Battle of the Brands: L'Oreal vs. Rimmel Eye Makeup Removers

Welcome to my first installment of Battle of the Brands!  In one corner, we have my tried and true L'Oreal Clean Artiste oil-free eye makeup remover that I have purchased and repurchased for ages.  In the other corner, we have Rimmel's Just Let It Go oil-free eye makeup remover that was sent to me for review through Influenster.  

Just a bit of background on me and this whole "Battle of the Brands" concept:  I can be a sucker for certain brands, but I've realized that once products are out of their packaging, performance is the only thing that matters.  Drugstore brands can perform at a prestige level and prestige brands can be garbage.  L'Oreal might as well be Urban Decay and vice versa (btw, L'Oreal actually owns UD, so I strongly suspect this to be the case with products, but I digress).  Point is, I've started being relatively thorough about testing the performance of certain products and want to share my results.  Voila, "Battle of the Brands" was born.    

With that said, here is my pseudo-scientific approach:  I wore a medium amount of eye makeup (substantial, but nothing too crazy, photo evidence below).  I used one cotton pad for L'Oreal and one for Rimmel.  I put a similar amount of product on each cotton pad so that each was saturated, but not dripping with excess product.  I used L'Oreal to remove the eye makeup from my left eye and Rimmel for my right eye.

Before pictures:  See?  Substantial, but nothing too crazy





















On my eyes:  Benefit's Stay Don't Stray as a base, Urban Decay's Naked 2 & a bit of Stila's Kitten on my lids, Maybelline's Eyestudio gel liner on my upper lash line, and L'Oreal's Voluminous Butterfly on my lashes.  


After picture:  Rimmel FTW

Rimmel removed way more product than L'Oreal.  Not only that, it was easier to use.  I had to scrub quite a bit with L'Oreal, to the point that I was really pulling on my eye at one point.  I didn't realize that that wasn't normal until I tried this Rimmel product.  People, do not pull at your eyes to remove your eye makeup.  I will say that Clinique's Take the Day Off Cleansing Oil is even easier to use than Rimmel, but it makes my vision blurry for a good 10-15 minutes after using it, no joke, so it's not one that I would recommend or put ahead of Rimmel.  I still don't know that I've found my "holy grail" eye makeup remover (is that even a thing?), but for now, Rimmel moves to the front, and I will be purchasing it as soon as I run out of my current bottle.

Let me know if there are any other products that you want to compare or if you've had similar or different experiences with the products mentioned!

xxRachel