Review (4/5): Great 1st step in my 2 step cleanse!
This comes in a nice outer product box. It is made in Korea. The writing on the box and jar is in Korean, except for a part saying to use these on the face.
These come with little plastic tweezers to use to pick up the pad. There is no where to store them when you’re not using them! I thought I could just sit them inside the tub on top of the wipes to keep them where I wouldn’t lose them, but they don’t fit. It would be nice if they would have put something on the tub where you can attach them to keep them from being lost. I feel like they will easily get lost! On top of that, I feel like they’re more of a pain for me than a help. I need to try to get in there with them and separate the top wipe from the rest, then pick it up. I might just not be coordinated enough for them 😂
The product page says the pads are made of 100% pure cotton material. They are hypoallergenic, made with all natural ingredients to prevent burning sensations, stinging, itching, swelling, and redness. They keep skin hydrated. They contain 1000ppm of eggplant extract, extract from Centella Asiatica, Salvia Hispanica Seed, Houttuynia Cordata and Birch Sap to naturally hydrate and protect skin. They also contain lupeol, anthocyanin, polyphenol, vitamin C, and choline. Of course, I have no way of knowing if any of that is true since I can’t read any of the info on the box or tub since they didn’t put the info in English and didn’t provide a full ingredient list on the product page.
For use, according to the product page (since, again, they couldn’t be bothered to provide info in English on the box or tub), use the wipe to remove makeup then rinse off face with water. I’ve used wipes like these before, some of them leave the skin feeling pretty oily or like there’s a lot of residue left, which can make you want to wash your face after using it. Others don’t, which can make you feel like you don’t need to wash your face after. Really, it comes down to the wipes - how well they wipe the makeup off, what’s left on the skin, etc. - and personal preference on if you prefer to rinse your face off after, wash your face after, or just leave it.
For me, I always do a 2 step cleanse. I always used an oil cleanser as my first step in my two step cleansing. I love oil cleansing pads so that it was all in one - rather than putting some cleansing oil on a pad, the oil is already on these pads. I like these pads. Some wipes aren’t wet enough so you feel like you really need to scrub at your face. I don’t like makeup wipes for removing my makeup because I feel like they’re too harsh on my skin. There are some that are wet enough they wipe the makeup off pretty well, but they still feel harsh. I find oil cleansing pads feel gentler on my skin. These are soaked in enough oil where they gently wipe makeup off. They even remove my stubborn mascara and waterproof liner. But, I don’t feel like my skin is truly cleansed after using them. I like they get most of it off, then I go in with my facial cleanser to get the rest off. If you wear a full face of makeup and wanted to skip that step, I feel like you’d need to use at least 2 of these to really get all the makeup off, and I still feel like you’d definitely need to at least rinse your face after to remove any leftover makeup residue.
A lot of time wipes like these will break apart as you’re using them. These didn’t break apart at all while I was using them, so I was happy about that!
Like I said before, if you wear a full face of makeup and don’t want to do a 2 step cleanse, you’ll probably need to use at least 2 of these to really get all the makeup off. I find that trying to use 1, it just gets too much makeup on it and kind of just starts spreading oily makeup residue all over your face. If you use just 1, you can wipe the majority of your full face of makeup off and then rinse your face and go in with your second cleanser. That works well. If you don’t want to go in with a second cleanser, I found the best way is using one to get the majority of the makeup off, then once it’s covered in makeup get a new one and wipe your face again. You’ll see on that second one there’s still a ton of product that gets on it..at least for me. Then, you can rinse off your face and be done. I would say it really depends on how much makeup you wear. On no makeup makeup days where I’m not wearing much makeup at all, I can easily use just 1 of these and rinse my face off and I would feel like my skin was clean (although I still always go in with my facial cleanser because I get hormonal breakouts and doing that second step helps keep those at bay!). When I do a full face with full coverage foundation, concealer, eyeshadow, etc., I don’t feel like just 1 of these is enough. I need to go in with 2, rinse my face off, then go in with my facial cleanser to feel like I got my face completely clean.
For a while I used cotton rounds. I’d put my cleansing oil on my face, rub it around to kind of melt my makeup, add a little water by rubbing that on my face, then take a cotton round and wipe it off. That worked well. Then, I started using reusable cotton rounds. I like those because I can use just one and rinse it if it gets too much on it, rather than having to get another one if it was a disposable cotton round. Yes, I have to wash them, but they work better and save me money in the long run since I’m not going through disposable cotton rounds like crazy! I do find these to be easier since I don’t need to wash them. I feel like these are a lot gentler on my skin than my reusable cotton rounds are. Reusable cotton rounds always kind of just feel like a small wash cloth, which can be harsh on the skin. So, I do prefer these.
Overall, I really like these! They feel gentle on the skin. They are soaked in enough oil where they gently and easily wipe makeup off, even stubborn makeup. Even though I need to use 2, I still really like them! You get 60 pads for $19.99 (at the time of writing this review). I don’t think that’s too bad compared to other cleansing oil pads I’ve tried. These work really well compared to others I’ve tried. They don’t break apart when using them. Even using 2 each time, I still feel like they are a good value for me. They save me time compared to using reusable cotton rounds since I don’t need to wash them. They feel gentler on my skin than my reusable cotton rounds. And, when I use my reusable cotton rounds, I still need to rinse them off while using them to remove my full face of makeup, so to me that’s the same as needing to use a second one of these. They have a slight fragrance but it isn’t anything unpleasant or overwhelming. I would have liked them to include the ingredient list in English on the product box and/or tub. I also would have liked them to include somewhere to place the tweezers so they don’t need to be loose outside the tub where they’ll easily get misplaced and lost forever! But, the pads work great and I definitely recommend them!