THANK YOU FARMER Phyto Relieful™ Cica Boosting Toner

What is this product?

Thank You Farmer's Phyto Relieful Cica Boosting Toner is a mildly acidic gel toner meant to reset skin pH after cleansing and soften leftover flaky buildup, using two disclosed exfoliating acids, Gluconolactone (PHA) and Capryloyl Salicylic Acid (LHA), both at undisclosed strength. Centella asiatica extract sits fourth of 27 ingredients alongside ten other herbal root, leaf and fruit extracts the brand markets together as its own '8-Relieful Complex,' though it never states which eight of those actually make up the complex.

What makes it different?

It is one of the few toners that names two different exfoliating acid classes on one label, PHA and LHA, rather than the usual single acid, but neither concentration is printed anywhere the brand or its own mall discloses. The trademarked '8-Relieful Complex' cannot be checked against the label either: the list prints ten herbal extracts beyond centella, and neither the brand's own page nor the press coverage collected here states which eight of them the complex names, so the mapping is unstated rather than contradicted. A vegan certification from Italy's V-LABEL is claimed only in a press release, not on the brand's own product page, which limits itself to unspecified vegan and low-irritation ingredients. The brand's own instructions call for a cotton pad wipe followed by patting in the remainder, then recommend layering it more than once as a booster step.

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know about that ingredient.

This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Dipropylene Glycol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Pentylene Glycol
• Piper Methysticum Leaf/Root/Stem Extract
• Houttuynia Cordata Extract
• Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract
• Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract
• Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract
• Angelica Gigas Root Extract
• Cnidium Officinale Root Extract
• Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract
• Coptis Japonica Root Extract
• Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Licorice) Root Extract
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Sodium Citrate
• Citric Acid
• Xanthan Gum
• Disodium EDTA
• Gluconolactone
• Glycerin
• Octyldodeceth-16
• Butylene Glycol
• Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
• Trehalose
• Ethylhexylglycerin

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

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 9 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 6 of them look likely, though none are proven outright.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.

How we read these lines

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