Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser — Reddit Reviews
by CeraVe
Updated November 10, 2026
Ceramide cleanser removes sunscreen and makeup; salicylic acid can feel drying.
What the community says
A cream-to-foam daily wash with ceramides, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate, and a small amount of salicylic acid, built to remove sunscreen without a second cleanser. It suits combination or oily routines; tretinoin users report tightness, flaking, and stinging.
What this means for you
Backed by 28 threads from r/30PlusSkinCare, r/SkincareAddiction and 7 more.
Read the threads ↓What people love
Watch out for
- Salicylic acid and foaming can leave tret-treated skin tight, flaky, or sandpaper-dry
- Eye stinging and burning are recurring complaints
- Breakouts or irritation make some users switch cleansers
Product details
Concerns
Use caution
Skin Type
Product Traits
What TikTok says
From 8 TikTok videos7 sponsored, marked with outlined numbers
Sponsored creators say the cleanser melts away makeup, including false lashes and brow products, without stripping skin 1234. Sponsored creators with sensitive, normal or dry skin say it feels gentle, soft and hydrated 2456. Unsponsored creator 7 disagrees, saying the foam can dry out skin and that very dry skin may suit the hydrating facial cleanser better 7.
Sponsored means the creator disclosed a brand partnership or the video ran as a paid ad.
Videos open on TikTok in a new tab.
How to use it
From Reddit routinesHow Reddit uses it
Full ingredient list · 60
CeraVe Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser ingredients
Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Coco-Betaine, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Chloride, PCA, PPG-5-Ceteth-20, PEG-100 Stearate, PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate, CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Aspartic Acid, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Sorbitan Isostearate, Carbomer, Glycol Distearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Oleate, Glycine, Trideceth-6, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Threonine, Sodium Hydroxide, Salicylic Acid, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Arginine, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Serine, Sodium Benzoate, Valine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Proline, Isoleucine, Cholesterol, Phenoxyethanol, Alanine, Phenylalanine, Coconut Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Chlorphenesin, Disodium EDTA, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Citric Acid, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Phytosphingosine, Xanthan Gum, Histidine, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Polyquaternium-53, Polyquaternium-39, Polysorbate 60, Ethylhexylglycerin, Benzoic Acid
Listed in label order, highest concentration first. Linked ingredients have their own page.
Real Reddit threads — 293 mentions across 28 threads
CeraVe Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser on Reddit, in one place — 28 threads from r/30PlusSkinCare, r/SkincareAddiction and 7 more, summarized.
“CeraVe Hydrating Cream to Foam Cleanser, for normal to dry skin 😊”
Mentioned
“What kind of cleanser do you use?”
Mentioned
“What do you use for a face wash?”
Mentioned
“AM: wash w/ Cerave hydrating cream to foam cleanser”
Positive
“PM: Same face wash”
Positive
“Here's what I'm doing now:”
Positive
“for the near future my routine looks like CeraVe cream to foam cleanser”
Positive
“my routine looks like CeraVe cream to foam cleanser, either the perfect derma peel moisturizer or Aveeno calm moisturizer”
Positive
“AM:”
Positive
“cleanse CeraVe hydrating cream to foam cleanser”
Positive
“I sometimes prefer to mix this and my AM cleanser”
Positive
“BAR SOAP??? cerave cream to foam cleanser and cerave moisturizer. please.”
Mentioned
“I just apply cleanser with my hands and work it in with my hands, but I use these at the end to wipe the cleanser off and rinse my face.”
Mentioned
“they'll last you a good long time too, i swear”
Mentioned
“except for their hydrating cream to foam face wash which is my HG cleanser funny enough.”
Positive
“Actually pretty much all CeraVe products would break me out except for their hydrating cream to foam face wash”
Positive
“which is my HG cleanser funny enough”
Positive
Dupes & Alternatives
Often paired with
Products Redditors use alongside this one
CeraVe
Mentioned together in 9 threads
“CeraVe cream to foam cleanser CeraVe resurfacing retinol CeraVe PM facial moisturizing lotion”
Vanicream
Mentioned together in 5 threads
“Ensure that your face is cleaned properly with Cerave cream to foam cleanser and then apply vanicream moisturizer while your skin is still damp.”
— r/acne