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I spent way too long torturing my face with those hardcore makeup removers, thinking if it tingled or burned? Hey, it must be working, right? Wrong. Turns out, surprise, your eyeballs and skin don’t actually want to feel like you’ve taken sandpaper to them every night. Wild concept.
Back in the day—y’know, when I thought cleansing meant scrubbing—my poor undereye area was always irritated. Puffiness, redness, basically looking like I’d gone three rounds with Netflix and cried through all of them. So, I caved and went on the hunt for something that actually respected my skin. Enter: gentle removers. My face legit breathed a sigh of relief.
Listen. Bioderma Sensibio H2O? Holy grail status, no joke. It’s like water, but with superpowers. No weird floral scent, and I barely need to swipe more than once and bam—gone. (Can’t remember the last time I actually scrubbed at my mascara, and I don’t miss it.) If I’m in full glam mode, I go in with Clinique’s Take The Day Off Balm first. That stuff just melts everything. Literally looks like I’m auditioning for a raccoon biopic for about ten seconds, then poof—clean.
These days I double-cleanse out of habit, and my skin has stopped raging at me. Honestly, I treat makeup removal like some sort of self-care ritual now. Put on a podcast, get comfy, wipe the day off (and the regrets, you know how it is). There are so many formulas out there it’s kind of overwhelming—balms, milks, micellar, cleansing oils—you name it.
Anyway. If you’ve got a remover that makes your face happy, spill. I’m always open to trying something new—I mean, skincare is basically the adult version of Pokémon. Gotta catch ’em all, right?
Back in the day—y’know, when I thought cleansing meant scrubbing—my poor undereye area was always irritated. Puffiness, redness, basically looking like I’d gone three rounds with Netflix and cried through all of them. So, I caved and went on the hunt for something that actually respected my skin. Enter: gentle removers. My face legit breathed a sigh of relief.
Listen. Bioderma Sensibio H2O? Holy grail status, no joke. It’s like water, but with superpowers. No weird floral scent, and I barely need to swipe more than once and bam—gone. (Can’t remember the last time I actually scrubbed at my mascara, and I don’t miss it.) If I’m in full glam mode, I go in with Clinique’s Take The Day Off Balm first. That stuff just melts everything. Literally looks like I’m auditioning for a raccoon biopic for about ten seconds, then poof—clean.
These days I double-cleanse out of habit, and my skin has stopped raging at me. Honestly, I treat makeup removal like some sort of self-care ritual now. Put on a podcast, get comfy, wipe the day off (and the regrets, you know how it is). There are so many formulas out there it’s kind of overwhelming—balms, milks, micellar, cleansing oils—you name it.
Anyway. If you’ve got a remover that makes your face happy, spill. I’m always open to trying something new—I mean, skincare is basically the adult version of Pokémon. Gotta catch ’em all, right?
