Okay, my name is Sally and I use…gulp, dare I admit it….use
wipes to remove my make-up!
There, I’ve
said it. It feels good. Actually it feels darn good! Hmm, I’m teasing you somewhat because I don’t
use wipes to remove my make-up, I use them to remove the cleanser that I’ve
used to loosen the make-up!! Sometimes
at the end of the day, I can’t be bothered to get into the shower again or fill
up a sink to wash my face (I make a terrible mess when I do!) so a wipe will
do. I know celeb make-up artists detest them but they are sooooo handy!
Before the wipe-phenomenon hit the planet, (which they
literally have, sadly, as people are flushing them down the toilets and are
responsible for loo-blocking and beaches/oceans being riddled with them!),
back in the Noughties, I decided to use baby wipes instead – they are cheaper,
larger and you can bulk-buy. The only
thing I didn’t like was the baby smell but they come fragrance-free now. Skincare facial wipes I found (and still do) to
be too stringent, drying and if they’re not moist enough then they drag the
skin and don’t remove anything!
Now there is a new kid on the block - WaterWipes which
are 99.9% purified water and 0.1% grapefruit seed extract. It’s great to read on their website that
there is nothing else in them (just check out their website – the company have
listed a whole load of nasties that can be present in normal wipes – ugh!) so even if
you don’t use them on yourself, at least you know that your little-un is
protected. They are Allergy UK approved
and good for skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. I have been buying mine from Boots at €2.99
for 60 wipes.
After I have removed my eye make-up with L’Oréal (see
previous bog: Peepers), I cleanse my skin with a gel (you will have to wait
until next week’s blog for that one!), massage that in and when I think my
makeup is dissolving, I pull out a WaterWipe and sweep it across my skin. As I don’t want to spread the grime around my
face, I sweep first on my forehead, fold it over, sweep across cheeks and then
chin, all the while folding it over so I’m using a clean bit of the wipe. Seeing as I have a huge round moon face
(private joke) and these wipes are huge, they are large enough to clean
me! Because these wipes are really wet –
ha-ha, they aren’t called WaterWipes for nothing – I like to blot the skin
afterwards with a tissue so it’s not drying my skin out via evaporation (like
you would do after a toner anyway).
WaterWipes also produce a facial wipe as well so along
with water and grapefruit extract of the baby wipes, you have some Dead Sea
minerals in there as well (I don’t have enough space to write about the
benefits of these minerals but they help to strengthen the skin, alleviate skin
disorders, stimulate blood flow and eliminate toxins)! To date, I haven’t tried these yet as I
haven’t found them in a store but I think these baby WaterWipes are fantastic.
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