Review: Etude House AC Clinic Daily Acne Foam Cleanser

Goooooodness, it's been awhile hasn't it.. I'm super behind on lots of my school work but even so, I thought I'd squeeze in a quick review since I've been lacking in my blogging too. Today's review is on Etude's AC Clinic foam cleanser, let's goooooooooo 

Okay so, first of all, I got this little "deluxe sample" / travel sized guy in this kit I got off of jolse for around $12. My review of its counterpart, the red spot balm, can be read here. The actual full sized product includes 150mL where mine only as 30, the thing is though, I feel like I've been using this cleanser for weeks on a daily basis and I still have a lot of product left. It can be purchased on jolse for around $10.

The product comes out in a stiff white cream, it smells medicinal but isn't strong at all. Tbh, I find it quite therapeutic. I do find that using too much of this product dries out my sensitive, acne-prone and combination skin so definitely be wary of that.

This cleanser is also advertised as a foaming one, and though technically it does foam, it doesn't do much of it. I find it to be flat and more milky than anything, but hey, I don't dispense a whole lot of this product in the first place.

Something that you might want to take note of is that there is triclosan included in the ingredients list of this product. Triclosan is used in many household consumer items like deodorants and detergents as a preservative and an anti-bacterial agent. Currently, there aren't any tests that prove that triclosan is dangerous to human health but, it's suspected in being able to interfere with our hormonal function. It's also suspected to irritate the skin and eyes and is extremely toxic to aquatic organisms as it doesn't break down easily. Triclosan as an antibacterial is also something your skin can possibly grow immune to, so using this puppy religiously won't do ya any good; especially seeing how you'll be using this to fight acne causing bacteria! For more information, check out this link.

So, does this work for me? 

Not really. I don't notice any huge changes in my skin at all. I occasionally suffer from stress or hormonal acne but I don't find this cleanser to be the one product that really helps with my skin. I think the red spot balm that I reviewed earlier and Lioele's AC spot treatments work a lot better. After I finish up this little tube I most likely won't be repurchasing. It's a given that cosmetic products will always include controversial ingredients but I really don't think this product is all that great. Tbh I believe that if a product works for you and really helps you with your needs, you should keep using it regardless if it includes stuff like parabens or other "bad" ingredients. This cleanser is one of those "eh" products, it's not great, but it's definitely not terrible either. If you suffer from terrible acne I don't think using this cleanser will help solve that. Perhaps if you are diligent about using the entire line though, that might be a totally different story. 

Thanks for reading, until next time!

xo, Catherine