Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser

Is using it right now and loving it, and sees no reason yet to try the Cetaphil alternative.

“The CeraVe cream to foam is what I’m using right now and am loving it!”

A cleanser they keep rebuying.

“And the cream to foam cleanser”

The Cream-to-Foam Cleanser is probably their favourite cleanser ever.

“I absolutely love the cream to foam cleanser. Probably my favorite cleanser I’ve ever tried.”

Has used the Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser with no tightness at all.

“I've used both and they don't make you feel any tightness whatsoever.”

Loves it as one of their favourite bargain skincare products.

“I love the CeraVe night cream, the cream to foam face wash, the lotion in in the tub”

On very oily skin it removes a stubborn tinted mineral sunscreen that regular soap won't.

“I use a thick mattifying mineral tinted sunscreen that does not budge with regular soap. I use CeraVe Cream to Foam cleanser and it is magic!”

Cleans effectively without being too stripping.

“I found the Cerave cream to foam cleanser a good balance between effective and not too stripping.”

Finds it removes sunscreen and makeup really well without stripping their skin barrier.

“the Cerave one takes my sunscreen and makeup off really well without stripping my barrier”

Found it a bit stripping and not gentle enough, preferring CeraVe's foaming oil cleanser.

“The cream to foam was a bit stripping and on the solidly mild side. Which isn't gentle enough imo. I wouldn't suggest it unless your options are extremely limited. The CeraVe foaming oil cleanser is just strictly better.”

Made the biggest difference to their dehydrated skin.

“I find Cerave cream to foam made the biggest impact on my dehydrated skin.”

Rotates between it and other thin cleansers for dry, sensitive skin, but says the CeraVe one has started to burn their eyes.

“I currently bounce between the Cerave cream to foam, LRP, and First Aid but they’re all pretty thin and the Cerave has started to burn my eyes”

Loved a sample so much that their skin has never looked better, but is wary of its ingredients and looking for alternatives.

“I used a sample of this cleanser and I loved it so much, my skin has never looked better”

Believes the foam cleanser is drying their skin, with slight tightness and faint itching, though not causing breakouts.

“I'm using the foam cleanser and I believe it's drying my skin out. I feel a slight tightness and some very faint itching in random places on my face”

Used it alone for a while: it doesn't break them out but leaves skin stiff until moisturized and doesn't remove their sunscreen.

“Cons: leaves my skin stiff (this improves after some moisturiser), doesn't clean my sunscreen”

After trying most Clinique cleansers, prefers this one and says it makes them very happy.

“Prefer Cerave: hydrating cream to foam cleanser — it makes me very happy”

Uses it on combination skin after hearing it was a good recommendation but finds it too stripping.

“have been using the CeraVe cream to foam cleanser to wash my face because I heard it was a good recommendation for combo skin. However, it feels like it's to stripping for my face”

Found it dried out and stripped their normal-dry, dehydrated skin and switched to CeraVe's hydrating cleanser.

“i found that the cerave cream to foam cleanser dried me out and stripped my skin”

Used it for a year to a year and a half and their skin has cleared up, though they now wonder whether it would have cleared sooner.

“i have been using the hydrating cream to foam cleanser for a year and it has worked pretty good i have been using it for a year and a half and my skin has cleared up now”

After stopping Accutane they started using it and found their face became very dry and itchy.

“I started using cerave cream to foam cleanser and I noticed that my face is now very dry and itchy”

A months-long allergic rash that cleared when they stopped.

“I had the most horrific allergic reaction to this. I had a rash on my forehead and cheeks for months”

Their skin broke out after using this cleanser.

“I had used this cleanser , my skin broke out .”

Has finished four bottles and loves it; cleanses well and didn't undo what retinoids do for their pores.

“I've emptied 4 bottles of this and love it. It doesn't actively unblock pores of course but I find that it cleanses well and it didn't undo what retinoids do to my pores”

Uses it alongside active ingredients without trouble and says it doesn't strip their skin, even though they find CeraVe generally unexciting.

“Cerave is basic AF but the cream to foam cleanser plays well with my actives and doesn’t strip my skin”

A years-long user got a bottle with a gritty feel.

“I recently got a new bottle of the Cerave Cream to Foam Cleanser and it has a weird gritty feeling? I've used this face wash for years”

On oily, dehydrated skin the cream-to-foam cleanser burned slightly for some reason.

“cream-to-foam burns my skin slightly for some reason, and the foaming one is the best so far”

Reserves it for days when they wear sunscreen because it cleans better than their gentler daily cleanser, though it costs more.

“When I use sunscreen, I use cream to foam cleanser. It cleans better (but more expensive as well)”

Found it was causing their whitehead breakouts.

“I ended up figuring out it was the cerave cleanser”

Found it unremarkable with a chemical smell and a bit harsh on sensitive, dry skin.

“cleanser from CeraVe and it was meh, had a weird chemical scent and was a bit harsh”

Removes makeup and leaves acne-prone sensitive skin soft with no irritation.

“But the Cream-to-Foam takes off my makeup, leaves my skin soft, and no irritation whatsoever on my acne-prone sensitive skin.”

Mixes half a pump of this with half a pump of CeraVe's SA cleanser for morning and night washing and loves the result.

“Half a pump of the cream to foam and half a pump of the SA cleanser. I mix them together and I get the most amazing cleanser!”

Gives them redness and stings their skin badly.

“OMG SAME!! i have redness and it stings so much!”

Rated it 3.5/5: foams nicely and gives a soft feel, but it still strips and dries their skin a bit; good as a second cleanse but not for makeup or mineral sunscreen.

“it still strips and dries out my skin a bit”

Noticed it was making their skin redder and says CeraVe products always make their face red.

“I’ve been using Cerave Hydrating cream to foam cleanser but Ive been notice it’s making my skin more red!”

After stinging from CeraVe's hydrating and foaming cleansers, found the cream-to-foam one became a favorite, especially in the shower.

“CeraVe’s new Cream-to-Foam option quickly become one of my favorites (I’m a sucker for a foaming cream cleanser already) especially if I’m washing my face in the shower”

Their face likes it, but it does not help their hormonal acne.

“I have the cream-to-foam and my face already appreciates it but it doesn’t help my acne”

On oily, sensitive skin it stings while washing and leaves their cheeks and chin dried out.

“while i’m washing my face, the cleanser stings a bit. after i wash it off and pat it dry, my cheeks and chin both feel dried out”

Finds it not drying and a very good cleanser that helps their acne-prone skin, keeping the face relatively clear.

“It does a phenomenal job cleansing and helps with my acneic skin. My face stays relatively clear.”

Prefers it to the Hydrating Cleanser on oily skin.

“I’ve tried both and prefer the cream-to-foam. I also have oily skin, go figure!”

Uses the Cream-to-Foam on combination skin and loves it.

“Now I use the cream to foam and love it. I have combination skin.”

Hated it: dried out their skin like crazy.

“I hated to cream to foam one! I use the regular hydrating one everyday without problems but the cream to foam one dried out my skin like crazy”

Uses it regularly; it removes the little makeup they wear, leaves skin hydrated and helped their sensitive skin.

“I support this, this is the cleanser I use and it does remove makeup though I don't wear much of it. It leaves my skin hydrated and it helped with the sensitive skin”

Rotates through cleansers but keeps coming back to this one; finds it removes light makeup without stripping and has no complaints.

“I tend to rotate through cleansers as I get bored easily and also to take advantage of what’s on sale but I tend to repurchase it at some point. I have no complaints”

Strongly prefers it to La Roche-Posay's cleanser; it leaves their dry-combo skin feeling soft and clean.

“I 110% prefer CeraVe. I really feel like it leaves my skin feeling soft and clean”

It dried out their skin, leaving it tight with a film that persisted however much they rinsed.

“I noticed that it was drying out my skin. It causes my face to feel tight and almost like there is a thin film of cleaner left over”

Skin feels dry after using it, so they mix face oil into it.

“My face is dry after using this cleanser too!! I’ll mix some face oil in with it”

Likes it on oily acne-prone skin, especially in dry winters, as it lathers but is less drying than the foaming cleanser.

“I like the CeraVe Hydrating Cream to Foam Cleanser, especially during the dry winter season”

Has used it for about a year and loves it on combination, sensitive, acne-prone skin.

“I've been using the cream-to-foam cleanser for about a year and I love it”

Uses both CeraVe cleansers and finds the cream-to-foam removes cleansing oil and makeup better than the hydrating one.

“I’ve just found the cream-to-foam takes off my cleansing oil and makeup better than the hydrating”

Started using it on an esthetician's recommendation a year earlier and calls it amazing for their skin; worries about finding it in stores.

“My esthetician recommended it to me last year and it’s been amazing for my skin”

Notices residue lathering up after rinsing, though less than with the SA cleanser.

“I also find this can happen when I use my Cerave Hydrating Cream-to-Foam cleanser, but not to the same extent”

Left their sensitive combination skin dehydrated.

“I found this cerave cleanser left my sensitive combination skin outright dehydrated”

Really doesn't like it and notes an odd chemical smell.

“Ugh I recently bought this cleanser and I really don’t like it.”

Cheeks feel tighter after cleansing.

“ever since trying this cleanser out my cheeks have definitely felt tighter after cleansing.”

Broke them out after 20 pimple-free years.

“This cleanser caused me to break out. Hadn’t had a pimple for 20+ yrs.”

Painful chin breakouts since starting it.

“I have crazy breakouts all over my chin since around when I started using this cleanser.”

Hugely disappointing on dry semi-sensitive skin: irritation and a reaction after a few days.

“Sad to say this is a huge disappointment.”

Two months in and they really love it.

“I’ve also really loved this cleanser! I’ve been using it for maybe two months now and it’s great.”

Cleared their breakout within three days; their new favourite.

“My skin was breaking out like crazy and all my zits were gone after using it for three days!”

Left the skin under their eyes dry, red and scaly until they switched.

“I had the same issue. The skin under my eyes almost to the apple of my cheeks became very dry, red and scaly.”

Hated it: dried out yet filmy.

“Oh my, I HATED this cleanser as well! It somehow made my face feel simultaneously extremely dried out and like there was a filmy layer”

Fine once a week alongside the Hydrating Cleanser on very dry skin.

“I use this once a week or when I've been sweating a lot underneath a mouth mask”

A bad experience, harsher than the original foaming cleanser.

“I had a bad experience with this product too. I’m switching back to the hydrating version.”

Their favourite CeraVe cleanser.

“This is my favorite cleanser from them! I need to repurchase it.”

A holy grail for dehydrated, oily, acne-prone skin on a retinoid: hydrating yet cleansing.

“I've been using the Cera Ve Cream to Foam and I love it 100% so much, def a holy grail.”

Prefers its foamy texture to the Hydrating Cleanser but suspects it may be drying over time.

“I enjoy the texture of the CtF over the Hydrating Cleanser”

Their cheeks keep flaking since switching to it.

“since I've started using this cleanser I've noticed that no matter what I do, I can't get my cheeks to stop flaking”

With dehydrated, super sensitive skin they gave it two weeks and their skin only got worse.

“I have dehydrated dry super sensitive skin. Not sure if it was a “purge” or breakout but I gave it about 2 weeks and my skin only got worse”

Says it does the trick: doesn't foam much but doesn't dry their skin out and removes makeup well.

“Does the trick! Not really “foam” IMO but doesn’t dry out my skin and removes makeup well”

After a week their normal-to-dry skin turned flaky and would not rehydrate; likes the texture but suspects the salicylic acid and is returning it.

“flakiness around my eyes and my skin refuses to rehydrate, no matter what moisturizer I use or how much water I drink”

Enjoys it as a second cleanser on dry skin.

“I’ve been enjoying the Cerave cream to foam or the Bioderma sensibio gel cleanser (in the pink pump bottle). I have dry skin.”

Switched from the original hydrating cleanser but could not rinse the product off, which they believe caused texture and congestion near their jaw; returning to the original.

“I noticed that no matter how long I rinsed my face that there would be product left behind”

Really likes it and washes in the shower; advises lathering it up in the hands first or it can take a while to rinse.

“I’ve been using the hydrating cream to foam cleanser and I really like it”

A big fan: finds it cleans well without drying their skin out.

“i’m a big fan of the new cerave cleanser. i think its the perfect balance of cleaning my skin without drying me out”

Rated it 7/10: a decent cleanser but poor at removing makeup.

“I gave it a 7/10 because I bought with the intention of using as a makeup remover, but it didn’t work.”

Loves the light foam and that it doesn't dry their skin.

“I just started using this cleanser and I LOVE it. It’s the perfect amount of foaming to me and it doesn’t leave my skin dry!”