This Is How Simple's Cheaper Micellar Cleansing Water Compares To Bioderma
In Spenny vs Penny we compare the products we love, with those following in their (sometimes pricey) footsteps.
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I’ve always taken my makeup off with wet wipes – baby wipes, face wipes, whichever’s cheapest or closest to hand. It was only last year, in my late 20s, when I realised all these wipes probably weren’t doing much good for my skin – or the environment. So I decided to switch.
When I say makeup, I mean mascara and liquid eyeliner – they’re all I wear and what I really needed was something to take off the build-up. After a friend bigged up micellar water, I took a punt and snapped up the first bottle I saw in Superdrug. And let me tell you, I’m converted.
Micellar water contains ‘micelles’ – or tiny balls of cleansing oil – suspended in water. They certainly remove my makeup better than wipes ever did, with one cotton pad and just a few splashes of the water. Far less wasteful.
Even since using the micellar water, I’d say my skin, in general, is quite dry. I moisturise morning and night, but don’t have a “beauty routine” as such. I have wondered whether a different make or brand might be more nourishing.
Safe to say, I have a pretty laid-back approach to skincare. I want something that works quickly, easily, and doesn’t cost a lot.
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Spenny: Bioderma Sensibio H20 Micellar Water 250ml, £10.80
Bioderma is popular, but being the beauty novice I am, I’d never heard of it. I’m told by a colleague who has more beauty savvy than me that this is a genuinely cult product, famous among makeup artists as a quick way to clean their clients’ faces. The OG micellar, she tells me.
The packaging is simple but I find the bottle bulky –...
