I'm still unsure about Elemis. As I said in the TSV thread I thought that my skin was reacting to it a litle, my skin felt stingly and burny after using it. My skin tends to freak out at this time of year though so I thought that maybe it was just me. I've used a few times since and I've had no more reactions so far so I'm able to use this cleanser again!
I used to use C&P all of the time, I loved it. I had to stop using it though because it started to give me puffy eyes, even if I didn't use it directly to take my eye make up off. The elemis one is much lighter in texture than C&P and doesn't irritate my eyes at all. I used loads last night as I had quite heavy make up on and my eyes didn't bother at all, you really can cake your lashes in this cleanser and open your eyes. I removed my elemis with a Liz Earle cloth, as I do with all of my cleansers.
As for make up removing results, I think it performs equally as well as cleanse and polish, i don't see a great deal of difference between the two. I find that both of these cleansers remove long wearing make up with ease, but do need a double cleanse to get skin properly cleansed. For me, spending the extra on Elemis wouldn't be worth it. To be honest, I would use the elemis again if I got it in a good value set, but I wouldn't repeat purchase as a stand alone product. I think I was expecting too much from this product after the hype that was built up about it on TSV day.
Once my tube is finished I'll be reverting back to my usual DHC Deep Cleansing oil, it's just as gentle on my eyes and I think it removes make up more quickly and more effectively too.
