[Review] Bioderma Sensibio H2O / Crealine H2O Makeup Remover Cleanser

Size: 250mL 

Price: C$
Type: For Sensitive Skin

Availability
This product can be purchased at your local drugstores. 

Ingredients

Water (Aqua), PEG-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, cucumis sativus (cucumber), fruit extract, mannitol, xylitol, rhamnose, fructooligosaccharides, prypylene glycol, disodium edta, cetrimonium bromide.

Container/Packaging

A round translucent plastic bottle with a red cab on top.

Product
Made for sensitive skin, this Bioderma cleanser "gently cleanses and removes make-up from face and eyes". Bioderma continues to claim that its "soothing active ingredients prevent the skin feeling irritated". These claims have been found to be more than truth indeed. Soaked in the cotton pad, it cleanses and removes any make-up (even waterproof) very effectively without leaving any residue behind. It can even be used for your lips. 

Moreover, It has never irritated nor stung; indeed, it feels just like water too. Although I had to purchase a new cleansing water in order to experiment with other products, this cleanser is how in my holy grail list.  

This product is also oil-free and does not cause blemishes.

Scent

It has a very heavy metal scent that can be irritating for some; however, please note that this is because this cleanser is fragrance free.

Would I Recommend This Product? 
Yes. I've been penetrated with good cleansing products for the last few months but if I had to choose the best out of the best, this cleansing water would be my choice. The only downfall to this product was its cost; however, I would say that this product is definitely worth every penny. 

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[Review] Clean & Clear Oil Free Make-Up Dissolving Foaming Cleanser

Size: 177mL 

Price: C$9.99+tax
Type: N/A

Availability
This product can be purchased at your local drugstores. 

Ingredients

Water, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Glycerin, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, Polysorbate 20, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PEG-6 Caprylic, Hexylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, CItric Aic, Isoceteth-20, Methylparaben, Tetrasodium EDTA, Xanthan Gum, Propylparaben, Ethylparaben, Camellia Sinesis Leaf Extract, Parfum.

Container/Packaging

A translucent light purple container with a pump on top that creates foams.

Product
Clean&Clear promotes this cleanser as "oil-free formula [that] gently and effectively dissolves makeup and deep cleans your skin in one easy step". The cleanser, indeed, is quite gentle and soft and dissolves waterproof makeup with 2-3 pumps. However, the foam the pump creates is not very soft and untightly formulated. Foam being untightly formulated sounds rather ridiculous but the foam itself feels very loose.


Yet, once you apply it onto your skin and massage it around your skin, it feels quite soft. It doesn't pull, irritate, and break out your skin (and your eyes too) at all. 


And most importantly, it leaves your skin smooth and moisturized without leaving any residue behind.

Scent

It includes parfum which has a noticeable Jasmine scent. However, it is not too overpowering. 

Would I Recommend This Product? 
Yes. This is the best make-up removing cleanser available in drugstores. I even think 9.99+tax is too little for such an amazing product. You have to pay Clean&Clear for providing this product at such low cost. 


It is also soft enough to use it for cleaning your brushes. It hasn't damaged by brushes.

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[St. Ives] Naturally Clear Green Tea Cleanser Review

Size: 200mL

Price: C$3.49+tax (on sale; this is usually $7.09)
Type: For acne-prone skin

Availability
This product can be purchased at your local St. Ives stores and drugstores (ex. Shoppers Drug Mart). 

Ingredients

Active ingredient: Salicylic Acid 2%
Other ingredient: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerin, Cocomidopropyl Betaine, Propyle Glycol, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Disodium Laureth Sulfasuccinate, Epilobium Angustifolium Extract, Olea Europaea (olive) Leaf Extract, Ascophyllum Nodasum Extract, Afteramonos Ferment Extract, Yeast Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Sodium Hydraoxide, Menthyl Lactate, PEG-150 Distearate, Disodium EDTA, PPG-2 Methyl Ether, Phenethyl Alcohol, Methylisothiazolinone, Fragrance (Parfum), Green 5 (CI 61570), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Red 33 (CI 17200), Red 4 (Cl 14700), Blue 1 (Cl42090)

Container/Packaging

It does not come with any packaging but the container itself has a 3cm-long tape to ensure the twist-top cap from coming off (or to ensure anybody from taking the product out although it looks quite unnecessary). The container, as I mentioned, has a twist-top cap with a pump.

Product
St. Ives claims that this cleanser, "with soothing green tea (extract), gently fights blemishes and allows skin to heal". For those who have acne-prone skin, this sounds rather interesting as it is "hypoallergenic, oil free, and non-comedogenic". Moreover, it's "formulated without parabens and phthalates", reducing much of the chance for the acne to form.


The product comes in a very thick lime-green liquid form. While it leaves the skin ever so slightly smooth, the cleanser, just like what all the breakout-preventing products do, causes the skin to dry out after use (products with salicylic acids do). Therefore, it requires some heavy hydration process.

Scent

It has a very nauseating melon scent which is quite overpowering and stays on for a long period of time. 

Would I Recommend This Product? 
YES. But:
1. This product is not meant to be a make-up remover (FYI).
2. I would not recommend using this product too frequently since it dries out your skin. I would use other types of gentle cleanser for most of the time and come back to use this product every 2-3 times a week. For some reason, if you need to use it everyday, I would recommend to use it at night (instead of morning), so that you can have some time to apply more products to hydrate your skin enough. If you are drying out your skin, your skin will get more oily and thus produce more blemishes. 
3. Do NOT expect a miracle out of this product; using am acne-preventing product does not mean you do not need to exfoliate anymore. You still need to exfoliate your skin to unclog your pores.
4. This is still a very strongly-scented cleanser although I'm fond of using scented products.

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