Garnier Pure Active Micellar Cleansing Water Review

I love the pink original micellar and was excited to try this one. I have oily/combo skin so thought this would be great! I tried it out for a week, I would of liked a longer trial period to see how my skin really re-acts.

Same bottle size and look as the other variants, owever I did notice this one had a chemical type smell and I wasn't a fan! I used cotton pads and product was easy to apply onto skin, I did notice it sort of lathered up on my skin when wiping.

I found this product made my eyes sensitive and as a contact wearer I wasn't too impressed with that.

My skin felt quite dry after using this to remove my make-up similar to when you use a toner.

overall I wouldn't re-buy as I'd prefer to stick to the original micellar.

Packaging of this product is in line with many of the garnier range, clear and concise, the blue colour was eye grabbing.

The scent is not over powering and quite nice.

Does the job of removing makeup really well and especially my eyeliner and mascara. Worked better than other micellar waters I've used. However after about 4 days of nightly use one of my eyes has gone very splotchy with dry patches which I didn't have with my previous branded micellar water. Both eyes felt a bit puffy and irritated. I have had to return to my old brand and the problem has disappeared. I don't know if that is coincedence but I don't think I'll be risking it near my eyes again. It does work well with no irritation on the rest of my face.

Would i recommend... Yes... Just perhaps not to people with sensitive skin or stubborn eye makeup.

The concept of micellar water is great for people like me who may be too tired at night for a whole face routine and just want to remove the days grime and makeup efficiently.

I already use Garnier's charcoal Pure Active face wash, so I'm glad that they have now put a micellar water out too because my skin is oily and prone to imperfections.

I used this product every night and morning for a week; after using my waterproof eye makeup remover. It efficiently and effectively cleaned my skin, but I didnt like the feeling and look of it on my skin. The product claims to mattifie but it just seemed to make my skin look shiny, so it always made me want to wash it off.

Perhaps Micellar water isn't for me but I appreciate that the product worked well at cleansing my face, even if I didn't like not washing it off afterwards.

The packaging is lovely and the size is huge which is great! The 400ml size equates to 200 applications, and the bottle is 100% recyclable.

I was quite excited to try this micellar water as I am a huge fan of Garnier Micellar water and use it daily in my routine to remove my makeup and cleanse my face. When I saw this particular type is for oily skin I was even more excited.

Unfortunately it seems my makeup is too stubborn for this type of micellar, it was great on my face but my eye make up took a significant amount of rubbing to remove on cotton pads and after 3 soaked cotton pads I still wasn't overly happy with the result and definitely noticed the panda eyes in the morning. I was excited also because I have oily skin however I found this to be overly drying when used morning and night and noticed a lot more flaking than usual. After 3 days of struggling to remove my makeup I reverted back to my Garnier Micellar in Oil at night and began using this water to cleanse and tone my face in the morning and I have found it much more effective when it does not have to fight with makeup and my skin was visibly cleaner and found my makeup has a smoother appearance and lasts longer throughout the day. For this reason, I think I will repurchase and add it into my routine as a morning step only, so it's not too drying and helps control oil through the day and continue to use the micellar in oil at night.

This is a nice easy way to clean your face but personally I prefer to use the water and cleaner method. I thought it did a pretty nice job but I would rather not use a cotton wool pad every single time I wash my face as I think that's pretty wasteful and probably not terribly eco friendly. However I did like that my skin felt quite nice afterwards and it wasn't too drying. I would continue to use this if in a hurry or maybe going away.

It leaves my skin feeling nice and clean and is great at removing makeup.

My skin is naturally dry and I always follow up the micellar water with face cream, though I don't feel like the micellar water dries it out.

Unfortunately the product smells a bit like vomit. I'm surprised that noone else mentioned it in the reviews and now I'm wondering if I got a bad batch? The bad smell disappears quickly after I use the product, but while I'm applying it I have to hold my breath. I regret buying it purely because of the smell. It's a shame because it's great in every other way.

This is too harsh on any skin type IMHO. I have severely oily skin and this manages to makes my skin dry out so bad I ended up having that skin tightening feeling afterwards. Which in turn made the skin create more sebum to fight the dryness. And I ended up being a oily ball after an hour. So stay away from it if you don't want that effect on you.

I found this product completely useless. Its as great at removing make up as plain old water from the tap (which is pretty bad). My skin did not feel clean. It dried out my skin no end and i left feeling very unsatisfied as i was so hopeful for this product to work.