Review of Biotique Bio Pineapple Cleanser and Bio Berberry Cleanser
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| Review of Biotique Bio Pineapple Cleanser and Bio Berberry Cleanser |
I am 28 going on
29. Ideally, I should have started a regular CTM routine
(Cleansing-Toning-Moisturizing) five years back. Did I do it though? NO. I have
only my extremely lazy persona to blame for it :P All I do everyday before
hitting bed is squeeze some random facewash on my palms, wash my face with it
and slather on some moisturizer before snoozing off. And on days when I have
makeup on my face, I splash my face with water, massage coconut oil and wipe
the makeup off with a wet cottonwool and then follow with the face wash and
cream ritual. My skin survived inspite of this minimal “care” because of the good
skin gene I inherited from my mother. But obviously, since I am fast
approaching 30s, I just had no excuse left to further delay CTM. Thus, I ended
by buying a few stuff (Cleansers, toner, serum and eye cream) from Biotique and
have been following a regular CTM since ten days. I am ready now to give my two
cents on the two cleansers I picked up from this brand.
Product name:
1.
Biotique
Bio Pineapple Oil Control Foaming Face Cleanser (For normal-oily skin)
2.
Biotique
Bio Berberry Hydrating Cleanser (For all skin types)
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| Review of Biotique Bio Pineapple Cleanser and Bio Berberry Cleanser |
Price:
1. Rs.149
for 120 ML (Bio Pineapple)
2. Rs.
170 for 120 ML (Bio Berberrry)
Shelf life: 3 years from date of manufacturing
Ingredients
list:
1.
Bio Pineapple- Haldi Rhizome (1.5%), Neem Bark (2.0%), Lavang Oil
(1.0%), Ananas Pulp (3.0%), Ritha Fruit Pulp (3.0%), Purified Water-Q.S
2.
Bio Berberry- Indian Berberry Root (2.75%), Lodhra Bark (1.80%),
Methi Seed (1.90%), Almond Oil (2.0%), Lotion Base-Q.S
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| Review of Biotique Bio Pineapple Cleanser and Bio Berberry Cleanser |
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| Review of Biotique Bio Pineapple Cleanser and Bio Berberry Cleanser |
Product Claim:
1. Bio
Pineapple: Pineapple is the queen of tropic fruit, overflowing
with natural elements and nutrients. This fresh foaming, 100% soap-free
cleansing gel is blended with extracts of pineapple, neem leaves and clove oil
to dissolve makeup, purge pores and purify the complexion.
2.
Bio Berberry: Berberry is an ancient and honored herb with a rich
history of healing and purifying properties. This refreshing non-foaming lotion
is blended with Berberry, Fenugreek, Lodhra bark and almond oil to dissolve
makeup and grime. Leaves skin feeling soft and smooth.
Directions for
use:
1.
Bio
Pineapple: Gently massage over wet face and neck with fingertips, lather and
rinse.
2.
Bio
Berberry: Apply to cotton pads or washcloth and gently wipe over face and neck.
Packaging: Both products come in the typical Biotique
packaging, a cylindrical plastic bottle with a dark green cap inside a paper
carton box. Although the screw caps shut quite well, I find round cylindrical
shaped bottles a hassle to carry when travelling since they take up space. They
are quite ok for regular use in homes though.
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| Review of Biotique Bio Pineapple Cleanser and Bio Berberry Cleanser |
My Take: My skin is otherwise problem-free except some hyper
pigmentation around my mouth. It is Normal-dry in nature. I wanted a mild
lotion based cleanser for regular night time CTM and a foaming facewash for the
times I would removing makeup on my face with coconut and then finish off with
a foaming cleanser. These two seemed perfect picks: Bio Berberry for regular
night time skin cleansing and Bio Pineapple for makeup days and for times I
have just returned from outdoors and need a quick face-washing.
Color: The Bio Pineapple is a sunshine yellow colored
liquid while Bio Berberry is a opaque white liquid. A tiny drop of Bio
Pineapple is required to lather entire face and a slightly larger amount is
required with the Bio Berberry (Also, I massage my wet face with Bio Berberry
cleanser and then wipe off with wet cotton unlike as instructed. I feel
cleansing lotions works much better that way).
Fragrance: Both cleansers have a refreshing fragrance: Bio
Pineapple smells fruity and Berberry smells exactly like crushed leaves of
lemon plant (We used to have a lemon tree in our backyard and granny used to
crush the leaves to make a refreshing tamarind-jaggery-lemon leaves drink. It
smells exactly like that). No strong chemical smell in either.
One beautiful
thing about both these cleansers that I absolutely love is that they do not dry
out the skin at all. Skin doesn’t feel stretchy or lacking moisture after using
these two. The cleansers are very mild yet leaves the skin squeaky clean.
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| Review of Biotique Bio Pineapple Cleanser and Bio Berberry Cleanser |
Makeup Removal
test: Now although I
rarely use any commercial cleansers for makeup removal, I decided to try these
two out. I chose the utter transfer-proof lip color “Wine and Shine” by Sugar
cosmetics (review to be up soon) which refuses to budge once set. I poured a
drop of Berberry on a wet cotton and rubbed a dried swatch of the lip color.
After rubbing for 5-6 times, the color came off. Next, I poured a drop of Bio
Pineapple on another dried swatch of the lip color and tried lathering and
washing off the color residue. Although most of the color came off, you can see
some deposits in the lines of the wrist.
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| Makeup Swatch wipe test with Bio Berberry |
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| Makeup Swatch Wipe test with Bio Pineapple |
So, my verdict
is, for extremely pigmented waterproof makeup, it is better to use any oil or
makeup remover first and then clean-up the “second” batch of residue with these
cleansers. Personally, I am not at all disappointed with this aspect since I
only use coconut oil for makeup removal.
Overall, I am
very pleased with these mild and skin-soothing cleansers and would definitely
repurchase them. The Bio-Berry is suiting my mother’s dry skin as well.
Rate: 4.5/5
I would come
back with a detailed review of the next product in line of the CTM routine,
that is, a toner J Stay tuned!
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