Yes! to: No parabens, 95% organic.
Personally, this color, which looks very neutral in the tube, makes me look a bit ghastly, so I can't wear it alone. It's also very minty. I opened this hoping for a gloss that I can use in the morning, before breakfast - and I don't like other flavors mingling with my morning tea. It leaves you with a minty tingly feeling on your lips.
This is not sticky. It is of moderate moisturizing ability. It's doesn't leave my lips super soft, but it does a decent job. The staying power is moderate.
The minty flavor/scent stays around for a bit, it's distracting to me. Personally I don't like this. But, it may not bother everyone. But - very affordable. And, pigmentation is decent. So - 3/5 stars from me, but that's due to my quirks. I think if I were going to be more fair about it, 4/5 stars, if the color were different and I were neutral about minty smells and sensations.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Review: Estee Lauder Gentle Eye Makeup Remover
Well, I got a sample size awhile back, and finally got around to trying this baby out. I ran out of Lancome Bi-facil, and was thinking that this would perform similarly. After all, they are both high end brands, with high price points, right? ... Wrong.
I use Urban Decay primer potion before I do my eyes. But Bi-Facil makes quick and easy work of removal. This stuff... not so much. With bi-facil I would just barely wet the cotton ball and it would take care of one eye, no problem. With this, I need to use significantly more. Not only that though, I have to clean each eye twice. So, I'm probably using eight times more product than the Bi-Facil. I have to use two generous applications for each eye, meaning I use not only more product, but more cotton balls. (I seem to run out of cotton all of the time, though I only use it for eye make up removal, generally speaking.)
Good points? It does not leave behind any kind of oily residue. It's very clean. It does not give you blurry vision at all. The bottle is really pretty. There is no scent, and you do not have to shake it before use.
Would I purchase? No. I will finish this bottle up, because I don't like to waste things. Would I recommend it? I like Bi-Facil better. It does, however, leave a very slight residue behind. Very slight. So, if you can't stand that, and don't mind using much, much more remover, then ok. I do not know how well this works on mascara, and I don't regularly use mascara so I haven't been able to test it on that. I would guess that it would take even more product to do so.
I use Urban Decay primer potion before I do my eyes. But Bi-Facil makes quick and easy work of removal. This stuff... not so much. With bi-facil I would just barely wet the cotton ball and it would take care of one eye, no problem. With this, I need to use significantly more. Not only that though, I have to clean each eye twice. So, I'm probably using eight times more product than the Bi-Facil. I have to use two generous applications for each eye, meaning I use not only more product, but more cotton balls. (I seem to run out of cotton all of the time, though I only use it for eye make up removal, generally speaking.)
Good points? It does not leave behind any kind of oily residue. It's very clean. It does not give you blurry vision at all. The bottle is really pretty. There is no scent, and you do not have to shake it before use.
Would I purchase? No. I will finish this bottle up, because I don't like to waste things. Would I recommend it? I like Bi-Facil better. It does, however, leave a very slight residue behind. Very slight. So, if you can't stand that, and don't mind using much, much more remover, then ok. I do not know how well this works on mascara, and I don't regularly use mascara so I haven't been able to test it on that. I would guess that it would take even more product to do so.
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