Have you heard of Hada Labo before? If you have, you may remember this brand greatly for their skincare lotion that is based on hyaluronic acids, such as the many different Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion. Besides lotion, they also produced a facial wash, Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser, containing hyaluronic acid. Read more to find out about it!

 

 

I have found certain soaps to be just very drying, especially if I need to wash my face twice a day. At the moment, I only wash my face at night because I am so afraid that the facial soap that I currently use would strip my natural oil. The only reason that I use the soap that I use right now is that it cleans my skin very well, but a little too well to the point that my skin feels dry. I needed to find a facial soap that cleans my skin as well as my other soap, but that doesn’t strip my natural oil.

The Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid series is one of my favorite skincare lines because it is known to moisturize your skin well! I’ve used the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion before and had shown outstanding results, so I knew that trying out the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser was going to be great for me. I’m very excited to share my experience with you using the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser.

 

 

About Hada Labo

Hada Labo, a brand owned and created by ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., is famous for its affordable skincare products loved by all ages. It’s also very famous for the main ingredient used in their skincare products, hyaluronic acid, which helps anybody with any skin type achieve the maximum capacity of moisture and hydration.

 

Quick Facts about The Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser

 

The Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser is a facial cleanser that would help with both moisturizing and cleansing the skin by removing residue, as the foam texture would clean and clear the deepest of your pores. Like many other Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid products, one of the important components of the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser is that it contains hyaluronic acid, a moisturizing agent.

This particular product not only does it contain ordinary hyaluronic acid but also contains super hyaluronic acid. The benefit of the super hyaluronic acid is that it holds moisture about twice the amount of water, making your skin more moisturized than ever while cleansing your face!

 

Ingredients: Coil glycine Na, BG, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, cocamidopropyl betaine, PEG-400, decyl glucoside, lauroyl aspartate Na, cocoyl glycine K, stearoyl glutamate Na, glyceryl stearate (SE), acetyl hyaluronic acid Na (super hyaluronic acid), hydroxypropyltrimonium hyaluronate (skin-adsorbing hyaluronic acid), citric acid, stearic acid, lauric acid, PEG-32, EDTA-2Na, polyquaternium-7, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, polyquaternium-52, Methyl paraben, propyl paraben, BHT

 

Skin type: For all types of skin

Texture: Creamy texture (After lathering with water: soft foam)

Fragrance: None

Packaging: Net weight: 100g

 

 

My Initial Impression

This was my absolute first time trying out the Hada Labo Foaming Cleanser, even though I have previously tried many other Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid products. Honestly speaking, I have lost a lot of faith in looking for affordable, non-drying, and deep cleansing facial soaps. However, trying this product may have changed my mind.

The first look at the packaging made me think about how simple the text and graphic design was, and that it is made for anyone. I also really liked how the product is very informative and the fact that it is easy to read. 

As I opened the product, I noticed that this product was a thick and dense cream texture. The texture of the cream was very similar but a little stiffer than the Senka Perfect Whip Cleansing Foam. I’ve also noticed that the product is scentless, just like the packaging mentioned.

 

Using the Product

This was not my first time trying out the cream-type soap, so I decided that I would try washing my face in two ways. One was according to the packaging, and the other was something that I always do when I use a foaming facial soap. 

The packaging mentions that I should put about 2-3 cm of product onto the palm of my hand and use lukewarm water to lather it up. Then, it mentioned washing it gently onto your skin. When I cleansed my face with it, I felt like it didn’t cleanse the deepest of my skin/pores, compared with my usual method of lathering, which I will talk about below. 

For me, I am very used to using the net to lather the product. I used the same amount as the packaging mentioned, but instead of lathering to create foam instead of my hands, I used a lathering net. I think that lathering utilizing the net is so much better. While it moisturizes your face, like when I lathered the product with my hands, I felt like my skin was cleaner when I created a dense foam with the net. You may need to purchase it, but it’s ten times better.

Although I only wash my face every night, I decided to wash my face day and night to see if my skin won’t dry out. Often, if I wash my face twice a day, my skin becomes really dry and just makes it so much harder to put on skincare/moisturizers and makeup. Keep in mind that on the packaging, it says you should not double cleanse. 

 

The Effectiveness of the Product

Although I have explained two ways of using the product, I would like to explain the product’s effectiveness from using both methods. 

I would say that this product is probably one of the best facial soaps out there. The hyaluronic acid in the product keeps my skin very moist and hydrated, exactly the kind of soap I was looking for! It makes it so much easier for me to apply skincare, as well as makeup! All throughout the day, I feel like my skin is much more hydrated! Although it may depend on the way you lather the soap, I think that it removed much of the residue that may have been left on your face. My skin looks so much clearer, and I’ve noticed it just after the first time using it. 

I also washed my face two times a day, but my face did not dry at all, nor did it strip any natural oils! It felt so nice to have a fresh, clean face in the morning!

 

 

 

The Pros and Cons

In terms of the ingredients and effectiveness on a general level, it was very difficult to think of any cons for the product itself. However, what I found the most difficult was the lathering process to make the foam more effective 

Pros:

• Contains key ingredient that prevents drying, which is hyaluronic acid as well as super hyaluronic acid
• Very affordable and good amount for the price
• The moisturizing ingredient, hyaluronic acid, penetrates into the skin easily
• Can be lathered into the very dense foam
• No scent
• No parabens
• Colorless
• Alcohol-Free
• Cleanse skin very well, removed residue
• Does not strip the natural oil
• Skin does not become dry after wash
• Skin feels hydrated and moisturized after wash
• May remove some non-waterproof makeup (such as eyeshadow)

Cons:

• You may need to use more product to create denser foam, therefore being more effective in cleansing and removing residue from skin.

 

 

Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser vs Pump Version

Hada Labo has two different versions of the same product, the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser comes in a tube and in a bottle with a pump. There are no differences in the ingredients necessarily. Just the product is in different forms and containers.

The product that comes in the tube and is a cream textured form is the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser, used for this particular beauty review. The Pump version is the product with a foam dispenser, made from a liquid form. 

 

These two versions of the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser have positive and negative features. With the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser, I can adjust the density of the foam depending on how much product I use for lathering. The denser the product is, it cleans and removes residue from your skin in the most profound areas.

However, for the cream version, you must lather it yourself, which may be a little bit more time-consuming. Also, to create a better soft and dense foam, you must buy a lathering net, which is usually not included with the product. On the other hand, although the pump version may not create a very dense foam, it is very convenient, especially if you don’t have a lot of time.

 

 

Final Thoughts

I am so glad that I tried this Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Foaming Cleanser. I think that this product is so mind-blowing about how effective it is in keeping my skin moisturized and hydrated. The fact that this product does not strip your skin at all, even when washing your skin two times a day, shows how authentic this product is to the description mentioned by Hada Labo. 

For $6.25 USD and its effectiveness––it’s a real bargain! This product is so gentle and made for any kind of skin type, so if you are looking for a non-drying facial wash, I highly recommend that you try it out!

 

 

 

 

 

By Kaitlyn C.