After a referral from Cyn, I have become an Eyes Lips Face (ELF) fan mainly because their products are good and at great prices. Additionally, they always have great coupon deals on their website. So much so that sometimes it feels like they are spamming your inbox.
As a result of the excess amount of coupons they send out, I discovered the ELF Professional Eye Makeup Remover Pads. Since they were only $1, I thought I’d give it a try. The small round container contains 18 single use pads, and it is advertised as fragrance free. The only fragrance that I can detect is a light soap cleanser scent.
Each cotton pad is pretty thin, but each pad is soaked in cleanser and one pad is more than enough to clean off heavy makeup on one eye. I’ve tried using one pad for two eyes with heavy dark eye makeup, and the pad takes off quite a bit of the makeup, but you still end up having streaks of color residue around the eyes and might need another pad anyway. I recommend using one pad for each eye if you have on heavy eye makeup. However, you can get away with using one pad for both eyes if you have lighter eye makeup on.
The remover does pretty decently in removing waterproof mascara and waterproof eyeliner, but there are some waterproof mascara that are a bit tougher to remove, but I found that if I leave the pad on the area a little longer before wiping, it will be able to remove more of the mascara.
Another positive for these eye makeup remover pads are that they do not leave an oily residue around the eye that other removers leave behind. After wiping off my eye makeup, my eye area feels very clean and fresh.
Even though this only costs $1, for 18 single use pads, it can become expensive especially if you are one to use heavy eye makeup, which means that this container would only last you a little over a week. However, I think these remover pads would be great for traveling because it’s small and compact and not a liquid (no more spills!). Also these pads also eliminate the need to search for a cotton pad or tissue to use with your liquid removers, so that’s one less thing to carry in your makeup bag when you travel.
Pros: small and compact, no liquid, not oily, cleans off waterproof makeup well, great for travel
Cons: Only contains 18 single use pads
20 May, 11:04 am
Great review! I might have to give these a try. I use some other makeup remover cloths when traveling, but they don’t seem to work that well on eye makeup. Will have to stop by Target and see if I can get some before my trip next weekend!
20 May, 12:21 pm
Thanks. I’m totally going to by another box before I head to Hawaii, I need to carry as little thing as I need, since I know I already have a bunch of other crap to take on my trip, being a girl and all, we need to be prepared for any occasion! lol