Loreal 'Skin Perfection' Micellar Water Makeup Remover: Review


I'll admit- I never really got the whole 'micellar water' hype up until recently. To me makeup remover is possibly one of the most boring beauty products out there, and I never understood how people could rave on about it so much. I'd been happily plodding along with a cheap Garnier makeup remover for years which did the job fine- so my thoughts were, how much better could it possibly get? As it turns out, quite a lot better.

Being a beauty blogger and lover of cosmetics, applying makeup is never boring for me. It's all sunshine and sparkles when I'm putting it on my face in the morning, and I like seeing myself look progressively better (or progressively less scary and dead looking) with every layer of product. But when it's time to get it all off when I'm half asleep before bed, well that's where the fun stops. I've lost many hours of my life armed with a handful of cotton pads, and what I now know to be a sub standard makeup remover, trying to remove the day's makeup from my face. And so after trying this product for the first time, I knew I'd never look back (ooo dramatic statement indeed).

I'm not suggesting this is some kind of miracle product by any means, you obviously don't tap your heels together three times and the makeup vanishes (although that would be just marvellous- someone invent that please). But it does make life SO much easier. It quickly removes dark lipstick and even crispy layers upon layers of mascara without too much scrubbing at the eyes, which we all know is pure evil to remove. It's twice as quick as any other makeup remover I've tried, and unlike Bioderma and similar brands it's inexpensive and easy to find. Another plus point of this is how mild it is, I don't recommend squeezing it into your eyeball (unless you're into that- whatever floats your boat) but when it does get in your eye it feels exactly like water. My previous makeup removers have often stung my eyes when I've been removing mascara, maybe my own fault for over saturating the cotton pad but hey ho. But it's something that's just not a problem with this product. A few people have said to me on Twitter that this is quite a close dupe for Bioderma, and whereas usually I'd be lusting over the more expensive version- when it comes to a product to get makeup off my face I'm really not too fussed. This does the job really well, and I do highly recommend it. I got mine from Asda for less than a fiver, you can also get it at Boots and Superdrug.

Have you tried this, or any other Micellar water? What do you think of them?

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