Garnier Micellar Cleansing Milky Water Review

Used this a couple times and I only mainly wear mascara. I found it doesn't get the mascara off that well, and stings the eyes

I received this in a black box. I found it to not be the most effective in removing stubborn eyemakeup.

It could be unrelated but I had allot of breakouts around the time I was using this product, I feel it wasn’t right for my skin and caused them.

It doesn’t have a smell, the texture is nice and it doesn’t sting if you get it in your eyes so these things are a bonus.

I was excited to try the new Cleansing Milky water Micellar from Garnier. Unfortunately I really don't like it for several reasons, which will become clear. The bottle shows a milky liquid, but when you try and tip it out, it is very thick and viscous, in fact it doesn't even soak into a cotton pad, it just sits on the top of the pad and you have to quickly get it to your face without it dribbling off. It also seems to soak into your skin and although it does remove the makeup it also leaves a slightly sticky residue, which feels a bit unpleasant. The worst aspect of it, dare I say it, that without being crass , it does remind me of some sort of bodily fluids and I just can't get past this to use it regularly on my face .As soon as I used it , I read some other reviews, I noticed a couple of other people had thought the same about it. It may sound silly but I can't get past the way it looks and that together with it soaking into the skin and having to rinse it off, I really didn't like this product .

The good things about this product are: affordability, it’s easy to use, no unpleasant odours, attractive packaging, my sensitive skin didn’t react and it’s a good sized bottle. Plus my skin does feel lovely and soft. But did it remove my make up properly? No. It was particularly ineffective on eye make up. Did my skin feel refreshed & fully cleansed? No. My skin felt like it had a plastic coating on it after I used Garnier’s Micellar Milky Water and I’ve had a major breakout. At 47 my days of pimples & spots should be well behind me. Is one cotton pad enough? No. I don’t use heavy make up & even on no make up days I was using 2-3 pads before they showed no signs of make up and following up with eye make up remover to remove mascara properly. Overall this product feels like a waste of time and money and I’ll be sticking to a cleanser, water & clean face cloth.

I've used the Garnier Micellar Cleansing water for sensitive skin (different version) and I used it right to the last drop. The only comment I have for it was that I still needed to use a moisturizer after. I was excited to try the Milky water version because I have read that it is moisturizing, the missing puzzle to the sensitive skin version.

For anyone that hasn't tried the product, or hasn't tried micellar water, it's like water, but with the capability yo remove makeup and dirt while leaving the skin feeling fresh. Very easy to use. There are many ways I'm sure, but the method I use is to dampen a cotton pad with the cleansing water and wipe my face and neck. When I say wipe, it's not in a pulling motion, basically gliding the cotton pad along the face and it will EASILY remove makeup and residue. So amazing. Usually with other products a bit of effort must be put into removing makeup but noooo I love this.

The bottle is an okay size. I say okay, because I like to travel a lot and so I would either be carrying around a big 400ml bottle which is over kill, or I must transfer the contents to a smaller portable size. Easy enough. I did see online there are smaller bottle sizes, around 120ml but not yet for the Milky version.

I used this for one week, every evening after work. One cotton pad. Job done. It hasn't made any impact of the contents of the bottle yet. It should last about 3 months.

I will 100% buy this product. It is now a must have in my bathroom. I have already recommended to my sister and my mother who both have dry skin. Thumbs up.