A CATCH: It’s not just ordinary Make Up Remover, it’s Water-Free Cleansing Milk (no rinse needed just wipe off traces with toner and follow with moisturiser).

CONCERN: Dry Skin, Redness, Irritation from contact with waterGentle morning cleanser!

Removes Make Up, Impurities, SPF Creams + Detox! Doesn’t remove waterproof make up but works even on eyes (doesn’t stings) – apply on the cotton pad and hold onto eye lid.

TEXTURE: Creamy cleansing milk with a touch of light green colour, non-oily, refreshing, residue-free.

HOW TO USE: According to Clarins you apply directly on the face and massage slowly and gently to dissolve make up, then you press with your palm onto the skin (anti-sucking movements) for a deeper cleansing and SPA effect!   

PACKAGING: Plastic Squizy Bottle, sometimes the lid is not properly attached, would prefer a pump bottle which I think is available in Salon size.

INGREDIENTS: Concentration from High to Low –

+ Aqua – Usually used purified water

- Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides – solvent, emollient and skin replenisher extracted from coconut, excellent for dry skin, help to replenish moisture balance during cleansing and minimize moisture loss.

Octyldodecanol – helps mix oils and liquids, gives a smooth feeling to skin, anti-foaming ingredient.

Glycerine - water retention, conditioning, lubricating, (there are two ways of derivation – plant and petrol, I think Clarins uses more plant based Glycerine).

Pentylene Glycol – helps to blend-in unblendable, humectant, has antimicrobial properties and preserves.

Polysorbate 60 – dissolvent, cleanser and refresher! This is the ingredient that makes your skin feel fresh and clean!

Phenoxyethanol – preservative and alternative to parabens, it’s quite new ingredient in cosmetic industry – according to truthinaging.com ‘is toxic’.

Alpha glucan oligosaccharide - Emollient used in cosmetics that also has water-binding properties (Source: Paulaschoice.com – love her reviews, quite honest and brave!)

Perfume (fragrance) – makes the scent of raw materials pleasant, might be an allergen for 1 out of 100.

Stearyl Alcohol – ‘fatty’ alcohol from coconut, also emollient and thickener.

Limonene – extracted from citrus peel, used in medicine, helps penetrate the skin (only 3% are sensitive to Limonene).

19^th in the list of ingredients out of 51 ingredients in total. So, the actual quantity of Limonene might be too high for some skins and might create irritation (1 out of 80).

Linseed Extract  and Moringa Seed Extract – has anti-oxidant, anti-ageing and anti-inflammatory properties, makes skin firm and protects from free radicals (stress, smoke, pollution, caffeine – that causes skin’s aging)

Benzyl Salicylate – used as fragrance additive UV absorbent “allergenic” substance and the European Cosmetics Directive requires OTC leave-on products to indicate its presence, even at concentrations of .001% (Source: truthinageing.com)

Disodium Phosphate – regulates pH level and used as water softening compound, inorganic and even used in food industry.

Anise Alcohol – fragrance ingredient, makes beauty products smell nice.

Gentiana Lutea Root Extract – skin soother and anti-oxidant

Geraniol and Citronellol – derivated from Citronella oil, fragrance ingredient.

Althaea Officinalis  Root Extract – this is Marsh Mallow Extract – minimizes swelling, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties.

Sweet Almond Extract – perfect for dry skin, soothing and regenerating.

Arnica Montana Flower Extract – anti-inflammatory properties.

Hypericum Perforatum  Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract – is  St Johns-wort – good for dry and damaged skin.

Juniperus Communis Fruit Extract – used in medicine as a natural painkiller, here used as a fragrance additive.  

Melissa Leaf Extract – helps to unclog pores and soothes + antioxidant.

Pinus Sylvestris Cone Extract is Pine Cone - anti ageing and anti-sagging ingredient.

Potassium Sorbate  -  preservative that used in wines and good.