Ok so I know the title of this post could be construed as inaccurate and that Bioderma burst onto the UK beauty scene in 2012 but 2013 was the year I said ‘bye bye’ to Bioderma as part of my cleansing routine. Let’s go back to the beginning, April 2012 to be precise where I first began dabbling with Bioderma. The Crealine H20 solution was one of those products that seemed to blow up in the blogging community and everybody was desperate to get their hands on it. We longed for French getaways so we could visit pharmacies and if we didn’t have one of those on the horizon we’d use eBay to satisfy our micellar water needs. I myself had a few bottle in stock and replenished frequently.
I loved Bioderma. I’d use it to remove my makeup every evening, correct eyeliner mistakes and used it in the morning for a quick skin refresh. I was hooked on the stuff even going as far as using ONLY Bioderma to take my makeup off at night. When I was testing a new cleanser my Bioderma would be used as a pre cleanse and once my review was on my blog I simply switched back to just the Bioderma.
Then around August last year I notices that my skin’s quality had decreased significantly regardless of which products I was using. The dry patches I’d worked so hard to get rid of were back, my blackheads were bigger and I was getting more spots. After racking my brains I finally realised it was my cleansing routine that was the culprit, more accurately, my reliance on micellar water. A combination of my laziness and my reliance on Bioderma had ruined my skin. I immediately stopped using it and began cleansing with one of the MANY cleansers I had accumulated and do you know what? The problems went away within a few weeks.
It was at that point I made the decision to end my relationship with my Crealine H20 solution. Don’t get me wrong as a pre cleanse it worked a charm but I had become lazy because of it. I figured if I cut it out all together then the laziness would not return and I’m proud to say I’ve cleansed my face with cleanser every morning and night since September 2013. This post is my plea to anybody who is relying 100% on micellar water for all their makeup removal. STOP NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! Add some cleanser back into your routine, please I beg you!! For me, I had to take the drastic action and cut it out of my routine completely but if you can’t bare to part with it completely, at least only use it as a precleanse
Of course, there is still a bottle of Bioderma lurking in my bathroom cupboard for eye makeup emergencies only (which there have probably been about two of since last year). I can’t bare to have nothing whatsoever but I think when that bottle is done so will myself and Bioderma be. I don’t think I’m quite ready to let go of it all together just yet but that day is not too far off and do you know what? It won’t be that great of a loss.
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