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Abib Acne Foam Cleanser Heartleaf Foam.

Name: Abib Acne Foam Cleanser Heartleaf Foam
Brand: Abib

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About this product

A gentle foam cleanser formulated with salicylic acid to help with acne-prone skin. Features a blend of surfactants with soothing and moisturizing ingredients like heartleaf and centella extracts, and is fragrance-free.

Full ingredients

Water, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Glycerin, Houttuynia Cordata Extract(30,000 Ppm), Coco-Betaine, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Butylene Glycol, Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Polyquaternium-67, Tromethamine, Panthenol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA

Guru Score

Not verified

Score withheld

Not independently verified

2 of the 3 takes here are sponsored by the brand. That leaves a single independent take, which is not enough to verify a score, so we are holding it back rather than publishing a number built on paid reviews. The takes are below, each labeled.

What the gurus are saying

This gentle foam cleanser stands out for not stripping skin while delivering salicylic acid to target acne. Most acne cleansers are harsh and drying, so this formulation's approach is notably different. It balances the active with soothing ingredients like heartleaf and centella extracts plus a thoughtful blend of gentle surfactants, and experts praise both the lightweight texture and fragrance-free composition.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take February 2024

What they liked

Salicylic acid without harshness
Doesn't strip the skin
Foams nicely

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

Best for

Acne-prone skin

Type

CleansersFoam & mousse

Key actives

Salicylic acid (BHA)

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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No BS Beauty

89k subs

✓Yay

"The Abib Acne Foam Cleanser is really nice and contains salicylic acid which we all know is great for preventing and clearing out breakouts. It has heartleaf for soothing and centella, and it does contain wintergreen extract which they claim has antibacterial properties that fight acne. I don't know how true that is but I do want to mention it. I've been testing it and I don't notice any smell when I use it so thankfully I'll take that. No irritation or anything like that."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

✓Yay

"What I love about this cleanser in particular is it's really, really good for easily sensitized and sensitive and irritated skin. And this really does have breakouts in mind. It has Salicylic Acid in, which when it's in a cleanser and you really take time to massage it in, it's a really nice way to exfoliate skin that's prone to breakouts, is breaking out, congested skin. And it is a foaming cleanser, but it's almost like this creamy foam rather than just like a bubbly foam."

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"Like the Acne Foam Cleanser from Abib. This is targeted at those with acne, actually, so it's really, really gentle on the skin. We've got Heartleaf, which is soothing, which you'll see throughout Abib's kind of range. We have a little bit of Salicylic Acid in here as well, so gentle enough to use every day. If you do find yourself breaking out, especially in Summer, this is a nice one to use. As well as Centella Asiatica, soothing, healing."

Lab Muffin Beauty Science

863k subs

✓Yay

"The ABIB acne foam cleanser is a gentle cleanser I've been really enjoying it forms a nice foam and it doesn't strip my skin which is great because so many acne cleansers are harsh. It has salicylic acid in it to help with acne it's been found to work well in cleansers and you can see some of those gentle cleanser formulation features here there's a mix of surfactants and a bunch of soothing and moisturizing ingredients including heartleaf and centella extracts."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Salicylic acid

Salicylic acid dissolves in oil, so it can get into a pore rather than just working on the surface. That is why it has long-standing evidence for blackheads and milder acne.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet