I’m testing a make-up remover, which has its work cut out, given how the bulk of our eye make-up is now formulated to be “waterproof” or have “12 hour staying power” etc.
It’s important that you note that this is not a micellar water or a facial cleanser. Therefore, you must wash your face, ideally with a cleanser, after you’ve used it.
(You can read about the technical detail on how micellar water or facial cleansers work at this BLOG).
Before photo
After applying a plethora of waterpoof, pigmented, matte and shiny and mainly black make-up, my forearm looked like this:
(Products used are: Kay Beauty eyeliner/eyeshadow, Tom Ford under eye concealer, Tom Ford Emotion Proof eyeshadow, Maybelline colossal kajal, Givenchy waterproof mascara, Pat McGrath eyeshadow, Bobbi Brown black eyeliner (the one from the pot) and Jane Iredale eyeshadow).
I pressed down a pre-soaked (in the make-up remover) cotton pad on the above patch and counted to 5. Finally, I wiped over this area (quite firmly) exactly 4 times.
The make-up remover has a watery consistency and its less oily than I thought it would be.
After photo
There is some residue – a mixture of black and glitter – that is spread across the patch of my forearm where the make up was. This is the 3rd iteration of this product, because the first time were a disaster in terms of copious amounts of black fluid all over my arm. But its nothing that a facial cleanser (Forest Essential’s Mashobra cleanser) doesn’t get rid of….
Would I buy this again?
This product does get rid of all my eye make-up when coupled with a facial cleanser. I just didn’t like how all the black coloured liquid spread absolutely everywhere. Had this been my face, my instinct would be to use more facial cleanser than necessary.
Therefore this is a NO BUY for me.