I've read a few reviews on this and everyone raved about it! Sure It did what it claimed, it removed all of my makeup without a lot of rubbing/effort but I wasn't a huge fan come the next morning!
I've been using the Bioderma Micelle Solution for the past few years and I love it! So when I heard people saying the Garnier version was a good dupe, for half the price I had to try it!
I was totally drawn in by the packaging, it looks great! And like I said it did remove my makeup so first impressions I was impressed!
But the next day, my skin was extra dry! My chin and under my eyes were burning and were all flaky. I do have extremely sensitive skin and I guess this product was just one of the one's that didn't agree with my skin.
I can see why a lot of people like this product it definitely does what it claims. I know everyone's skin is different, but if you have sensitive skin perhaps don't smother your face with this the first time you use it :)
I bought a bottle of this a couple of months before it was sold in New Zealand. I'd seen so many reviews saying it was a life changing product so i decided to give it a go. I paid about $13 off an overseas website, I actually can't remember which one Now!
This bottle is huge, it is 400mls of product so I really feel like you get a good amount of product for your money. It says on the bottle that there is enough for 200 uses. I have just finished my bottle recently and I got probably a good 5 months of everyday usage out of this. Packaging wise, this is a very simple bottle. It's clear packaging so you can easily see how much product you have left. The only thing i don't really like is the opening, because this product is the consistency of water, i wish it had some kind of dropper opening so you could better control how much product comes out. I also don't feel like this would be travel friendly, if the cap opened up, the whole bottle would leak out.
This product looks and feels like water, it has no scent. If the bottle is shaken, it will froth up though so a least you know it has some kind of cleanser in it.
I like to use a small amount on a cotton pad. I like to wear a lot of mascara, liner and shadow. This product will remove it all including mascara like the collection does it all one. I use one pad per eye. Sometimes i get a bit of stinging but i find that is because i have used too much product at one time. For a little while, I did use this to remove my face makeup as well. I wasn't the biggest fan as it felt like it left a film on my face and I'm not into having to double cleanse at night time. I want my routine as quick as possible.
so anyway, I used up the last of my bottle 2 nights ago. I had kind of ended up telling myself that it was a bit of an over rated eye makeup remover and I wasn't sure if I would pick it up again. I used to swear by makeup wipes to remove eye makeup. So the next night I went back to my makeup wipes and it was Awful! I felt like it took me 3 times as long to remove my eye makeup and I had to rub harder. Needless to say, I will be picking up another bottle very soon and I'll just stick to the wipes for travel.
I've also read that this is good for cleaning makeup brushes but I haven't tried it out yet.
Tips: Don't use too much product at once, a small amount will stop any stinging in your eyes.