very effective but not my favorite [SEP] i wanted to love this cest moi cleansing water the packaging is absolutely beautiful and i like that the ingredients are on the more natural side i will say that it is amazing at removing makeup it is effective and non greasy you can see on the dirty cotton ball that it took off every bit of my mascara and eye shadow unfortunately it stung my eyes a little like a mild soap would and that is pretty much a deal breaker for me with eye makeup remover as for use on the rest of my face again it was quite effective just out of curiosity after cleansing with the cest moi i did a second once over with a cotton ball soaked in micellar water my face was already completely clean no makeup had been left on my face at all but i did feel that there was a slight residue sitting on my skin i did not feel squeaky clean like i prefer which lead me to believe i would be better off rinsing but that kind of defeats the purpose of a cleansing water in my opinion so while i really liked the idea of this product and it worked i would not purchase it again