One of the great chores of wearing mascara is getting it off at the end of the day. I have tried expensive eye make up removers and am convinced they are no better than the cheaper versions. For quite some time I used Olay's Daily eye make up remover and it was pretty good. A bit gloppy as it is a cream. But it did a relatively good job. But I still sometimes had the panda eye look.Now, you know the lazy cleansing wipes that every beauty house does a
version of? I don't like them very much for my whole face but they are good at removing eye make up. And for a while, I've been thinking why don't they do eye make up versions. Because it felt a bit extravagant to use a whole big wipe for eyes. (I have no idea why I am getting thrifty about this when I think what I spend money on but hey.) And lo, I was in Boots a month or so ago and saw Simple had been reading my mind. So I bought them. What a disappointment. They are teeny. No way one wipe can do both eyes. And using two wipes? I may as well just use one larger wipe.
I also decided when I was in Boots to try a different liquid remover and bought Botanicals. You have to shake the bottle first but it's good - dare I say better than the Olay one? But still none of these remove it in a flash which is what I am after. There is still an element of rubbing going on. Anyone have any recommendations?
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I used to use the Simple wipes (the face ones) and found they did the trick fine with out much rubbing ... but then I only wear mascara, my piggy eyes don't do the whole eye liner / shadow thing. However, now I use Liz Earle's cleanse and polish and it's great. Just massage a bit of the cream around the eye area and then gently wipe away with the cloth and hey presto! all the mascara is gone
piggy eyes! Rubbish.
Oh, I know the answer to this one (for me, anyway). It's Boots unperfumed eye makeup remover lotion in the blue and white bottle, a princely £1.49 a bottle.
This only works if you like to wash your face too, but it's worked for me for at least 15 years - a big squirt of the lotion, massaged into my whole face, then removed with tissues or loo roll, and followed with a facial wash (current favourite is Origins Checks & Balances).
It really does remove absolutely every bit of makeup, even the otherwise unbudgeable (e.g. sealed-on lipstick, waterproof mascara), and it's so cheap that you can afford a fancy face wash if you like (Neals Yard Palmarosa is also nice, and Ren ones are great).
I heartily recommend the Chanel biphase eye make up remover, it's pricey, but it last forever, and it's supergentle.
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