Micellar Miracle?

L'Oreal Skin Prefection 3 in 1 Micellar Soultion - On offer at the moment but usually £4.99

Here's one of L'Oreal's newest product releases, along with that weird oil cleanser they've just brought out which I'm yet (but curious) to try. 

This product embodies the gradual process of sciencey high end products trickling onto our highstreet. The L'Oreal group incidentally also owns Giorgio Armani, Lancôme and La Roche-Posay beauty and skincare so it's no surprise that this brand is so high-end inspired. 

We can't really talk about this product without mentioning what it's clearly inspired by and attempting to duplicate - Bioderma. The product in reference is the micellar water, but the level of popularity it's received has lead beauty bloggers to refer to it simply by the brand name - all other Bioderma products seem to blur out of focus in comparison. This is the motherload. Every skincare lovers wet dream, (so it seems) it's a weightless make-up remover with a water like consistency which cleans all of your makeup off, seriously EVERYTHING, in one fell swoop. Even stubborn, crusty waterproof mascara.

So no hours spent scrubbing sensitive areas, which permanently wrinkles and damages more fragile skin e.g round the eyes, only to see that a disappointingly large amount of make-up remains stuck to your face.

Personally, I've never tried this. It's pretty elusive in the UK, although there are mutterings of it appearing soon in boots (!!!!) If you're in the neighbourhood, French pharmacies would probably be your best bet to bag yourself some of this liquid gold as buying it online usually comes with bumper delivery costs. Bitches. It's priced between £4.50 for a teeny tiny travel size to about £14.50 for a full size product.

Enough heartache over Bioderma, this is what l'oreal has created - a great highstreet dupe with even the packaging reminiscent of the chic clear and pink bioderma branding. Although this is only one of several that have popped up in the recent micellear-water-boom, how does it perform?

The bottle says:

'A high-performance hypo-allergenic cleanser for face eyes and lips, suitable for sensitive skin. Dissolves make-up, unclogs pores and removes impurities and tones and soothes the skin'

Pros

• Will remove all make-up efficiently with no scrubbing required
• Pretty much odourless
• Won't irritate sensitive skin
• Competitive price point
• Sleek packaging 

Cons

• Only 200ml of product which goes quickly if used daily
• Will sting eyes if direct contact is made

Overall not too shabby, although I'm still anticipating my Bioderma enlightenment - this will have to do for now. I've repurchased this and will probably remain to do so 8/10