ETUDE AC Clean Up Facial Fluid 180ml
ETUDE AC Clean Up Facial Fluid 180ml is a watery lightweight fluid for oily and breakout prone skin, used as your last light layer.
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- Suited to
- Oily skinCombination skinBlemish prone skin
- Helps with
- Care for blemish prone areasA less congested feeling surfaceEveryday shine control
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How it works
A fluid is the lightest kind of moisturising step there is, thinner than a milky lotion and much thinner than a cream. A small amount covers the whole face, and there is very little left on the surface once it has settled. Congested areas look calmer under a routine that is light, low in oil and consistent, which is most of what a blemish focused step is doing. A gel moisturiser is the closest alternative, and a fluid is thinner again. The result you can judge yourself is whether congested areas look calmer and feel less bumpy over a few weeks.
Key benefits
- ETUDE Korean-market facial fluid, 180 ml
- A lightweight moisturizing step, used after toner and before a heavier cream if needed
- Ships with its Korean barcode and batch code intact, not swapped for an export label
Key actives
Niacinamide
Positioned among the early functional ingredients, niacinamide is a tone-evening, barrier-supporting ingredient this fluid carries alongside its blemish-care botanicals.
Squalane
A lightweight emollient positioned among the early ingredients, giving this fluid its slip without a heavy, occlusive feel on oily, blemish-prone skin.
Houttuynia Cordata Extract
A calming, tone-evening botanical positioned among the later ingredients, added to soften the astringent character of a blemish-focused formula.
Madecassoside
A purified centella asiatica compound placed near the end of the list, the calming active rounding out this fluid's blemish-care positioning.
What is AC Clean Up Facial Fluid 180ml?
It is a watery lightweight fluid from ETUDE, made for oily and breakout prone skin that wants a lighter, less congested feeling routine. It goes at the end of your routine, after your serum, in place of or underneath a heavier moisturiser. The result you can judge yourself is whether congested areas look calmer and feel less bumpy over a few weeks.
Where does AC Clean Up Facial Fluid 180ml go in my routine?
It goes at the end of your routine, after your serum, in place of or underneath a heavier moisturiser. In practice: After your serum, smooth a thin layer over the face and neck as your final leave-on step, morning and night. Applying it out of that order is the usual reason a step seems to do nothing.
Is AC Clean Up Facial Fluid 180ml right for my skin type?
It is aimed at oily and breakout prone skin that wants a lighter, less congested feeling routine. The skin types we would put first are oily skin, combination skin and blemish prone skin. Breakout prone skin still needs moisture, and cutting every moisturising step out of the routine is the most common own goal in this category.
Is a fluid enough on its own if my skin is dry?
On dry skin it usually is not, and the fix is a second layer rather than more of this one. Use it as your light hydrating step and put a cream over the areas that feel tight. On oily and combination skin it is often enough by itself, which is the whole reason the format exists.
Is this AC Clean Up Facial Fluid 180ml the authentic Korean-market formula?
Yes. We stock the ETUDE Korean-market formula rather than a version reformulated for US shelves. The bottle you open is the 180ml one sold on Korean shelves, with Korean-primary packaging and an intact barcode you can check yourself.
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Where this unit came from
- 1Seoul
Bought as Korean-market stock - 2Customs
Duty paid by us before it enters the US - 3California
Ships domestically, no international leg
We stock the version of a formula that is sold in Korea, not the release a brand prepares for another market under the same name.
Every unit keeps its original barcode and batch code intact, so the unit in your hands can be checked against the brand’s own records.
Import duties are paid by us before the parcel reaches you, so nothing is owed at the door, and returns run for 30 days.
Every claim on this page traces to the unit in the box, the barcode, the batch code and the price you can read for yourself.
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How to use
- Use it after your toner and serum, when the earlier steps have settled.
- Smooth a thin layer over the face and neck, going lighter over any area that is already oily.
- Give it a minute to settle before makeup or your next step so nothing rolls up.
- Do not use twice the amount to make it feel richer, since a fluid layered on itself still will not behave like a cream.
Worth knowing
- Patch test on a small area first if your skin reacts easily to new products.
- See a clinician about persistent or painful breakouts rather than expecting a cosmetic product to stand in for medical care.
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Korean-market original
A watery lightweight fluid for oily and breakout prone skin. We stock the authentic ETUDE Korean-market formula in 180ml.
Verify your unit when it arrives
Verify your unit when it arrives
Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.
Match the batch code on the box against the code printed on the bottle or tube itself; the two are stamped separately and should agree.
On the unit itself
- The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
- The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.
정품Genuine article, Korean-market stock
What professionals say
What professionals say
What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.
Squalane comes from a lipid that occurs naturally in your skin.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic Niacinamide helps reduce the appearance of pores in a few ways. By strengthening the skin barrier and improving elasticity, pores appear less noticeable and more even.
Ashlyn YankeAesthetician, Cleveland Clinic
1 more professional perspective
Its potential for skincare is promoted because of its anti-inflammatory (think blemishes, rashes, eczema) and hydrating properties.
Michele Koo, MDPlastic surgeon, PureWow
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