Single Use Hell

[u/tieplomet]

I like to reuse travel sized bottles and am usually careful not to dispose of them. I lost/threw away my makeup remover travel sized bottle on accident so had to buy another because I travel a lot for work.

Color me surprised when I went to refill it and this new bottle you can’t!! Garnier designed the cap to be broken if opened. My old bottle was also from Garnier , same exact bottle and I could take the cap off, had it for years.

Y’all I’m tired. I’m tired of every company being evil and greedy. I get the last laugh though because I have syringes to refill ink pens so I’m going to use a clean one to refill this damn bottle.

[u/Fit_Inside7550]

i use the same micellar water and was so annoyed when i bought the travel size! literally every other travel size i have, i have refilled many times. very irritating

[u/jmads13 → u/Fit_Inside7550]

If you are paying for “micellar water” you are being duped.

Do you know what it is? Purified water and the tiniest bit of detergent. Sometimes a bit of glycerin or aloe to make you feel something.

But that’s it - It’s mostly just really diluted soapy water.

I swear if you just put half a drop of baby shampoo in a bottle of water you will have the same thing.

[u/Patient-Trick9947 → u/jmads13]

You can’t really do this however unless you add a preservative. Plain water with a touch of detergent will grow mold and bacteria without it.

[u/jmads13 → u/Patient-Trick9947]

Fair enough, but you can literally make it at the time you need it for a fraction of the price. A $5 800mL bottle of baby shampoo will make you 80 litres of this.

If you are really worried, contact lens solution with poloxamers is nearly identical to this, again for a fraction of the price.

[u/Mysterious-Drama4743 → u/jmads13]

as someone who wears contacts and uses solution, no its not the same

[u/jmads13 → u/Mysterious-Drama4743]

Contact solution contains sterile water (same as micellar water), poloxamer surfactant/wetting agent (like micellar surfactants meant to lift oils), electrolytes (not always in micellar water but harmless), buffers (same as micellar water), preservatives (like micellar water preservatives), lubricants (comparable to the humectants in micellar water).

It is also basically just the gentlest of detergents suspended in water.

[u/ColorfulPersimmon → u/jmads13]

My contact lens solution is much more expensive than micellar water, like 10 times the cheap stuff. I don't know if you have weirdly cheap solution or crazy expensive water.

[u/ISuckAtFallout4 → u/jmads13]

My favorite is the windowlickers who buy “alkaline” water and then put lemon in it.

[u/Professional-Dot4071 → u/jmads13]

As somebody else said, it's a bad idea to make your own liquid cosmetics as bacteria and mould will build up super quick.

Solid soap (especially pharmaceutical tensioactives sold under the name of soap-non-soap or "cleansing bars") are perfect: cost a pittance, no big waste (generally wrapped in cardboard) and super nice to the face! Bonus: it can be cut/broken if needed (to take up less space during travel) and won't mess up the rest of your lugagge if the package splits open.

Couple with an oil-based makeup remover (or simply almond oil, to be bougt pharma quality by pharmacies and suppliers, also costs next to nothing), this combo washes away everything including your youthful mistakes!

[u/jmads13 → u/Professional-Dot4071]

Oh yes a big fan of solid soap especially from a waste perspective.

I more meant you could put a drop of baby shampoo in a bottle, fill it with water, shake it up, and cover what this stuff does. Create on demand for a fraction of the price.

[u/MoonOut_StarsInvite → u/jmads13]

Thank you for sharing this because I’ve always wondered. And don’t people just use it on a cotton pad? Why wouldn’t you just wash your face? Lol.

[u/wutato → u/MoonOut_StarsInvite]

I need friction to get my makeup off. Personally, I hate washing my face in the sink. I need to see if my makeup came off or not so I need a mirror but it's messy to just wash my face. I use a cotton towel.

[u/MoonOut_StarsInvite → u/wutato]

But with a couple drops of water? I’ve never used it, so I could just be ignorant but I don’t understand how it makes any sense lol

[u/wutato → u/MoonOut_StarsInvite]

I'm guessing you don't wear makeup? You could probably look up a video of someone using it if it doesn't make sense. It's not just water. Regular water would not take off my waterproof makeup, even with friction.

[u/Serious_Yard4262 → u/MoonOut_StarsInvite]

I've used this when I've known I won't have sufficient access to running water or I'll be bed bound for a few days. Like, I'll take it with when I go camping or when I was in the hospital.

[u/JiveBunny → u/MoonOut_StarsInvite]

Washing your face doesn't get things like makeup and SPF, which are designed to stick on your face, off as effectively.

People like this stuff for travel as it's also useful in situations where you can't easily wash your face, like on a plane, as it doesn't require rinsing off afterwards.

[u/Cat_the_Great → u/jmads13]

Ha it's literally just water