Deep Clean Your Skin With Our Editors’ Favorite Foaming Cleansers

There’s no better feeling than a fresh face after a long day of wearing makeup, and it’s easy to achieve that squeaky-clean effect with a foaming cleanser. The best foaming cleansers obliterate the day’s dirt, grime, oil and makeup, without stripping your complexion and leaving it feeling dry. Keep reading for the top foaming cleansers we’ve found to keep your skin feeling clean, balanced and hydrated. 

CeraVe Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser

The CeraVe Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser is the perfect foaming face wash for those with sensitive skin. The fragrance-free formula contains ceramides to help restore the skin’s moisture barrier, hyaluronic acid to attract moisture and has a skin-identical pH and amino acids to keep your skin from feeling dry or tight after use. 

Garnier SkinActive Micellar Foaming Face Wash

If you love micellar waters for removing your makeup, you’ll appreciate this gentle foaming formula. Micelles lift makeup and oil, and the fragrance- and oil-free foam has a cool, refreshing effect. 

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Purifying Foaming Facial Wash

Ideal for normal to oily skin, this foaming cleanser contains soothing thermal water and niacinamide as well as ceramides to help care for the skin’s moisture barrier and maintain its pH. It’s also non-comedogenic, so you don’t need to worry about it clogging your pores. 

Vichy Pureté Thermale Foaming Cream

This cleansing cream contains a botanical extract from moringa seeds that helps wipe away grime and environmental pollutants on the skin. It also contains Vichy’s signature volcanic water to help strengthen the skin’s barrier.

Kiehl’s Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash

Calendula soothes oily skin while glycerin traps moisture and keeps your complexion from feeling dry or stripped. Suds up the creamy gel formula for a dense, deeply cleansing foam. 

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