Be a fresh faced babe?! (Evian Affinity 2 Sided Cleansing Pads)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Evian Affinity 2 Sided Cleansing Pads
Date:	17/11/08 (165 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: They work!

Disadvantages: Pad slips off fingers all to easily!

I would never use soap anywhere near my face...ever! It's a serious no no for me however course I do need to wash my face! That goes without saying lol

I am a really big fan of Olays warming face wash but at around £6.50 a tube although it lasts me a long time it still a few quid more than I want to pay out but saying that I do need something good to wash my face with that doesn't upset my sensitive skin and so I usually end up purchasing it to be on the safe side as I know it's a sure bet.

Until I saw these wipes in of all places ... Poundland! Now I was concerned about buying these. However they are Evian and I am familiar with Evian products whether I consume them or use them and I thought for a quid a box I couldn't possibly go wrong! So I bought five boxes! lol

The Packaging....

White cardboard flip top box which is exactly as on the review photograph at the top of this page (for once lol). There is a photograph of a lady using a pad and then on the left hand side of the box there is a small picture of mountains then under that I'm told they are 'Evian Affinity, Bi-Faces Nettoyants (2-sided cleansing pads)'. I'm then told in large letters that the are Oxygenants and some stuff in foreign languages. On the left hand side of the box I'm told a load of stuff in foreign languages, on the right hand side of the box I'm told a bit about the product and what they should achieve for my skin and directions for use. At the front of the box (the slip down bit) I'm told they are two sided pads and there is a diagram pointing this fact out, on the back of the box I'm once again told what they are and who they are by and on the bottom of the box I'm again told loads of stuff in a foreign language (I'm sure it's French but I failed it at school lol) but in English I'm given a list of ingredients, contact details for Johnson & Johnson and shown little symbols which are the recycle symbol and a do not put them down toilet symbol and finally there is a bar-code on there.

The packaging is ok but I'm not into all this dual language sort of packaging. I had thought this was cos I purchased them in a cheap shop but it isn't and the packaging for these is standard.

About The Product....According To The Box....

Everyday, impurities, make-up and excess oil asphyxiate your skin and may cause shininess and imperfections. You would like to oxygenate it in order to eventually allow it to breath.

Introducing New Evian Affinitiy Oxygenating 2 sided cleansing pads. 2 different pre-permeated textures, for 2 targeted and complimentary actions.

1/ Cleansing action:

The exfoliating pattern acts with the cleansing lather and oxygenating cocktail to effectively help remove dead surface skin cells, eliminate excess oil and cleansing the pores.

2/ Purifying Action....

In a complimentary action with the cleansing side, the refreshing lotion helps condition and purify the skin for a matte-appearance.

At true great breath of oxygen for your skin! It is purified and matified.

Directions For Use....

Put your ringers in the pouch.
Place the cleansing side under water-clean your skin in upward motions.
Place the toning side under water-massage your skin in upward motions.
Rinse your face.

My Experience....

The pads are a white thick cloth material and are very strong and soft to the touch indeed. Sniff the pad and they have a very light floral smell to them which is really fresh and pretty and not at all invasive. The pad is round and textured and quite large. One side has some slightly wiggly grooved in lines within it and the other side is virtually the same but for some slightly protruding round bumps between said lines.

So to use a pad you put your fingers into the 'pouch'. It's quite a wide pad so your three main fingers (not thumb and little finger) go in there easily.

First problem... although wide enough to house your fingers this pad isn't long enough for them (and I got short, stumpy fingers lol) making it hard to get it to stay on fingers to use it properly. Even by stretching fingers wide in there it just slips off particularly when it gets wet. So we may as well establish that in my opinion we have certainly met a design fault here!

When I wet my pad the pad holds dome liquid and I apply it to my damp face (it's an easier method) and it lathers up thick, white, rich bubbles right away and simply. It feels so smooth on the face and if the pad didn't slip it would be so simple to use apart from another design fault that is!....

Both sides of the pad do look similar. If you use these everyday I'm sure you'd become familiar with which side to use first but me I don't use them everyday and have flipping memory problems so I always end up having to grab the box to look at the diagram to see which side is which, which is pain if in the shower and the box is over the other side of the room and I've already got me pad out and am mid use! In my opinion somehow this needs to pointed out more clearly on the pad either a colour coded dot or anything for daft mares like me!

So I use the more bumpy side first and it doesn't feel more bumpy it just appears it to the eyes. I wouldn't say it exfoliates or anything but it doesn't scratch or feel any different to the other side. It's very comfortable to use and glides over my skin ever so gently. At no point does the skin tingle or hurt or feel irritated when using this (or after usage).

Then I rinse it off my face and use the smoother side to finish. Nothing to report here. It works in the same way as the bumpier side, still feels soft and gentle! Although the pad has been used it still has a lot of life in it and plenty of lather and I just give a gently rub once again and a good rinse.

Overall...

I haven't used these on a totally made up face but I have used them after thinking I had removed my make up properly and these did remove some make up I didn't think was there! Although these look very harmless and not all that cleansing they are and are very gentle all at the same time. Although they cleanse the skin though (I feel this) I don't feel they exfoliate and don't see how they could).

They certainly do remove surface oil, grease and grime and I'm sure they'd remove make up too unless really heavy stuff which is welded on! The pads are good sized, robust and strong with plenty of product in them and they do leave the skin feeling ever so soft and velvet like after using one (one is all that's needed per use as well). They are nice to use and relatively fuss free and great for everyday use. When you've finished you simply reseal the box, pat your dry face and your left fresh faced and beautiful (ok maybe that's an exaggeration these are not miracle workers after all lol). Face isn't left feeling tight like you've used soap and skin does feel naturally clean! Brill!

Do look about for these and look in online discount stores for good deals!

Summary: Shame pads fall off fingers but otherwise these are really good!