Review: Mandom Cleansing Gel

Item Reviewed: Mandom Cleansing Gel

Price/pack size: S$12.90

Available at: Watsons

Description: Gel turns into water quickly, indicating the successful remove of makeup. Quick and easy to rinse off, with fresh & slippery smooth after-wash feeling. No need for double wash. Can be used even if hands or face are wet.

Usage: Blend gel (about size of 50cents coin) into makeup. When gel turns into liquid form, makeup has been thoroughly removed. Rinse off well with water.

Review: After having good results with the cleansing water and cleansing liquid from Cleansing Express line, I was interested to try the new addition to the line – Cleansing gel. I love gel products as I think they’re less harsh on the skin and doesn’t dry skin out that much. The cleansing gel has the same concept as the water and liquid – it is a water-based product and is as gentle as water to skin. However, I do not really love this product as much as its ‘brothers’. For starters, the gel stinks. And by ‘stink’, I mean like glue stinky. I felt like a junkie whenever I use this product… not good at all.

The directions say the gel will turn into liquid form to indicate that makeup has been removed thoroughly. However, I felt that it was difficult to gauge when my face and hands are already wet prior to application of the gel. The gel felt slippery and I couldn’t feel it becoming liquid. It still felt like gel on my skin. At first I thought it might be because I used more than required, so I tried using a smaller amount the next time. While I could feel that there was some liquid on my skin, it didn’t feel like water (just felt like liquid gel) and I could still see traces of foundation on my skin after rinsing. It’s truly frustrating to have a product that needs trial and error just to get application right. I mean, a makeup remover should be easy to use!

Rating: 2/5

Would I buy again: Nope, for sure!

Review: Mandom Cleansing Express Essence Conc Wash

Item Reviewed: Mandom Cleansing Express Essence Conc Wash

Price/pack size: S$12.90 / 200ml

Available at: Watsons exclusively

Description: Light makeup remover + cleanser + moisturizer. Enriched with Rich Beauty Essence (no idea what this is) and Royal Jelly. Suitable for sensitive skin.

Usage: Pump a suitable amount onto your hand and lather with cold or warm water, washing gently as if to wrap your skin in foam. Rinse off well with water.

Review: Though I love the Cleansing Express (sebum), most times I wash off my makeup when I’m in the shower, so I feel that it’s kinda a waste to use cotton pads with the cleansing water when I can wash off my makeup one-step in the shower cubicle. What better way to do this than with the Essence Conc Wash (hereby known as Conc Wash)? The Conc Wash is a transparent, runny liquid that smells of oranges which removes my makeup easily, and doesn’t strip my skin of all moisture. The Conc Wash works like your regular face wash where you need water to lather up and water to rinse off.

I often use loose powder, blusher and sometimes mascara and eyeliner. And just 2 pumps of the Conc Wash is enough to remove the makeup cleanly! The foam that I rinse off is brownish in colour, evidence that the loose powder and blusher have been removed. And my eye makeup is also being removed effortlessly (I usually apply 2 coats of mascara, and will need 2 cotton pads, double sided, to remove the eye makeup completely).

The Conc Wash is pretty similar to the Cleansing Express – (artificial) fragrance-free, colouring-free.

Rating: 5/5

Would I buy again: I just bought the cleansing gel from the same range to try and compare.

Review: Mandom Cleansing Express (Sebum)

Item Reviewed: Mandom Cleansing Express Sebum (for Oily Skin)

Price/pack size: S$16.90 (300ml)

Available at: Watsons, Guardian, Sasa (most beauty outlets are retailing it, I believe)

Ingredients:

Description: Water-based, gentle but powerful cleansing agent. 3-in-1 lotion. Removes makeup, tones and moisturizes. All in ONE step!

Usage: To use, remove stopper from pump. Soak cotton generously with 2-3 pumps of lotion per cotton and wipe makeup off. Do not rub hard when wiping. Cleansing Express blends well with makeup so only a gentle wiping motion is required.  When removing eye makeup, be careful not to let lotion enter eyes. Repeat steps until all makeup is removed and cotton is clean. There is no need to double cleanse again with facial foam as washing face again washes off moisturizing ingredients. If really a must, rinse face with water only.

Review: To be honest, I was quite skeptical of this product and thus didn’t buy it when it was first introduced to the market. I was using Fancl’s Mild Cleansing Oil then and was pretty happy with it. Then, Joyce introduced me to Mandom Cleansing Express and raved about how good it was. I believe I was in a shopping mood that night and decided to give the product a go. It was also on 20% discount then, so no brainer.

I use sunscreen and a light layer of powder every day and it only takes 3 cotton pads (with 1 pump of cleansing water on each pad) to get my skin cleansed thoroughly. The cleansing water was light and odourless, almost like water. It is also oil-free, alcohol-free and colouring-free. Though the instructions said there is no need to double cleanse after removing makeup with the cleanser (the moisturizing ingredients will be washed off face – if you really want to, just use water), I still prefer to double cleanse with a gentle cleanser as I’m used to it this way, and I’m paranoid. However, I have just left my bare face to dry after wiping with Cleansing Express on days that I’m really lazy and I want to take a shower later in the night (I would wash my face again then) – no big deal. It wasn’t sticky, oily or anything like that. Just smooth, matte skin after drying.

Rating: 5/5

Would I buy again: Yes! I have used 3 bottles so far!