My skin clings to color, especially variations of blue. Much to my embarrassment, my college professors were always able to see exactly which bars I had hit the night before–a tale told by blue, purple and black stamps on my hands. Despite scrubbing at my hands as if cleaning a dirty stove-top, the ink would not wash off.
Eyeliner caused a similar problem. Regardless of how clean my eyes looked before bed, I would wake looking like a raccoon. Luckily, after searching high and low, I found an eye makeup remover tough enough to fully remove my eyeliner. It’s nothing budget-busting, just good ol’ drugstore-stocked L’oreal.
A newer favorite, and a perfect travel companion, is E.L.F. eye makeup remover pads. They remove eye-makeup thoroughly, and come in a convenient case.