I first bought Nivea Visage Daily Essentials Extra Gentle Eye Makeup Remover (try saying that three times fast) a few months back after I’d finished a mini-sized bottle of Lancome Bi-Facils which came in a gift pack. Now Bi-Facils is a seriously good product but just too expensive for my budget, so I grabbed a bottle of this off the shelf of a local department store mostly because it said “Extra Gentle” on the bottle and it was well priced.
That impulse purchase turned out to be a good thing – I’m onto my second bottle and this is now my holy grail eye makeup remover. As far as I’m concerned it’s even better than Bi-Facils.
Here’s what Nivea say about their product:
“NIVEA VISAGE DAILY ESSENTIALS EXTRA GENTLE EYE MAKE-UP REMOVER is a light, oil free formulation that gently removes make-up around the delicate eye area, leaving no greasy residue.
HOW IT WORKS
NIVEA VISAGE DAILY ESSENTIALS EXTRA GENTLE EYE MAKE-UP REMOVER enriched with Pro-Vitamin B5 to soothe the skin:
- Gently removes make-up and mascara with no greasy residue
- Prevents stinging or irritation of the delicate skin around the eye
- Dermatologically and opthamologically tested
Your sensitive eye area is gently cleansed and looking beautiful with cared for eye-lashes.”
I don’t know about the ‘cared for eyelashes’ bit, but I can tell you that it does a really good job of melting away even heavy eye makeup so that it can be wiped away without the need for rubbing; it doesn’t sting my eyes (this is important – my eye area is very sensitive) and it doesn’t leave any oily residue. One cotton pad well dampened with remover is enough for one eye, although I wear non-waterproof mascara so I can’t vouch for how well it would cope with the waterproof stuff.
The water-based formula dries quickly on the skin without needing to be wiped off afterwards and doesn’t leave any residue behind, oily or otherwise. I can apply eye makeup once it has dried without it affecting the application, and I often use this on a cotton bud to fix up over-zealous or just plain bad makeup application.
The product is very subtly and pleasantly scented with what seems to me to be a “beachy” scent – but then I’m crap at scent descriptions so I wouldn’t pay any attention to that!
At around $12.00 for a generous-sized 125ml bottle, Nivea Daily Essential Extra Gentle Eye Makeup Remover is widely available throughout New Zealand in department stores, pharmacies and supermarkets.
Ingredients: Aqua, Poloxamer 124, PEG-8, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Glycerin, Panthenol, Isosteareth-20, Steareth-20, Dipotassium Phosphate, Potassium Phosphate, Trisodium EDTA, Polyaminopropyl Biguanide, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Benzyl Alcohol, Geraniol, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Hydroxy-citronellal, Benzyl Salicylate, Parfum. (Note: I couldn’t find an ingredients list online so I typed this up from the back of the bottle. Apologies if there are any mistakes. Also, congratulations on your super reading skills if you did spot any mistakes!)
Sounds like something I’m going to have to look for over here across the Ditch — I’m in need of a good eye makeup remover!