Hi, ladies!
We all love to put makeup on but removing it...not so much. Probably my least favourite beauty routine of every day is taking my makeup off, but as lazy as I am, I never ever skip this step to go to bed with my makeup on, it's just something that I can't do (I'd probably wake up with some break outs or something).
My makeup removing routine changes constantly as I love to try new makeup removers, I just have some staples I just go back to from time to time (such as my Farmec byphase eyes and lips makeup remover with argan oil). I don't really experiment with my washing gel and skincare routine but as far as makeup removers or toners, I love to pick up different ones. From the picture below it's missing the micellar water I've been using for the last year, I've been experimenting with a couple of brands, but I run out of it and for the moment I don't really miss it.
It wasn't until recently that I dicovered the byphase, oil based makeup removers. I was under the false impression that if I have oily skin, any oil based skin product will make my skin even more oily. I did some research on the subject and it's not even close, oil cleansers are really eficient to disolving makeup and cleanse the skin throughly. My first oil based makeup remover was the Farmec eyes and lips make-up remover with argan oil, which has a byphase formula. It's for dry sensitive skin, but it works just fine for my combination skin, it's a little more oily but for me it's not an issue as I go and wash my face with a cleansing gel afterwards. Anyway I use it only for taking off my very resistant mascara and eyeliner gel without smearing it all over my face.
This is a repurchase and I searched for it everywhere and I finally found the last one at the counter in Carrefour. It's about 2.5 Euro but it works wonders, it removes my eye makeup so quickly without rubbing too much and it doesn't sting my eyes or my kind of sensitive under eyes area.
At the moment I'm using the Nivea Double Effect Eye Makeup Remover, which I purchased when I didn't find the one from Farmec. It's equally eficient, actually I love that it doesn't leave an oily sheen on my eyes like the previous one, but it has its downsides. First of all, even if it claims to be perfect for sensitive eyes, I always feel a slight burn in my under eyes area even though I try not to rub very hard. Not to mention that it's more expensive than Farmec (about 3.5 Euro) for about half the quantity.
Bottom line, I like it, it's more accesible than Farmec but if I had to choose, I like the other one better.
Instead of micellar water, at the moment I actually prefer the Dr. Soleil Hydra Plus 3-in-1 Cleansing Milk with wheat germs and aloe vera. It claims to be a hypoalergenic formula, with a3-in-1 action : nutritional, purifying and regenerating. For me it's a good makeup remover, I usually don't like the cleansing milk formula but this one is really refreshing, it takes of my makeup really quickly and it leaves my skin smooth and moisturised. I like to use it for my face mostly, it takes off foundation/powder/blush in a minute without much fuss.
It has a faint perfume, nothing striking. I love the fact it leaves the skin looking healthy which you wouldn't expect after taking off the makeup.
About toners I've already talk in this post, where I did review the L'Oreal Sublime Fresh Skin Perfecting Purifying Toner. I only want to add the fact that I've included in my makeup removing routine also the use of toners after taking off my makeup, just for cleaning all makeup traces and refreshing the skin. I use this one on all my face and neck avoiding the eyes and lips of course.
I don't know about you, but I usually after taking my makeup off, I like to wash my face afterwards with my Vichy Normaderm Deep Cleansing Gel. I don't consider it part of the makeup removing routine but more of the skincare routine as I use it twice a day religiously every day.
I don't know if my makeup removing routine misses something, it's just what I've developping lately and it works for me. I hate using too many products at once, I like to keep it simple, and my skin seems to like it. As these products tend to change pretty often, you'll definitely see other makeup removing routine posts in the future.
What's your makeup removing routine? Do you stick with it or do you like to change things up?
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