Garnier Micellar Cleansing Wipes Review

These wipes are touted as being loaded with moisture, but sadly that wasn't my experience.

I love micellar skin products so when these came on special at my local supermarket I thought I'd try them as a comparison to my regular wipes.

The wipe fabric was a little coarser visually than I expected but still felt soft to touch. It also didn't feel particularly moist which surprised me, as that was what the packaging suggested.

I had to rub quite hard to get my makeup off. I was only using a light-medium coverage foundation, so having to rub to get it off was quite an unusual, almost disconcerting experience for me. In the end I had to use 2 wipes to remove all my makeup, leaving me frustrated as I wasn't used to having to double up.

Although having to use 2 wipes and rub much harder than I expected, my skin was not irritated and felt soft to touch. They did the job, but they aren't a brand I would use again. I feel like a product that is touted as having moisture, should actually have it. These wipes didn't. Gentle, yes but moist, no.

I use makeup wipes every day, because I wear makeup every day, and I'm the kind of person that by the end of the night I like to have the option of sitting on the couch to remove my makeup. So this definitely isn't a review on makeup wipes per se (they're great), but a review on the Garnier Micellar variety.

About a year or two ago when Micellar became the beauty buzzword, I tried the Garnier Micellar Water (in bottle). I liked it, but as a testament to my aforementioned lazy ways, it didn't stick because I hate washing flannels. I went back to my makeup wipes. Then! Lo and behold, here are Micellar Wipes!

Unfortunately they did not meet my expectations. They do remove it, but I found I had to spend a lot longer vigorously rubbing my face to break up the make up. This caused the wipe to rough up into some half disintegrated mess.

I have gone through two packets of these but I don’t think they are overly amazing. They do take off makeup and they don’t irritate my skin however I don’t really think these are much better than what you can get from kmart for $1.50 instead of around $8.

I absolutely love the convenience of pre soaked make up remover wipes!! I wear a lot of waterproof makeup and thick matte foundation. I tend to need minimum 2 wipes for base makeup then I need to actually fold it over eyelashes to scrape mascara off. However in saying that I struggle to find a makeup remover that I do not need to do this with!!!

I love these delicately scented wipes, I can absolutely rely on them to remove my makeup at night gently and without drying my skin out. I wear waterproof mascara which melts off without any rubbing and pulling at the eye area to remove it. My skin looks fresh and clean afterwards and ready for night cream or moisturizer. Each wipe is a generous size so the pack lasts a long time. Great value for money.

I bought these cleaning wipes to use when I travel. They are a great price and the ideal size to pack in your bag. They remove eye makeup very well however, I had to use two or three wipes to remove my foundation (I just wear foundation and powder to set). My face also did not feel clean after using them. It felt as if the wipes left a residue on my skin.

All in all, they do the job if you have no other means of removing your makeup.

I really like these wipes. They left my skin feeling fresh and clean. The only problem was that they made my eyes sting a bit... but I just don't use them to remove my eye makeup now.