Do Brits not use face cloths?

[UnicornSlippers29]

I'm from North America and I grew up washing my face with a face wash and a wash cloth.

Wet face, suds up the cloth and give it a gentle scrub until all my makeup is off and rinse with wet cloth. Then I use a toner on a cotton pad to remove any leftover traces, but there's usually not any unless I've missed a spot around my hairline.

I've noticed through travelling to hotels here in the U.K. and much of Europe that there are no face cloths (flannels?) in the rooms to wash my face with so I have to wet the bottom corner of the towel and use as a face cloth.

How does everyone wash their face here? Do you mainly use makeup wipes? I've tried a few but they never seem to work very well

• I'm always left with lots of makeup on my toner soaked cotton pad. It also seems a lot of waste that ends up in the landfill.

How does everyone ensure their face is clean from makeup & sunscreen without a gentle scrub and water? Was I using the wipes wrong?

As above I bring my own flannel, I think hotels don't supply them as they'll stain from makeup and the like

I don't know anyone who uses one but they are commonly sold in stores here (definitely not supplied in hotels).

Most people remove make-up with a make-up remover solution and disposable pads.

I use flannels on holiday to get all the suncream off. I find it hard to get thoroughly de-suncreamed without a flannel; hands and soap aren’t scrubby enough.

I also use a fresh one for my face every morning (don’t wear make up), as it’s a nice way to wake up.

Autism has been historically underdiagnosed, especially in women, and many of us who are getting diagnosed now are in our forties and have struggled with social skills our whole lives. It is not, as I think you are trying to imply, some kind of health fad, bandwagon, or catch-all excuse for unusual behaviour.

Nor is autism under any circumstances a joke.

I just wash my make up off with cleanser in the bath or shower before bed.

No need for a flannel in the morning, I just wash my face and dry it.

Oh and I used a pouffey thing to wash the rest of me with!

My dad uses a flannel I think. Don't know anyone else who does.

I love a face flannel 29p in Home Bargains, A fresh one every day & wash with the towels.

Face cloths are very personal things and I take my own when I go away

We use face flannels all the time and take our own ones on holiday.

I think traditionally in the UK flannels were used to wash the whole body - showers weren't common in many homes until the 1970s/80s so people would have a daily stand up wash with a flannel and then a full bath once a week or so.

So historically a flannel would be regarded as a pretty personal item.

When I was young we all had our own personal flannels. Mine was brown with candy coloured stripes.

Got loads of them, but then I'm old school.

We do use them, but never come across them in hotels I take my own. I think hotels would struggle to provide them tbh as they’d be stained by make up and probably cannot be reused as often hotels have white linen.

I read your OP and then the snarky replies of some commenters and I honestly think they are scraping the barrel finding offence in your OP. It's like they went out of their way to be offended.

But then I'm also autistic and understand why you put the detail in.

Further down the thread, we have someone asking what a peri bottle is after a commenter mentioned using one without describing its function. If you don't explain, people might not understand, entirely reasonably because no one knows everything. And then the asker has to wait for an answer, which they might miss.

If you do explain upfront to avoid the "ask, wait, reply" process, you get called patronising. Whatever you do, someone somewhere won't be happy.

I first got into facecloths in my second pregnancy in the bath . I used to massage and squeeze warm water over my aching body . Love them .

Why do people keep insisting that hotels don't provide them when half the posters on the thread are telling you that yes, they do.

Not a fan of flannels, if I still own any they are tucked away in a drawer somewhere.

I use a face wash, lather in hands, wash face, rinse. I rarely wear make up but if I do I remove it with a magic mitt (Jane Iredale) which just needs to to wet with water, it removes everything, then I'm just wash my face as usual.

I do! I have a pile of muslins in my bathroom.

But hotels in Europe don't supply them, I always take a few to use/wash out on holiday.

No, I just use soap + water (on make up free days) and wipe down with a towel or micellar water/face wash in the shower on make up days. Can someone please explain step-by-step how they use a facecloth flannel? I feel like getting one now, but how does it differ to a towel?? Is it used wet? Do you squirt facewash into the towel? Then wipe with another towel? Doesnt it get covered with makeup and then its filthy? Do you re-use them? Or go through 1-2 each day, so in a weekly wash you have about 14?!

I have a face towel on my hotel tonight in Central London.

I rub my cleanser all over my face (Clinique Take the Day Off balm) massaging it in for about a minute until all makeup & spf etc. is completely dissolved. Run facecloth under hottish tap and then when it's soaked use it to wipe muck off my face. I rinse and repeat until my face is all peachy and clean.

I use a fresh cloth every evening but don't use one in the morning.

Thank you for explaining. When you say rinse & repeat - the towel wont be fully rid of makeup etc? So the repeat wipes may be a bit dirty? How is this different to a towel, sounds to me like more items to throw in the wash machine? Also, does the washing machine fully get rid of makeup etc? I'm just picturing an intense red lipstick on a white washcloth. Micellar water seems so easy in comparison? That said, I still want to get one already searching it online.... The only benefit I can see is for exfoliation...

I use a face cloth.

To remove make up I use a facial cleanser and then work the soap onto my skin , I wipe it offf with a warm face cloth. Rinse, then cleanse, tone and moisturize.

Its a bit of a faff having to follow such a performance to remove make up but its better than a blow torch.

I use them (I am over 60) but thinking about it what a dull subject my DH & DS don't. I have stacks of them & love buying new ones.

I use a face flannel for removing make up/exfoliating face. Wipes/cotton wool are too feeble for my tough oily skin and lashings of mascara.

Just back from St Lucia where there was a pile of rolled up flannels in the bathroom of our hotel. I took and used my own rather than sully their nice white ones! My daughter likes to put one over her eyes while I help her wash her hair so a couple did get used.

Posh hotel we stayed at in Buckinghamshire recently also had black face flannels!

Well you're using the facecloth to remove your makeup so yeah, the makeup transfers on to it. I wet the cloth and then swipe one half of one side of the cloth over my face, rinse it and use the other half, rinse it again and use the other side of the cloth etc. etc. My face glows afterwards.

Personally I really didn't like micellar water and don't see that it actually cleanses your skin properly.

I have a lovely complexion (if I do say so myself) and this is what works for me.

Cloths go into a whites wash and come out clean. And that's about it really!

@UnicornSlippers29 I provide a pile of fluffy white flannels for guests. I like them myself, so assume that everyone else does too. I also provide a pile of fluffy dark flannels for guests who want to use them to remove make-up. I assume nobody wants to use them more than once so provide loads.