The Micellar Water Ultra comes in 3 different formulations for different skin concerns:
• Sensitive Skin
• Dry to Reactive Skin
• Oily Skin
It retails for $19.95 each, which for a 400 ml bottle is a very competitive price when compared to the other micelle waters on the market.
What La Roche-Posay brings to the table with these, is they introduce the 'Glyco-Micellar' technology, which just means the power of micelle solution with glycerin. Generally the result should be an easier glide with less rubbing using a cotton pad, and skin feeling more comfortable because of the glycerin ingredient.
Well which one do I buy? The differences don't seem like much tbh. The Micellar Water Ultra for Sensitive Skin has a light, hypoallergenic fragrance and hydrating glycerin and gently removes makeup, dirt, impurities without stripping the skin. It has no soap, no colorants, no alcohol, and no parabens.
The Micellar Water Ultra for Dry to Reactive Skin contains 5% glycerin (the highest amount compared to the other two) and is designed to increase hydration immediately, which delicately cleansing. It is fragrance-free with no soap, no colorants, no alcohol, and no parabens.
And lastly, the Micellar Water Ultra for Oily Skin is enriched with Zinc, and effective in removing dirt, oil, impurities and makeup without drying. It also contains no soap, no colorants, no alcohol, no parabens, and a hypoallergenic fragrance.
The descriptions probably still leave you thinking about which one to try, right? I would be feeling the same right now. But I put them to the test the best that I could. So they generally work the same, the scents are slightly different but all have hints of the general 'La Roche-Posay' signature "fresh" scent. The Sensitive Skin has almost no fragrance and is very light. I found the one that worked the best to actually remove my makeup was the Oily Skin and second favourite was the Sensitive Skin. I didn't find the Dry to Reactive Skin did as much makeup removing. Maybe they focused to much on not drying out the skin with this one.., and in return it isn't as effective.
Again, they are generally the same... formulation is very similar, but if I had to repurchase I would definitely get the Oily Skin Micellar Water just because I felt like it worked a bit better.
As you can see they remove foundation makeup well. It didn't remove my liquid liner or lipstick as well as I'd hoped, but this was expected. Also don't even bother trying it with (waterproof) mascara. This is strictly best for removing foundation. I don't expect micellar waters to do this though, I mainly just base them on whether they can remove my foundation properly or not. I usually expect it to remove lipstick as well, and this one will remove lipstick but it won't take off stubborn liquid lipsticks, unfortunately.
These products were received for consideration. All opinions are my own and are never influenced by anyone.
