Micellar waters are a wonderful beauty innovation! My review of the ones I have in my bathroom cabinet...





Micellar water has been a trend for the past few years. It looks and feels like plain water, but it’s made up of microscopic oil molecules called micelles suspended in water that act like a magnet and capture and lift away dirt, oil and makeup leaving your skin clean, refresh and hydrated. It is alcohol, oil and fragrance free. It is suitable for every skin types.
Bioderma's Micellar Solution Sensibio H2O has been on the market for a long time and can be found on most of makeup artists work stations. This is the first one that I have used and I love it!

I use it to remove my eye and lip makeup. It is very gentle, fragrance free (it has a very light "mineral" smell that does not bother me at all. And I have to say that I am very sensitive to fragrances).... It gently foams when you shake the bottle. It removes my makeup very well and leaves my skin clean and refresh.

The cons for this product are:
 - the high price.

 - I have to order it online.
Garnier Skin Active Micellar Water is not as good as Sensibio H2O. It takes a longer time and lots of cotton pads to remove my make up. I end up rubbing my skin which is not good! It has absolutely NO smell. I feel like it contains less micelles than Sensibio H2O, because when I swipe the cotton pad on my skin, it does not feel as smooth as Sensibio H2O.

I bought it when I ran out of my Bioderma Micellar Solution Sensibio H2O because it was cheap and available in any drugstore here in the US.
Finally, I was curious to try Botanics' Cleansing Solution 3 in 1 Albright. I bought it at Target.

Although it is said that it is fragrance free, it has a very light smell like Sensibio H2O but a pleasant one. I think it cleans the skin well but i don't know about the brightening effect yet... I have to keep using it for a while. I like this product and will keep using it to see if it has a real brightening effect. I will keep using Sensibio H2O to remove my eye and lip make up.
There are so many other micellar cleansing waters/solutions on the market and I would love some feedback and reviews on those! Share your experience. Feel free to comment :)

UPDATE MAY 30TH, 2016:

Now that I finished my bottle of Sensibio, I have been using Botanics micellar cleansing solution to remove my makeup everyday for the past 2 weeks or so. I have noticed a light brightening effect. But I don't like using the solution to remove tmy eye make up because it is not very effective and it burns my eyes!

That said, Sensibio is still the best at removing makeup and cleansing the skin.






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