It did not aggravate my skin at all and my skin did seem noticeably softer.

I really wanted to love this, as Weleda is a great company dedicated to the right issues. But my usually very clear skin started breaking out within a week of using it, so I'll do like the other reviewers and use it up as shaving cream. Love the natural almond scent.