Stives Make-up Remover and Cleanser

Stives Make-up Remover and Cleanser

Makeup is important part of our life. After makeup we need to properly washed our skin and moisturize them to avoid any breakouts and pimples which may result if the makeup is not properly removed from the skin.

We can use makeup on acne skin to hide scars, blemish and pimples but this does not clear skin it only HIDE those scars and pimples. So , if that makeup is not properly removed or cleansed then it may result in an increase of those scars and pimples.

I have already shared how scrubbing and cleansing are important part of our normal routine life.

Coming home from a wonderful party makes so feel tired and makes some people found lazy to remove it. Even I feel lazy but after reading the tremendous disaster that makeup brings to your skin when leaving it on for the whole night, I start to search for Makeup Removing products.

I went to Bin Malik, superstore in North Nazimabad, Haidery, Karachi and started looking for such products. There were number of brands available, but like most of the girls I found afraid of using any or every kind of product on my face because my skin is extremely sensitive so I cannot trust every brand so I go for Stives Make-up Remover and Cleanser.

Stives Make-up Remover & Cleanser (front side)

 Stives Make-up Remover & Cleanser (Back side showing ingredients)

Stives Make-up Remover & Cleanser (Check out its consistency)

What Stives claims about this product?

The cleanser with 100% Natural Extracts effortlessly removes even the heaviest make-up while cleaning the skin.

What Stives claims about this product?

• Hypoallergenic
• Non-Comedogenic
• Formulated without Parabens & Phthalates.

A short description of  Parabens & Phthalates (From the internet)

• Parabens are chemical preservatives that have been identified as estrogenic and disruptive of normal hormone function. Estrogens have been shown to increase the risk of breast cancer.
• Phthalates are also known to be hormone-mimicking chemicals, many of which disrupt normal hormonal processes

My review:

In my opinion Stives products, as they claim, does not create any kind of skin rash or allergy to skin. So if you want to give a try you can choose their products and test them to see if they works for you too.

Stives is a Unilever brand. This makeup remover and cleanser comes in the packaging 6 Oz (170 gm). I first of all wet my face and then take a small pea sized (as shown in the picture) of this product and add two to three drops of water in it. I then gently make a paste of it and try to remove my makeup. It ultimately removes my heavy makeup base Luview Pakistan (reviewed here) my lip shade and my eye makeup shades used from Tempting Treats (reviewed here.)

However it fails to remove my water proof black eyeliner from Mikyajy Pretty in Pink bag (will be reviewed soon) completely. You can say either that eyeliner quality is so good or you can say that makeup remover does not works well for water-proof makeup products.

Now what did I do for removing that eyeliner? I use my Caresse Honey Lotion, wipe a small quanity of it on tissue paper and then removes my eyeliner.

Tip: Research says that using cotton balls for removing makeup increase the chances of having more wrinkles after the age of 30, so I avoid using them frequently.

Now back to the review.  This makeup remover & cleanser is gentle to skin and does not feel harsh. You did not need any extra makeup Oil or cleanser. However you may need to repeat the process two three times if your makeup is heavy till it is completely removed. After removing makeup I suggest you to use any kind of toner or sprinkles rose water to let you feel fresher after the tiring party.

Pros:

• Formulated without  Parabens & Phthalates
• Does not feel harsh on skin
• Is a good choice if you are having it alone, without cleanser
• Inexpensive and easily available

Cons:

• You find it oily
• Does not works well for water proof makeup

My rating 4/5

Since it fails to remove my water proof eyeliner

Availability

This is available at all local super drugstore around PKR 300 across Pakistan.

To read my review on Stives Apricot Scrub click here

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Sania Wasif :)

Mikyajy Tempting Treats !!

Mikyajy Tempting Treats  !!

Hello everybody .. First of all a warm welcome to my new followers and thank you for those sticking around me liking, appreciating and congratulating me on starting blogging and emerging as a Blogger of Pakistan !! Huh now move on to review .. Today I am going to review a Tempting treat ahhhhh very tempting treat from Mikyajy .. Lol :P 

 

Mikyajy TemptingTreats (Image searched from google for better image pixels.  

About Mikyajy

Mikyajy is established in 1987 by The Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group (KOJ) started with one of the earliest franchises of The Body Shop. Since then, the group is growing at a rapid pace to become an independent brand organization. Today, the group is having more than 500 stores and employing a global mix of more than 2,500 professionals of 50 nationalities working across seven countries. This brand is easily available in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other countries of Middle East.

About the “Kit”

It consists of 84 eye shadows, 60 lip colors, 8 blushers, 4 eyebrow powders and 4 concealer shades. Hence it is the complete color solution for any beauty lover's dressing table and is guaranteed to get you every look you can think of.

Mikyajy TemptingTreats (complete view on my dressing table :P)

My review

Now moving on to review.. This is a complete must have kit. If you are fan of compact makeup kits then this will be your choice and trust me you can never regret buying it.

Eyeshades

It has covered the maximum range of eye shadows from soft to smoky colors. You can create any look if you are having this treat with you. Check out the eyeshades here:

Mikyajy eye shadows ~~ All colors

As you can see the shades are covered completely here. In a party I wore a teal color dress and I was surprised to see even that particular “teal color” is included in this kit hence I created a smoky makeup look with this kit.

Lipsticks and Lipglosses

Now moving to Lip shades or more specially lip glosses are covered from pink to nudes including the darkest red, mahroon and brown. Check below, sorry for the bad picture, my younger sister has ruined the kit, because she finds her favorite light color lip glosses, which are easiest to apply and some of them contains right amount of glitter ~~ Also perfect for teenage girls <3

Mikyajy Lipsticks and Lipglosses ~~ At the right and left hand side of kit.

Blushes

Blush section consists of major colors from baby pink to dark pink , a peach shade, nude or natural brown, dark brown and mahroon shade suitable for contouring.

Mikyajy Blushes

Concealers and Brow Powders

It consists of 4 concealers and 4 brow powders as shown below

Mikyajy Concealer and brow powders

Final thought

The kit also consists of applicators which are soft for application. This is the must have kit, perfect for brides-to-be. I recommend this to every bride because you never know which shade you will be in needing of :P It is available at all leading stores in Saudi Arabia. My mother got this for me when I was getting married from a super store named Bin Dawood when she went there to perform Hajj (A festival for Muslims) She got it for 160SAR. But when I checked the website it is retail for 199SAR.

Are you looking to buy it? Click here.

They are giving on and off discounts and deals thorough out the year, keep checking their website for deals and promotions here
 

Click English at the top side for English Translation.

I do also have Mikyajy Pretty in Bag with me, i will review that too, till then you can check that on website here

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Sania Wasif :)