Muslin cloths when cleansing your face

Testee

About three years ago I bought a pack of muslin cloths to use instead of cotton wool with my cleanser and toner - they are still as good as new and I must have saved a fortune in cotton wool pads over that time. I just use them and put them in the washing machine. I bought mine from Martha Hill - 5 for £3.50:-

http://www.beautynaturals.com/facial/cleansingaccessories.asp

but I'm sure you could make your own out of a piece of soft muslin.

cozzie

What a great idea. I have a stash of cotton wool pads at the mo, but, that just gives me time to hunt around and find the best priced.

Thanks Testee.:money:

larmy16

Would these be like the muslin nappy squares? I have quite a few of these I use for cleaning mirrors as they are lint free.

AussieLass

They do look a great idea. I have always used cotton wool. I have never seen anything like that here though, although to be truthful they could be at chemists around the makeup. I"ll go and have a look next time I'm in town. Great that you can wash them and you said they last ages.

heatherw_01

Muslin cloths are great. They slighty exfoliate your skin too, but it is very gentle.

Loretta

Lakeland used to do a bag full of small cotton towelling pads for this, you can then wash them in the washing machine, they were slightly rough and excellent for exfoliating, I don't know if they still do them

MATH

Mrs MATH uses a v.expensive skincare line which sends out muslin cloths with their products. We have hundreds of them, some well over a decade old and they're still going strong. I don't use Mrs MATH's expensive stuff on my chops but they still work and exfoliate and clean pore deep much better than a toweling face cloth IMO

Gingham_Ribbon

I've just bought a load of cloths for cleaning my son when I'm changing his nappy. I guess they would be just as effective. I got them in the co op with the baby stuff and they are on 25% off at the moment. :money:

Great tip by the way! If I wore make up I'd certainly use them! I might try tthem for exfoliating though as I find a flannel a bit rough. (Hence the softer cloths for baby's bottom.)

henhog

This is a good idea,, thanks - I bought lots of those muslin squares for the baby and never used then , they just sat in the drawer, and I do get through a lot of cotton wool. I have discovered a cleanser from Tesco - Vitamin cleanser - it's about 80p and gets off all the slap very well. Now to try it with a muslin!

Gingham_Ribbon

The cloths for mummy's face/baby's bottom are Cotton Bottoms Baby Wipes. They are natural cootton and come in a pack of 12, 6 with blue stitching and 6 pink. (Handy for knowing which are for face and which are for other regions!)

They are quite large but I think muslin squares are usually a bit bigger. Co-op is doing an offer on them. They are normally £7 for a pack of 12 but are 25% off. £5.25. This makes them cheaper than muslin squares but whether they're as good at removing make-up I couldn't say!


They wash up to 60 degrees and can be tumble dried.

MATH

henhog wrote:

This is a good idea,, thanks - I bought lots of those muslin squares for the baby and never used then , they just sat in the drawer, and I do get through a lot of cotton wool. I have discovered a cleanser from Tesco - Vitamin cleanser - it's about 80p and gets off all the slap very well. Now to try it with a muslin!

I buy this cleanser for me and the kidz cos I don't allow them to use soap on their faces. It works as well as others 4 and 5 times the price.