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Would She Buy It? Having tried it, I would definitely buy it. Most makeup removers need some vigorous scrubbing to take off all of my lipstick. This one was gentle.

Marla Goller, video producer

First Impression: I’m not really a cleansing oil kind of girl, so I’m not going to lie, this made me nervous.

Her Thoughts: With a name like “Milky Oil” I was expecting Glossier’s makeup remover to leave my face feeling greasy and oily, but I was pleasantly surprised with how satisfyingly smooth my skin felt after use. My makeup came off smoothly and easily, too. I’m definitely impressed. The only thing is that it made my skin a little red at first, but it cleared up after a few seconds.

Would you buy it? I wouldn’t have bought it before trying it, but now I would definitely buy it and would recommend it to friends.

Bella Cacciatore, beauty assistant

First Impression: It’s so incredibly cute I couldn’t wait to bring it home and display it in my medicine cabinet. However, I don’t know if I trust Glossier to make a makeup remover powerful enough to cut through anything more than a whisper of eyeshadow.

My Thoughts: I’m throughly impressed by this. It totally removed my Tom Ford liquid liner in one clean swoop, with no bleeding or black residue left behind. It didn’t leave a greasy film, or irritate my eyes, as many makeup removers tend to. When it came to my waterproof mascara I still needed another cleanse to 100 percent remove it, but Milky Oil did the bulk of the work.

Would I Buy It? I usually stick with drugstore makeup remover, but for $12 I would definitely upgrade for something so cute and so effective.

Tara Gonzalez, commerce editor

First Impression: I was skeptical initially. I only ever use a makeup wipe to remove my makeup and never use liquid makeup remover because I find them messy. It always feels like I have to scrub my makeup off with a liquid, as opposed to wiping it off quickly with a facial wipe. I’m a sucker for packaging though and really wanted to try Glossier’s Milky Oil because it looked so cute.

Her Thoughts: This product felt really nice on my skin whereas makeup remover solution usually really stings or feels uncomfortable for me. I also didn’t have to apply that much to remove my makeup, which is often the case. Most of the time I have a pretty hard time removing my red lipstick but it came off faster than usual with Milky Oil.

Would She Buy It? I would absolutely buy it and unlike my favorite CVS makeup remover wipes, I’d happily leave this on my bathroom counter as decor.

Lindsay Schallon, senior beauty editor

First Impression: At this point, Glossier could make an $18 bottle of water and I’d buy it. Why is everything so irresistibly cute?

Her Thoughts: I’m an evangelist for double cleansing (that is, first cleansing with an oil-based cleanser to remove makeup, then following that up with mild cleanser). Ever since I started doing it, I’ve noticed less breakouts. I think Milky Oil is good first step for spot removal—especially for eye makeup. It’s gentle on my sensitive eyes (a must for contact wearers) and doesn’t leave a greasy cast behind like some makeup removers. Truth be told, I can’t tell too much of a difference between it and my favorite micellar water, but that bottle certainly doesn’t look as cool.

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I’ve always found eye-makeup remover redundant. Unless I’m wearing waterproof mascara and eyeliner, I never feel the need to use a cleansing product geared expressly for my eyes. Whatever face wash I’ve used has always done the trick, though admittedly with extra elbow grease and micellar water to get the remaining mascara smears fully erased from around my eyes. And speaking of grease, the eye-makeup removers I’ve tried have always been so greasy.

Then I started noticing a number of eyelash shampoos—yes, eyelash shampoos—hitting shelves, and I thought, OK, now we’re getting inordinately specific. As if eye-makeup remover wasn’t already arguably hyper-focused, now we need a cleanser geared just for lashes? That’s like making nail polish remover for just the tip of your nail. But the thinking behind these new lash cleansers claims not to be purely gimmick: Some are meant to be more effective at targeting mascara buildup while still being gentle on lashes and lash extensions, while others say they’re less oily than their traditional remover counterparts. Makeup artists, too, have been touting them lately as a good tool for getting a better mascara application, since they’re said to grab dirt and debris better, giving you cleaner lashes to start with. From where I stood, however, I wouldn’t be able to truly assess the just how superfluous or useful lash shampoo is until I tried it. So that’s exactly what I did.

I figured the fairest way to compare lash cleansers would be not only against each other but against a good old-fashioned eye-makeup remover. I grabbed the most generic one I could find and used it along with three of the latest lash shampoo formulas—Lash Box Bubble Lash Shampoo, Beauty Garde Lash + Brow Shampoo, and RevitaLash Micellar Water Lash Wash—testing each against the same mascara to assess their thoroughness, gentleness, and greasiness.

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Lash Box Bubble Lash Shampoo ($17, lashboxla.com) was created as an alternative to eye-makeup remover for lash extensions, claiming to be gentle on both lashes and sensitive eyes. But even though the brand’s website describes it as a “nonburning formula,” I was quickly reminded why we’ve been taught from childhood to avoid getting anything called shampoo near our eyes. As I attempted to wiggle the foam (which actually looks like the lather of a shampoo) down the length of my lashes, I felt a strong stinging and watched with my other eye as the mascara started to spread all over. I gladly rinsed it away with water, as directed, and found that it did, in fact, thoroughly remove the mascara, leaving nothing on my towel and no greasiness around my eyes.

Always slow to learn my lessons, I opted to try the other lash cleanser with shampoo in the name next. After applying a new coat of mascara on my top and bottom lashes and letting it dry, I wet the built-in, charcoal-infused brush on Beauty Garde’s Lash + Brow Shampoo ($15, beautygarde.com), and squeezed the oil-free gel formula through it. I swept the brush up and down my lashes, and once again I was met with stinging, despite promises of gentleness. Another formula made to be rinsed away with water, I was eager to do so. On the plus side, it left my lashes fully clean without greasiness, and as the packaging notes, the antimicrobial brush is also great for brow makeup.

I applied my next round of mascara while practically crossing my fingers that RevitaLash’s Micellar Water Lash Wash ($36, nordstrom.com) wouldn’t feel like liquid bees on my eyeball. As the mascara dried, I pondered how it was any different from the micellar waters made for the entire face—it even contains poloxamer 184, one of the most common ingredients found in typical micellar waters—but I soon found that it removed my mascara more easily than any micellar water I’ve used before. I sprayed it on a cotton pad and pressed it to my closed eye for 10 seconds, followed by gently wiping back and forth. I was thrilled to find the mascara was fully lifted, and my eye felt like it had been to therapy.

But did any of these remove mascara more efficiently than your typical, run-of-the-mill eye-makeup remover? Surprisingly, yes. After going back to my basic remover, an initial glance gave me the impression that my mascara was fully removed, but a closer look showed little clumps still sitting at the base of my lashes. Furthermore, when I washed my face later in the day, blotting my right eye with a towel resulted in black marks on the terrycloth. Between that and the greasy feel of most traditional removers, lash cleansers are definitely more effective. Are they super necessary, though? Eh, if you’re willing to throw down more money, go for it.

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