Reviewed: Youth To The People’s Superfood Cleanser, a Gentle Gel Cleanser That Won’t Dry Out Your Skin
Gel cleansers don’t have the best reputation. While they’re known for their ability to give your skin a deep-cleanse, they can often be too drying—leaving your face feeling tight and stripped of moisture.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. If you’ve been avoiding gel cleansers because you think they’re too harsh for your skin type, let me introduce you to Youth To The People Superfood Cleanser.
With more than 4,000 four-star reviews, it’s one of Sephora’s bestselling products, and for good reason. It’s super-gentle, highly effective and made with clean, skin-friendly ingredients. There are only a handful of cleansers that I recommend to everyone, and this is one of them!
Read on to find out what’s inside and why you should try it.
Youth To The People Cleanser (At a Glance)
What it does | Cleans skin, removes makeup |
Best for | All skin types |
Key ingredients | Aloe, kale, spinach, green tea, vitamin C, glycerin, provitamin B5, vitamin E |
Made without | Sulfates, silicones, alcohol, phthalates, parabens |
Cruelty-free | Yes |
Editor’s rating | ★★★★☆ |
What It Does and Who It’s For
Ingredients
And here’s the full ingredients list:
Water/Aqua/Eau, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf (Aloe Vera) Juice, Sorbeth-230 Tetraoleate, Polysorbate 20, Brassica Oleracea Acephala (Kale) Extract, Spinacia Oleracea (Spinach) Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C), Glycerin, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Decyl Glucoside, Sorbitan Laurate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Gluconolactone, Calcium Gluconate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Chlorophyllin-Copper Complex (CI 75810), Gardenia Jasminoides (Jasmine) Fruit Extract, Fragrance/Parfum
What’s not included? This cleanser is free of sulfates, silicones, alcohol, phthalates and parabens. Although it is not fragrance-free, it does have the Clean at Sephora seal of approval, which means it contains less than 1% synthetic fragrance.
Once opened, it has a 12-month shelf life. Unopened, it will last for two years.
Packaging and Texture
How to Use It
To Single Cleanse (Mornings)
- Wet your skin and hands.
- Dispense one to two pumps of cleanser onto your wet hands, and then rub them together to produce a light lather.
- Massage the cleanser over your face and neck for 30 seconds.
- Rinse thoroughly with water.
To Double Cleanse (Nighttime)
- Dispense one to two pumps of cleanser onto your dry hands.
- Massage the cleanser over your dry face and neck for one minute, gradually adding water to emulsify.
- Rinse thoroughly with water.
- Dispense one to two more pumps of cleanser onto your wet hands, and then rub them together to produce a light lather.
- Massage the cleanser over your face and neck for 30 seconds.
- Rinse thoroughly with water.
Results and Rating
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Where to Buy
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