to think balsam tissues

[StealthPolarBear]

are nasty? Feels like someone's already used them slightly and they are a little bit damp! If I'm going to wipe my nose I like to do it using a dry tissue

YABU - they are the bees knees if you have got a streaming cold!

but they feel slightly damp - i'd rather have a sore nose than wipe it on a damp tissue

Never try wipe your glasses with them. That's my advice to y'all for the day.

Been there Tee, I will not be buying those again in a hurry, bloody glasses were smeary for ages.

balsam tissues are fab, I have a huge and sensitive nose, any other tissue and I am left with a very dry and sore nose for ages after my cold has gone.

I love balsam tissues but not the price of them

Just smear Vaseline on regular tissues. Much cheaper.

yabu. I never get a sore nose these days.

Best thing since sliced bread IMO.

YABU

With streaming hayfever they are the only ones that don't feel sandpaper against my nose.

Yeah, don't take them in your bag in case a horrid public loo has no loo roll is all I say

Good point, Netto. But they are fab for colds. Anything else shreds the skin on your nose.

You're better off with a normal tissue and a smear of Vaseline.
Cheaper, and then no sore balsam/fanjo ouchy mistakes can be made.

I'd rather have a dry nose than wipe on something that feels damp! As for smearing vaseline around...urgh

The best thing about them is that if you leave them in a pocket they don't shred in the washing machine and leave you with tissue confetti over everything.

why? is balsam+fanjo a disaster then?

They are great for colds, but you do need ordinary ones for everything else, as others have said.

HArdhatonamission - Lidl do pocket packs of their own brand ones for pennies. Slightly less "damp" than kleenex (good thing?) but just as soft and lovely on your poor nose.

It certainly refreshes the parts other tissues wouldn't reach, Geraldine.

create I will go exploring then! Thanks for the heads up :)

I love them, as has already been said - the only thing for stopping you getting a really dry and scaly nose after a cold :)

I've never really detected anything about them that seems damp or fanjo-burning, to be honest.

I hate them!!!! i had a really appalling cold a couple of years ago and my MIL gave me some balsam tissues - i can honestly say they made my nose really hurt. I would never ever buy them.

Ouch Netto

ha! I couldn't work out what Netto meant for ages until the explanation. Owee.

YABA! They are the best thing ever when you have a cold - I hate having a sore, red, flakey nose! However I don't use them when I don't have a cold or wipe anything other than my nose with them...