[Top Reviewer 4th Term] Thankful Farmer Phyto Lilyful Cica Gel Cleanser that gently exfoliates dead skin

Hello? Now that summer is getting hotter, it's the season when many people worry about excess oil and dead skin cells~

Let me introduce the gentle exfoliating gel cleanser I tried, the Thank You Farmer Pitto Lilyful Cica Gel Cleanser :)

 

 

Thank You Farmer is a naturalistic skincare brand that embodies the concept of farmers cultivating their fields with the same care as growing crops. As a naturalistic brand, it seems to focus on creating gentle functional products! The cleanser I have tried is a gel cleanser containing Centella Asiatica extract, which soothes the skin, called the Phyto Lilyful Cica Gel Cleanser.

It has a very unique appearance, and what looks like grains inside a transparent container are actually raw materials made from crushed centella leaves, stems, and flowers. These ingredients are said to not only soothe the skin but also effectively remove excess oil and impurities!

 

 

 

 

The khaki-colored substance that looks like a strong brewed tea is a mixture of traditional herbal ingredients including Cnidium officinale root extract, Gardenia jasminoides extract, Scutellaria baicalensis root extract, Glycyrrhiza glabra root extract, Lonicera japonica flower extract, and Forsythia suspensa fruit extract. This is a proprietary herbal formulation developed by Thank You Farmer, and it has been proven to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, as evidenced by its publication in the Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetic Scientists.

 

 

Since I have sensitive skin, I was worried that the centella extract might cause some irritation when rubbed on the skin, but when I actually tried cleansing, I found that the extract wasn't as thick as I expected. Instead, it felt more like a gentle scrub, and it melted smoothly as I massaged it in.

And even though it's a gentle cleanser, it lathers well, so I wondered if the herbal ingredients or the centella asiatica extract might be playing a role in creating the foam. I thought that gentle cleansers, including mildly acidic ones, don't produce much foam because they are gentle, but I don't think the ingredients necessarily mean they won't produce foam.

 

 

 

And of course, cleansing ability is important for a cleanser. The Thank You Farmer Pito Lilyful Cica Gel Cleanser has a mildly acidic formula with a pH of 5.0 to 6.5, which is closest to our normal skin. It lathers well, so its cleansing ability was quite good, haha.

This cleanser is not marketed as a primary cleanser, but I tested whether it could remove foundation, eyeliner, and other makeup, and it actually removed them quite well. Except for color cosmetics, when I rubbed it with a gel cleanser, BB cream and foundation came off easily. I think if I rubbed gently, it would remove even more color makeup.

Still, to cleanly remove makeup, I think it's better to first use a different primary cleanser and then use the Thank You Farmer Gel Cleanser as a second step. When used as a second cleanser, it gently removes dead skin cells due to its natural ingredients, giving a cleaner feeling!