botanics soothing eye make up remover

I'm always on the hunt for a new eye make up remover as I seem to go through them like nothing else! I've tried countless brans and products, and so far I haven't been completely blown away by any of them! I mean, they all do the job eventually and remove most of my mascara/shadow/liner, but most of the time I'm left with sore blotchy eyes because I've had to sit and rub them for twenty minutes!

 

I then found the brand Botanics in Boots, and though I was onto a winner! A "soothing" dual phase product that you shake together to create a solution that is supposed to remove all traces of make up in seconds. Sounds too good to be true, right? Right! You shade the bottle to mix the oil with the watery liquid, and then douse a cotton pad with the mixture. I then held each cotton [ad over my eye for a few seconds and hoped that it would being breaking up the mascara. No. It did take off my make up in the end, but I came at a cost.

 

I was left with bright red, bloodshot eyes that stung so bad it felt like I had just poured acid into them (no joke.) This isn't my definition of "soothing." You can see from the photographs just how oily this product is (it wouldn't surprise me is this is what has been the cause of my breakouts recently) but I never expected it to be this bad! My skin was left with a horrible, uncomfortable greasy film over it and I could barely see as the oil covered my eyes. Am I going too far now? I don't know. I understand that it says "avoid contact with eyes," but my entire eye area hurt like a mother trucker!

 

All I know is that I don't like this one bit! The reason it is so empty is because I accidently spilt some the first time I used it by knocking it off my dressing table in a mad dash to the bathroom to save my face from this product. I'm going to give the rest to my mum or cousin if they want to try it, after that it's going in the bin. It isn't something I can work with at all, I do have sensitive skin/eyes but nothing has ever made me react in the way this did. Boo.

 

Have you tried this product before? What were your thoughts?

 

Liv xox