Face Washing????

Essex-girl_2

I agree with Math - my children just used warm water. However my DD who is 10 uses a tea tree oil cream as she sometimes gets little spots which she applys then washes off - the pharmasist (sp) recommended it as I didnt want her using harsh face washes which dry out the skin.

DS still just uses a flannel and water but I would like to point out he is a dirty little heathen as boys are and has to wash several times a day lol

Pooky

My daughter (10) has started to get a bit spotty, we've just gone with the warm water and I've bought her a "witchstick" basically witch hazel in a stick form that she can apply to close the pores after washing, it's done wonders for the spots.

Essex-girl_2

Pooky wrote:

My daughter (10) has started to get a bit spotty, we've just gone with the warm water and I've bought her a "witchstick" basically witch hazel in a stick form that she can apply to close the pores after washing, it's done wonders for the spots.

Thanks Pooky will try that also.

Penny-Pincher!!

My DD is a little spotty (11) hormones I think, but I use a small sink of very hot water and use a flannel and it works fine. In morning and before she goes to bed.

I agree with you MATH, better letting them experiment now than looking like some tart later:eek: LOL

HTH

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susank

There is a wonderful skin wash in Holland and Barrett - its a t tree oil skin wash and is just so nice and the smell is also good - I use it in the shower too as well as my face. It lasts for ages and is about £4.00 but worth it.

Ticklemouse

I'm a warm water and flannel person for the boys and only resort to stonger substances (brillo pads and the like) when they have coloured themselves in with felt pens etc. DS2 is still of an age where to be an animal you have to be covered in some stripes courtesy of crayola

I'd be careful of household microfibre cloths on your face - as I understand it, they are made of a different microfibre or different sized loops or something. I think they are too abrasive for your face.

(Before someone complains - when DS2 has coloured himself in, I have used my elemis cleanser on him )

SnowyOwl_2

broke_mary wrote:

hi

i have two young children dd4 ds1 1/2 and i don't know what to use to wash their faces. i have always used wipes or a wet flannel but have never used soap etc.

i only use water on my face as it is soo sensitive.

thanks

I am probably mistaken, but isn't the moisture in wipes a concoction of all sorts of unnatural substances, with a big blob of some sort of oil added to make the concoction emulsify but marketed as being some sort of magical product which makes the skin "soft"? I'm assuming you're buying wipes...apologies if I've assumed wrong and you're making your own.

I don't think you can go wrong with water and a face cloth with such young ones - a good rub with a face cloth dampened with warm water gets the grime off. It is an excellent exfoliator for yourself of course. Regards Tea Tree Oil - used neat it's an extremely strong anti-bacterial agent, and is rather drying which is why it's so effective on spots - but little ones have such perfect skin they wouldn't need that.

I agree about the Dove soap being drying...it made an utter mess of my hands, same as all white soaps and all antibacterial washes I've tried.

brindles01

I cant use Dove - feels like I've used Daz:eek: But I do use a microfibre cloth and just plain water.... and if you feel tight and dry after washing your face, it could be the chlorine in your tap water - try rinsing with mineral water out of the bottle.

Stompa

I'm amazed that folks don't appear to use soap on their face - I've always assumed that everybody did.

As for Dove, it's awful stuff, the bar goes all squishy!

Jays

I can't use water directly on my face either, and it goes without saying I don't use soap.

For me it is E45 facewash, a cream you put onto dry skin, then rinse off with water, I can't shower without it. But last thing at night, I use a ROC wipe, one of the few I can use without it affecting my skin.

I work with NHS dermatological consultants and there are lots of people who can't use water directly on their skin, it's not that unusual.

Jays