NIVEA Sensitive Caring Micellar Water Review

I was stoked to be picked for my first trial! I have really sensitive skin and only usually use Trilogy and Antipodes products as I am terrified of a breakout! I used this product over a few days and found It left a film on my face, I still felt the need to have a wash with a facecloth after. I didn't get a breakout however so am impressed by that. I probably wouldn't buy this product as I feel it doesn't do anything that a facecloth wouldn't do.

I picked this up when New World had a 'buy two Nivea Products and get an electronic face cleaning brush free' promo. I'm in love with Garnier Micellar Water and figured (seeing as my face likes Nivea) that this would be as good. For me, it isn't. It's not a disaster, but it's not a success for me.

Nivea Daily Essentials Sensitive 3-in-1 Micellar Cleansing Water comes in a simple clear plastic bottle with a white flip cap at the top, and blue and purple writing. It's a sweet little package and looks nice on the shelf. The clear bottle is great for determining how much product is left.

The product is the typical thin 'water'. It's virtually odourless, and (disturbingly) foams quite a lot when you shake it.

Nivea claim that this will 'cleanse deeply, remove makeup and moisturise in one step' and this claim isn't true for me. I have combo skin that can tend towards oily, and get the odd breakout. I find that this doesn't remove my base or eye makeup completely, even after 2-3 times. It DOES feel lovely on my face, both during and after use, but I feel like I could get a similar effect from tap water. I even used it to try and get makeup off a mirror and it didn't budge it. After how successful the Garnier one was for me this has been a huge disappointment, unfortunately.

While it's great that the product is free of parabens, colours and perfumes it does need to work for me to consider repurchasing it and unfortunately, for me, this doesn't.

Nivea are usually pretty reliable for me and this won't put me off the brand - but I won't try this again unless I see the words 'new improved formula' on the bottle.

First impression: This product has a very pleasant smell to it, you do sometimes get the products that smell a bit like old feet. Nivea's Micellar Water has a very pleasant smell, that lingers a short while after use, which I do not mind at all!

The product itself does advise that it "effectively" removes make-up. However, I found that it was fairly sub-par in that aspect. It made the eye makeup fade a little, and I had to top it off with regular make-up remover.

I have used this for a few days since I got the product, and it has made my skin feel much softer and less red than it usually is.

Overall, I will most likely continue to use this product until I'm out of the current bottle, but after that most likely would not go out of my way to find this product in stores.

I tried using the micellar water at morning and night to clean my face (one of the recommended uses for it). I have sensitive skin so was glad it didn't sting when I applied it - and my skin did feel hydrated just after using it.

However, over the course of the few days I tried the product, I found that my skin was generally drier than usual, so I won't be making micellar water my daily cleanser (the bottle claims to improve symptoms of sensitive skin such as dryness and redness - but I didn't find this happened for me)

I did like using it as a makeup remover though, and it even works to remove mascara - so I'll definitely keep using it in this way as I feel more comfortable putting this on my face than a harsher remover.

I also imagine that this would be a useful product for travel (and the lid snaps on firmly so there's no way you'd spill it in your bag)

I've been religiously using this virtually every day since the end of December last year, and finally got it empty 2 days ago. It's very lightweight and is usually only around $8 for 200ml which is decent.

I believe it is a great daily cleanser for basic or light makeup, and is super easy to travel with. However, when it comes to waterproof products it definitely does not remove all traces as it left me with tragic panda eyes. You will likely need an actual face wash, then go over your face with this product to remove all makeup which defeats the whole purpose of micellar water.

All in all, for people who usually only use light makeup, this would be a great option for you as a daily no-fuss cleanser. For those who wear foundation and mascara every day, this probably isn't for you. Personally, I only ever do a full face of makeup on special occasions, so this product was perfectly fine for me.

I have very sensitive skin and have always been a creamy cleanser girl. I was very impressed how the Nivea mircellar water worked! No stringing, was quick and very easy to use and removed my makeup! I would use again :) Thanks

NIVEA Sensitive Caring Micellar Water comes in a clear bottle with clear liquid inside it. It looks and feels like water, there is no strong smell or any ingredients that could harm your skin. It instantly cleansed my eye make-up (not waterproof) which required no rubbing. When I applied it to my skin, it was only wet for a few seconds before drying up. It moisturised my skin and my redness decreased. I would recommend this product to people with sensitive and combination dry skin.

I was really excited to try this product as I have sensitive skin around my eyes. It's easy to apply and doesn't dry your skin out. I felt it did a reasonable job taking off my makeup although I did have to scrub a bit to get my mascara off.

It also made my skin around my eyes tingle. Not enough to be painful or annoying but it was noticeable.

This product doesn't have any smell and its fresh and not oily.

I would use this again as the product does work and is very cheap compared to the shisedo eye and lip makeup remover I currently use. (Surprisingly the shisedo is one of the only products I have found that don't irritate my skin)