Hello friends! SOOOOOOO I don't know if this is a thing here in USA but like, back at home, the micellar cleaning water is so trendy now 🔥 Many brands are out with the water and if you don't know what it is, it is just your typical cleaning water that removes unwanted substance from your face. It works with mild substances and the 'micellar' is a chemical that actually helps rid you of the dirt and makeup into tiny balls (that you can't really see) called micelles. I like to use this holy water after using my oil-based makeup remover. It's actually like a toner if I would say. Thus they are very gentle on the skin.
Today I'm reviewing two cleansing water that are in the same line - MONSTER by Etude, a cute K-brand that I loveee 💕
Backstory: I got my first bottle (☝️) as I was in Seoul, South Korea, for my high-school graduation trips with my closest girls. In most make-up stores in Asia, they will have testers for us and ofc stations across the store with soaked-with-makeup-remover cotton pads or dried cotton pads and a bottle of makeup remover that we can use to remove those makeup swatches from our hands. Most of the time, these removers are what they are currently promoting and want us to buy. Their market strategy ofc caught me off-guard when it did magically remove all colors from my hand....and yeah, I bought it.
☝️ ETUDE: Monster Micellar Cleansing Water
- Price:
- 340 THB and here it is $13.20 for a 300 mL bottle
- $16.80 for a 700 mL bottle
- Review:
- It helps me removes all excess makeup left from my first routine of make-up cleaning with oil-based remover.
- Gentle on the skin
- Repurchased my second bottle already
- You can't use it for long because you actually need a lot of the product when you clean your face or soak the cotton pads.
- Works really well with cleaning excess foundation BUT not really good on waterproof stuff eg. mascara.
- The bottle is sooooo cutteeeee
- Stars:
- ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ (my stars are out of five)
- It is truly good but the minus 2 stars is because the product is wasteful.
✌️ETUDE: Monster in Oil Cleansing Water (not really micellar but a good cleansing water)
- FYI:
- It has the same properties as (☝️) but this is the upgraded and newer one with OIL
- Price:
- $11.70 for a 300 mL bottle
- Review:
- This cleansing water is formulated with yellow oil so it definitely boost the cleaning property meaning it helps better with waterproof and heavy makeup.
- I love this one better for I want my face to be squeaky clean and don't want to use up the product fast.
- An extra oil property doesn't really make the cleansing water that oily and it's more on the watery side which I favor.
- For me, I after I use up my (☝️) I will just continue to buy this instead or maybe try out other brands (wait for my future reviews).
- Stars:
- ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ (my stars are out of five)
- minus the one star because this is just a very extra step in my routine
It's up to you if your want to buy it and add an extra routine into your routine? LOL I should definitely improve my English...ahem 😂 So I you as me which one to buy, I would say, it's up to your makeup style, if it's heavier, buy the second one for it cleans better, if you do light/natural makeup, buy the first. Oh if you have lash extensions, definitely buy the first for oil is not something you want on your extensions.
ORANGE or GREEN which one do you prefer? Comment down below
