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skinnlab Pore Barrier Cleansing Balm

Ingredients and claims, checked

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Last checked September 4, 2026

Mid-range for cleansing balms

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What is it like at a glance?

What the ingredients do

Softening leads, with 3 of 11 ingredients.

Softening
3
Moisture seal
2
Cleansing
1

By skin type

  • DryUse with care
  • OilyGood fit
  • CombinationNeutral
  • SensitiveUse with care

Piboo’s rating from user reports.

Worth knowing

  • Contains fragrance
  • Has a fungal-acne trigger
  • On pore-clogging lists

Made for

What is this product?

It's a cleansing balm.

Key ingredients
Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate
When
Evening

Who is it for?

Less suited to

  • Sensitive skin
  • People avoiding fragrance
  • Skin prone to fungal acne
  • Skin that reacts to salicylates (BHA)

What to watch for?

Watch-outs

  • Contains fragrance
  • If you clog easily: Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
  • If you get fungal acne: Sorbitan Sesquioleate

How do you use it?

Pairs well with
  • A water-based second cleanse immediately afterwards, in the same session
  • A leave-on barrier or humectant step after the rinse
Don't combine with
  • A leave-on BHA or a retinoid applied in the same evening session
  • A second oil-phase or balm cleanse in the same session

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Tap a name to read about that ingredient.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

Claims

See each claim, checked (3)

Claims, checked

  • Dispense an appropriate amount of cleansing balm onto dry skin, cleanse as if massaging gently, then finish by washing clean with lukewarm water.backed by evidence
  • Pore impurities out without irritationoverstated
  • Pore Barrierno supporting source found

We quote each claim exactly as the brand published it, then check it against the ingredient list and the brand's own documents.

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