I'm not very loyal to a particular brand or product when it comes to skin care - I tend to look for things which are on offer in the supermarket... About 3 months ago I was looking at the H&B section in Tesco and came across this 2 in 1 cleanser and toner from Nivea on the reduced shelf - for around £1 for a 200ml. For what a great brand Nivea are I thought I would try this as I still haven't found cleanser or toner products I am happy with and getting both in the one bottle for such a cheap price I wasn't breaking the bank trying.

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Packaging

The 2 in 1 is packaged in an almost oval light blue coloured bottle with a frosted white colour secure flip lid. The packaging is well suited as I will state later in this review the actual liquid is like water...

The lid to me is quite hard to open which can be good if there is young children running around - you can pop the lid open by using pressure with your thumb upwards. You get the liquid out the bottle by squeezing the bottle which is a thin plastic - there is no pump involved like some other packaging.

As mentioned above the total product comes to 200ml.

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About the product

The liquid itself smells like a general skin care cleansing product and is white in colour. Unfortuntatly for me, the liquid was a bit too watery for me and doesn't "soap up" very well. It feels almost like rubbing water into your face.

Application is advsied on the bottle to apply and remove using cotton wool before using day/night cream.

The front of the bottle gives you the product name and claims to "clean and tone for a fresh skin feeling". It also tells you the product contains Lotus extracts and vitamins. Lotus extracts are well known to be great for anti-aging so you feel better as well as using anti-wrinkle creams this product is also helping your skin.

The total shelf life on this 2 in 1 comes to 12 months - I have been using it now for around 3 months and its still slightly more than over half full when using 2-3 times a day. If you use this the same as me, you will definetly use the whole bottle by the time the 12 months is up.

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What do I think?

Overall even though it has the general soapy smell - I would prefer a nicer smelling product like fruit - and the watery consistancy, generally it does what its supposed to... cleans my skin really well and my skin does look great and more awake after use. Being honest this is the first 2 in 1 product I have tried in cleanser and toner previously I have just bought singles - and I love how it saves me time.

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Price & Availability

Would recommend to everyone - I think I am very lucky for getting this at the price I did because you would normally expect to pay around the £2-£3 mark. Can be found in many supermarkets and the likes of Superdrug and Boots.