Review: Etude House Every Month Cleansing Cream Soft & Moist

Volume: 180ml

Price: USD 6.80

Description: This cleansing cream removes impurities you usually cannot remove when you're busy, containing 12 kinds of moist ingredients.

ingredients list

I was looking for a cleansing cream... Well the truth is I was itching to buy stuff. Hahaha! I wanted to try a cleansing cream as I am fickle like that. Want to try this and that all the time. I was alternating between The Face Shop's Herb Day Cleansing Cream or Etude House's as the price is almost the same. In the end I went for this because 1)it is 30ml more 2)It is a squeeze tube not tub 3)It has a lot of plant extracts/oils (12 of them to be exact)

It arrived in the mail after 2 weeks and iI simply love the packaging. Simple and cute! It's also a plus when there's English description, directions and also ingredients list print on the tube! Very helpful.

The tube is sealed with a foil so it's always fresh when you open it~ And it smells really good! Something between floral and perfume?

The cream is white and it is quite solid but glides very well on my skin. It isn't the best makeup remover out there, so you can look elsewhere if you are aiming for a high performance remover. 

cleansing test time!

after: see that lip tint? it's still there!

I tested it on my hand with swatches of bb cushion, lip tint and a cream pact base makeup and it doesn't remove the tint. 50% of it is still there.  I feel that this is better as a massage cream, but no harm if you only use it to remove light makeup. I always double cleanse afterwards so it doesn't bother me that much.

This cleansing cream is very moist! The instructions said to wash off with warm water or use cotton pads to wife it off. But there is still a thin "creamy" feel so I guess double cleansing is the way to go afterwards. Even after that my skin feels so moisturised! Da yum.

Packaging: 5/5 Hygienic squeeze tube

Cleansing power : 2.5/5 Not for heavy makeup.

Price: 4.5/5 Cheap and good

Smell:4/5 Very nice smelling. Hmm~~

Overall: 4/5 nice smelling massage cream. Very moisturising. I recommend this for people who has little to no makeup on/doesn't mind strong smelling products/very dry to normal skin

Review: Bifesta Moist Cleansing Lotion for Dry & Normal Skin

Volume: 300 ml

Price: RM 34.90 (usual)

Description:

• 100% oil free, refreshing water based makeup remover
• 3-in-1 lotion removes makeup, tones and moisturises in just one step
• contains absorbent hyaluronic acid
• alcohol, preservatives, oil, fragrance, colorant free

I think this water based makeup remover was available in Malaysia since 3 years ago. I didn't purchase one until recently because I am running out of my sister's Biore Cleansing Oil but I didn't really like Biore's because I felt that either it triggers my skin to become bumpy, or it doesn't cleanse well enough.

So yesterday I went to Watson's to buy stuff and this was on sale! It was RM29.90. I think the usual price is somewhere around RM 35. I was amazed by the amount of new brands/products available at Watson's... and they were pretty affordable too!

The instructions at the back

The ingredients list

Anyway, back to the topic. Right after I reach home, I used this to remove my makeup (History of Whoo CC Sun Cream) and Apieu's lip tint. The pump squirts out the lotion so be sure to put your cotton pad very close to the pump. I used 2 pumps on 2 cotton pads to thoroughly cleanse my skin. The bottle says to keep using new cotton pads until the pads are clean. But I wasn't really convinced to use their method because it will take a few more cotton pads to do that, and that's wasteful. What I did was wiping my face with the wet cotton pad until I feel that the makeup has thoroughly came off.

My skin felt clean and moist and not tight while I shower and brush my teeth etc before washing my face again with foam cleanser.

The second time I used this on my no makeup face. I went out to do grocery shopping but I was at home most of the time. What surprised me is that the cotton pad turned gray!!! Does that mean my face is dirty or the air is dirty?

Cleansing power: 4.5/5 It removes the CC cream really well

Price: 4/5 Great price for 300ml but at the rate I'm using it.... I feel that the bottle will be empty in 2-3 months. I will try to improvise on the usage method I guess?

Packaging: 3/5 I felt that the pump could use a better one... at least a pump that lets me control the amount I want to dispense by using varying pressure. Also, I think they should release the refill pack in Malaysia. Saves money and it is better for the environment too.

Overall: 4/5 Minus 1 mark because I need to use a lot to thoroughly cleanse my face. But it's a good product overall (not drying, water based, no preservatives, colourant etc).