To not know how to use a flannel?

I started with the Liz Earle hot cloths and cleanser but have now switched to Aldi's version at a quarter of the price. I take off all make up including mascara with the it and then clean again. I use the cloth about twice (dry in between on the radiator) before throwing into the wash with the other whites. I'd never go back to make up wipes or cotton wool. By the way I use a home crocheted soap bag in the shower too to save on single use shower gel bottles.

That's using a clean one very time.

@Mother40, before I went back to flannels I used to use those scrunchie puff things. Then I found out how unhygenic they are and went back to the flannels of my childhood. Only for body though. Hands for face.

Is it just me that breaks out if I regularly use a flannel or muslin cloth to clean my face? I have the least sensitive skin in the world, but using a cloth to remove cleanser makes my skin sore and spotty.

I just call them face cloths - I'm early 30's so not particularly old!

I use them for my face and body then sling in the washing basket. I soak it, rub a bar of soap on it to lather then wash from top to bottom and rinse.

I don't like using lots of products and don't like sponges/scrunchie things as they don't seem particularly hygienic to me.

Flannels are shitz if you don’t keep them clean, like everything else in life !

I'm really interested to know, those of you who don't use flannels, what do you use to wash in the bath or shower??

Soap, water and hands

@steff13 They were originally made of flannel. Nowadays they're not, but the name stands. In some parts of the UK they're called facecloths.

Mother40 - just rub soap in stinky places with hands and then rinse off!

I use them daily. I use an oil-to-milk cleanser that I massage in, then buff off with a warm flannel.

I use a fresh one each wash.

I sort of double cleanse.
damp towel with warm water. add some moisturiser to one corner and wipe off eye make up.
lather soap or face wash and apply to skin and wipe that off with the damp flannel. follow up with more warm water to rinse all product off properly.
use the flannel once and then it goes in the wash.

I'm really interested to know, those of you who don't use flannels, what do you use to wash in the bath or shower??

Omg I must be old. I call them face cloths and buy them in bundles (in white) and wash daily. Use for double cleansing and I think a face cloth is a necessity - I can’t believe people think only old farts use them.

I think its a really old fashioned name for them that you learn from your Nan.
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Why do you all call wash cloths flannels? Are they made of flannel? Here they're typically made of terrycloth.

We have hundreds of flannels but only really use them to wipe toothpaste off faces.

Faces get washed with water only for the boys and I use a gel cleanser then soap, but splash with water only. Flannels aggravate my rosacea.

We use a puff in the shower.

Used to use a flannel for having a morning rub-down wash at the sink in the pre-central heating, pre-shower installation days of my childhood.

I have a pile of muslin cloths to wash my face. I think their structure is better for removing tiny bits of dirt /makeup and dead skins.
Cleanse with chosen cleanser applied with finger tips and then wipe face clean with damp cloth.
I use one per day then wash and store in a folded pile in bathroom cupboard.

Same here!

I have never used a flannel either.

Am a plain soap and water person - lather soap in hands, wash face, rinse with water in hands, dry with towel.

I have loads of muslin cloths that come with my Liz Earle cleanse and polish wash off cleanser. But we also use flannels. I tend to use it until I remember to wash it!! Or it smells!! Which ever is first....

A lady near me had just started selling crochet make up remover pads which look fab - but obviously as I have hundreds of muslins I don't need them. But they look fab. She's called Gem Bees on social media.

This thread is an eye opener. I seriously did not know that flannels were used by anyone under 70! I havent used one for years, just remember when I was a kid they used to be hard and stinky!! I used a polish scrunchie thing in the bath or shower and just use face wipes in the mornings to cleanse.

We have colour-coded flannels in our house, a different colour for each person. That way they can be left out to dry without getting mixed up. I use just my hands for my face and the flannel for body, but other people in the household use flannel for face as well.

My DDs are in to these new microfibre pads for removing make up. They can be horribly stained with foundation/mascara but it always comes out in a normal wash. They both said how much better their skin is for not using chemically laden wipes.

They just soak them in hot water, and use as hot as they can bear it, then do the final wash in really cold water to close their pores.

I use to run temple spa parties.

I was surprised by how many people loved the hot flannels they held on their faces for 5 seconds before wiping and wanted to know how they could replicate it at home.

My Answer was, run the flannel under the hot water tap in your bathroom, wring it out then then use.

When you are rep you run them under hot water tap and wring them out, then a quick zap in the microwave to get them really hot before packing them in an insulated bag. By the time I handed them out they were still hot but not too hot.