Question: I have been on the hunt for eye-makeup remover that isn’t filled with chemicals, and I simply can’t find any (and am starting to believe it doesn’t exist.) I know, I know, a lot of you just use soap and water to remove eye makeup, but I find that that doesn’t work for me. What can I say? Robin

Question: I’m wondering if any of the soap-and-water-only people you mentioned actually wear eye makeup, which tends to require more than just soap and water to remove gently.

One step up on the crunchy scale’s using olive oil, which’ll really, really greasify your eyelids. I don’t recommend that option.

One more step up’s one I’ve tried: Aubrey Organics Herbessence Makeup Remover. I wouldn’t recommend this stuff to anyone. Basically, it feels like rubbing pure oil on your eyelids — meaning you may as well just use olive oil if you’re gonna go for this option. Unlike pure olive oil, however, this remover contains a lot of other stuff besides oil that bump up to 2 its safety score on the Skin Deep cosmetic safety database (2′s still a “low hazard” score, but olive oil gets a 0).

What I use now: Earth Science Eye Make-Up Remover. This fragrance-free, paraben-free product is a clear gel that’s non-greasy and does its job quite well. And the remover also scores a 2 on Skin Deep.

I’m fairly happy with Earth Science, but it seems there are quite a few eye makeup removers on the market that score a 0! I’m now curious about trying those, though I’d rather not run into another bad Aubrey-like experience.

Got an eco eye makeup remover to recommend? Share in the comments!

Images via aubrey-organics.com and shopearthessentials.com

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