Estée Lauder

 Take It Away Makeup Remover Lotion

I used to love this when I worked for Estée Lauder but I have found better balms and oils from Clinique at a better price point. I wear Double Wear heavy so I fly through this stuff. I also find this drying and the texture is to slick. It slides out my hand! The price point is just to high for the amount!

I started using this over 10 years ago. I've tried other products because I have to order this online only now. But always come back. IT IS THE BEST! It does not irritate my sensitive skin around my eyes. It does take off caked on makeup (with an extra pump 😜). It takes off lash glue, waterproof mascara and eyeliners. It is so smooth you gently massage in like lotion to let it break down the makeup then wipe away your sins 😆. I have been recommending this product for years! I will continue to do so because there is nothing out there that works better AND treats my skin nicer. I hope you think so too.

I have small cotton cloths I use with the remover lotion. Every few days I change cloths. I don't use it on my eyelids; I use the specific eye makeup remover in the blue bottle.

I bought it based on the great reviews on here, but for me it didn't perform well. The texture is creamy but in an oily kind of way which requires me to use more than I would if I was using a cleansing oil instead, and the fragrance isn't great but not horrible either if the product performed. When I use it, I find myself having to triple clean my face after using this product - when I use this, I then wash my face and then use micellar water to remove the left over makeup because this does a poor job at removing it. I do use Bite Beauty Mascara and NARS foundation, perhaps that's why it won't perform on me. Unfortunately I didn't return it, so now I have it as a last resort because is too many steps to clean my face using this product.

I got this to use it for light make up days or after my oil cleansing on heavy make up days as a second step. I've tried this three times so far and I have mixed feelings. First of all the scent is too strong and it's overwhelming to use it on my face. It smells like cologne to me and I don't like that I have to put a perfumed cream on my face. But it does make my skin feel soft next day. I was going to return this because of how strong the fragrance is but I might give it another try and see if my skin reacts to it. I wouldn't recommend this if you want to use it to remove heavy make up. You use use oil balm first for that and follow with a second mild cleanser and then foam for oily acne prone skin.