We put two leading micellar waters to the test
With long-wearing and waterproof makeup formulas improving everyday, finding a product that removes heavy makeup with ease is becoming more and more difficult. Our beauty editors put two of the leading micellar waters to the test, to see which worked best. Watch the video above to see which product comes out on top.
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I’ve tried so many different micellar waters, but in my opinion Bioderma outperforms them all. Yes, it’s more expensive expensive than others available, but you only need to use a small amount, and I find that the bottle lasts for ages. I buy other brands, but always end up coming back to the Bioderma.
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Tried Garnier and the Bioderma one with the blue cap. The Bioderma was good, Ganier made the skin of my nose peel off...
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I recently started using the Bioten Micellar Water - love it so much.
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So what was the other one - out of curiosity?
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Amazing just how many cotton pads we go through!!!!!
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I've tried a bit of Garnier - rest of bottle spilt ....!
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Not a fan of Micellar Water.
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I haven't tried that particular Nivea Micellar Water. I've recently been using Mavala and I also love Bioderma.
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Garnier Micellar Water is my personal favourite, although I feel that it does not eliminate all of my makeup. When I wash my face with cleanser and water after using micellar, I still tend to see makeup on my towel.
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Nivea is the only brand I have tried
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I use Garnier (with pink cap) but don’t like the micellar waters with oil that I have tried so far. I only use 2 makeup rounds & all my makeup is removed however I do not have very heavy makeup to remove. Will have to give this Nivea one a try.
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I'd love to know what brand the one was that Jordyn used. I haven't used this Nivea but really like the Bioderma.
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I tend to just use my Halo's to take off my make-up but I do have some Micellar water here that I use sometimes too. The Nivea one looks good too, might have to give it a whirl to see.
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I use Micellar water daily and have tried a few different brands. I have not tried this one yet. Wonderful video.
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I prefer to use a separate eye makeup remover to remove eye makeup because so far, I haven't found a micellar water to be effective enough. However, the NIVEA MicellAIR SKIN BREATHE Expert Make-up Remover looks good, so I might try it one day.
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My preference is Garnier...even beats Bioderma for me!
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I have tried the Nivea Micellar water. Was pleasantly surprised that despite the oil, there is no feel of grease on the skin.
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I use a lot of Nivea products, one of them being the micellar water. However, I use the Nivea Cream cleanser first then use the water as a toner.
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I have used bioderma, garnier and olay. My preference in that order. Garnier is okay for its cheap price, but it just isn't comparable to bioderma. I have the nivea one and am keen to try.
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favourite micellar water all time is garnier, ive recently purchased the Nivea and doesn't live up to the quality of garnier
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This Nivea Micellar Water looks so good. I hadn't seen it before now. Thank you for sharing.
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I always cleanse my face twice; however, I thought I was doing something wrong because one cotton pad never gets the job done. Now I know micellar water is best for the last round of cleansing not the first.
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Look how much cotton pads can be save! Will try this maybe after I finish the one I have.
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I have used a Nivea Micellar water before - not that one and it was so much better than the Garnier one (I don't know what product B was in the video).
I prefer to stick to one make up round (as I don't like wastage) then remove the remaining make up with another cleanser in the shower.
Bioderma is still the best but for the price tag the Nivea products do a great job.
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Great video, enjoyed watching it! I used Bioderma micellar water for my eye make up removal. Garnier micellar water as well the pink cap. Not sure about Nivea, I used the white bottle previously and didn’t impressed much. But maybe this new black bottle is better. It’s half price at Woolies. So might give it a try. Pricewise , Nivea is much better I admit.
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