Couldn't resist the rhyme. Sorry.....
Aren't face wipes brilliant? LOVE them - they're SO not a frugal thing though - especially with the best selling one on the market retailing at £2.99 for 25 - so in just under 2 weeks you've spent nearly £3 on simply wiping your face twice a day.... think about it - there HAS to be another way (isn't that a certain bank manager talking?).
I took it upon myself to tackle this issue single handed about a month ago. I thought I would be a big brave consumer tester and try to approach the idea from a slightly different angle.
I thought - well I could go down the traditional magazine route and try out the top ten best selling and try to persuade you that cheap was as good as Clarins (Which, let's be honest is seldom really is) OR I could look at other effective methods of cleansing your face in wipe form.
So, here's what I tested:
Simple Cleansing Facial wipes: £2.99 for 25 - the nation's (UK) favorite
Boots Vitamin E wipes: 99p for 30 - this is Boots' own cheapest range (cheaper than the basic fragrance free and cucumber rangeand definitely worth a look for other frugalsential bits and bobs)
Simple Baby Wipes: £1.99 for 64 (yes I know I've gone a bit branded with the "Simple" but i couldn't bring myself to actually buy a product with a baby on the packet - the man of my dreams might have been in the queue!)
Aqueous Cream (You know you LOVE it - well you know I love it - see prev. Beautifully Frugal posting) with a muslin cloth.
Here are my conclusions:
Simple Cleansing Facial Wipes - Simple doesn't necessarily equal frugal (it's not always complicated). These are lovely, soft to the touch and they do get all the make up off - but I did feel the need to wash my face afterwards and they're more of a quick fix after too many cosmos to be bothered. No perfume (obviously) but a good standard basic product - well done general populous for choosing a decent "control" for my experiment. NB: Simple do a wide range of different wipes focusing on varying different skin types ranging from £2.99 for the basic wipes to £5.99(!) for the regeneration plus.
Aren't face wipes brilliant? LOVE them - they're SO not a frugal thing though - especially with the best selling one on the market retailing at £2.99 for 25 - so in just under 2 weeks you've spent nearly £3 on simply wiping your face twice a day.... think about it - there HAS to be another way (isn't that a certain bank manager talking?).
I took it upon myself to tackle this issue single handed about a month ago. I thought I would be a big brave consumer tester and try to approach the idea from a slightly different angle.
I thought - well I could go down the traditional magazine route and try out the top ten best selling and try to persuade you that cheap was as good as Clarins (Which, let's be honest is seldom really is) OR I could look at other effective methods of cleansing your face in wipe form.
So, here's what I tested:
Simple Cleansing Facial wipes: £2.99 for 25 - the nation's (UK) favorite
Boots Vitamin E wipes: 99p for 30 - this is Boots' own cheapest range (cheaper than the basic fragrance free and cucumber range
Simple Baby Wipes: £1.99 for 64 (yes I know I've gone a bit branded with the "Simple" but i couldn't bring myself to actually buy a product with a baby on the packet - the man of my dreams might have been in the queue!)
Aqueous Cream (You know you LOVE it - well you know I love it - see prev. Beautifully Frugal posting) with a muslin cloth.
Here are my conclusions:
Simple Cleansing Facial Wipes - Simple doesn't necessarily equal frugal
Boots Vitamin e wipes - definitely as good as the Simple wipes - not much in it at all (apart from £2 and 5 wipes). Other than the "no nasty chemicals" thing I don't understand why these don't outsell the Simple brand . I have sensitive skin and took the risk. They smell nice, they're lovely and soft, they do the job well and left my skin feeling softer. Honestly - not as good with the waterproof mascara as the Simple's and I still felt like I needed to wash my face.
Simple Baby Wipes - these are designed to get poo off babies bottoms - not make-up off ladies faces. Simple. (If you don't think laterally how do you ever move sideways)
And the winner is......................................................... how did you guess?
Aqueous Cream with a Muslin Cloth
this minor miracle of a frugalsential nature deserves a posting all of it's own.... but no, I will regale you of the virtues of this combination.... now:
This idea is to mimic Liz Earle's (absolutely wonderful and completely natural as well as industry revered) hot cloth cleanser. When King Gok (of "How to look good naked" fame) surveyed Britain's top beauty editors Liz's innovative cleanser was top of the polls. I couldn't resist - I bought some. One of the virtues - or pitfalls - of living in Central London is that it's fairly straight forward to walk into a shop and buy the thing you saw on TV the night before.
I loved it - my skin was CLEAN and fresh and smooth and yummy. The principle is that you smear the cream all over your face - make-up and all - then wipe it off with a muslin cloth that's been run under the hot tap. It gently exfoliates as you go. Result - yummy skin for £11.50 for 200ml.
It ran out....
Inevitably just too far from payday to rush out and buy some more.... gutted. I tried to do the same with my facial wash (that had been relegated half-used to the back of the bathroom cupboard) it was disappointing - the froth that's made by the soap made the cloth ineffective and slid all over my face polishing it to a dry yet shiny tight bowling ball with freckles. Not good.
Cutting to the chase - you guessed it - my wonder product (Aqueous Cream!!!) saved the day! It was a very close mimic of the very expensive alternative. It's a given that it didn't smell as nice - but it WORKED!!!! Yummy skin - that's the idea right?
I loved it - my skin was CLEAN and fresh and smooth and yummy. The principle is that you smear the cream all over your face - make-up and all - then wipe it off with a muslin cloth that's been run under the hot tap. It gently exfoliates as you go. Result - yummy skin for £11.50 for 200ml.
It ran out....
Inevitably just too far from payday to rush out and buy some more.... gutted. I tried to do the same with my facial wash (that had been relegated half-used to the back of the bathroom cupboard) it was disappointing - the froth that's made by the soap made the cloth ineffective and slid all over my face polishing it to a dry yet shiny tight bowling ball with freckles. Not good.
Cutting to the chase - you guessed it - my wonder product (Aqueous Cream!!!) saved the day! It was a very close mimic of the very expensive alternative. It's a given that it didn't smell as nice - but it WORKED!!!! Yummy skin - that's the idea right?
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