Review: Nivea Pearl White Micellar Water (Dull Skin)

What: Micellar cleansing water (makeup remover)

Suitable for: All skin types, dull/sensitive skin

Scent: slight alcohol scent

Size:  200mL

Price: -

Where to buy: Leading supermarkets, drugstores (Watsons, Guardian, Sasa..), Online (Lazada, Qoo10, Shopee..)

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Effective yet gentle makeup remover

Leaves no residue or product

Free from paraben, alcohol, fragrance, silicone & colourant 

Brighter, smoother & softer skin after use

In a transparent pour bottle for easy view of the amount left. Still prefer my pump bottle. This does not have a refill packaging option. I hope all companies can really consider having refill packs to cut down on plastic consumption.

No/faint alcoholic scent.

Liquid, very much like water. It is very runny so do note to use a bigger cotton pad to catch all the product.

Tested on a full (swatch) of makeup again. Trying to keep to roughly the same products that I have used previously so that you can have a comparison. Read my reviews on the other micellar waters I have tried recently: Botanics Hydration Burst Micellar Cleansing Water, Biore Perfect Micellar Cleansing Water (Anti Acne).

After 1 swipe

You can still see leftover of most of the products... one simple wipe is not enough to remove your make up girls.

After multiple swipes

Most of the makeup came off with little effort (even the super lasting matte lipstick). Only some of Heroine Make's mascara was left. Not too bad for micellar water really.

The amount of products removed. 

Doesn't take much tugging and effort. Despite being a gentle makeup cleanser, it is very effective and cleans well. 

I really don't feel anything after using this product for removal (no stickiness, hydrating, or moisturising etc feeling). It just feels like how fresh skin feels. Despite so, I will still wash with a facial cleanser afterwards. 

Formulated to be suitable for sensitive skin and the ingredients used were aligned to it. It is free from any potential irritant so it should really work for all skin types. 

Honestly, I am not expecting anything for a product that has a contact time of <5 minutes with my skin. (Will be more worried if my skin really look brighter, smoother and softer after 1 use). 

Standing at a size of 200mL and a price of $10.90 (it is often on sale, look out for that!), I think Nivea Pearl White Micellair Water provides more value than what you paid for. It works great for light to medium makeup but you probably have to opt for an oil-based remover to get any waterproof eye makeup off. It does not have any funky scent and leaves my skin feeling great after that. Most importantly, it cleans rather well without much effort.

- No/little scent

- Suitable for even sensitive skins

- Great ingredient list 

- Affordable

- Good removal power

- No stickiness/pain on the skin after removal

- Does not work very well with waterproof eye makeup

- Packaging

Removal power: 4.5/5

On skin: 5/5

Packaging: 3.5/5

Scent: 4.5/5

Consistency: 4.5/5

Value-for-money: 5/5