To not know how to use a flannel?

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I went to a Temple Spa party my friend was having a while ago. The person who was demonstrating all the products handed us all a hot flannel to wipe our faces with, and it was heavenly!

I've never used one before and I have bought a couple now but I haven't started using them because I'm not sure how to?

I know that sounds really silly but do you use them to take off your makeup? Or do you wash your face and then wipe off your soap/cleanser with them?

Also, then what do you do with them - where do you store them? We don't have a towel rail in the bathroom, just a radiator at the moment as we've not long since moved into a new house. Do you wash them after every use or is it more of a weekly thing? How many do I need?

I feel very silly that I've gotten to 30 years old without knowing this!

I use a flannel on my face every day in the shower. Wash body with exfoliating sponge and shower cream, then use a gentle exfoliating face wash and wipe it off with a damp flannel; feel really clean after that. Hang flannel on edge of shower basket to dry and change it every couple of days.

I've just got Dd1 to try the cleansing oil and flannel routine. She'd used up all the hot water in the shower but she still loved it and all her layers of mascara came off easily. We've got a fair few flannels but they are rarely used. Time to dig them out and get using them. My skin feels lovely after using one. I use hands and soap in the shower though.

I use a combination of flannels, old muslins from when the DC were small (cut up and hemmed to flannel size) and crocheted shower puff, make up remover cloths that I made. The shower puffs that I make are cotton so can go in the washing machine after 1 or 2 uses.

I genuinely thought everyone used them!

Flannels forever 😊

I bought 12 purple flannels and wash after a few uses. I use washable pads to remove make up. Flannels with Lush soap in the bath. I don’t do showers, I fall over.

What cleansing oil do people recommend? Never tried one. How does oil get make up off? I don’t understand?

I have a lovely bamboo facecloth from tropic ❤️

They predate disposable wipes for babies, we had a pink one for face and a blue one for the other end, OH wanted a brown one but I declined!

How does oil get make up off? most make up is fat soluble.that's how it works.

This thread has baffled me. I literally don’t know anyone who uses flannels?! Are people actually washing pits and bits at sinks of a morning? I just shower like a regular person!

I made switch to flannels and muslins. Brought fancy make up remover ones from norwex but havnt found them much difference from flannels

@Tvquizhelp dont even go there. Its been discussed on here many many times.

I don't have a shower. Guess that means I'm not a 'normal person'

I bought more supplies from ikea the other day, bundles of grey ones 4 for £1. and some nicer thick ones with a different texture on each side for £1.

One of those (v rare, I can't bear the place because I always lose the exit) ikea trips where I needed one thing and ended up with a basketful that cost £60+

How on earth do you know if other people use flannels? It hardly comes up in conversation .
I've always used flannels, first thing when I get up is to wash my face with a hot flannel, how do you wash your face without one? Do you just splash your face with water or use creams?

Those net-like plastic shower poofs are chockful of bacteria after a couple of days and terrible for the environment.

This.
I use washable pads to remove make up instead of cotton pads (they're bamboo, I think). Saved quite a bit already on buying cotton pads plus they do the job better.

I use a flannel in the shower to wash myself, DH uses them to wash his face.

Bath puffs are washable. If you don't like them because they are plastic, you can crochet them out off dishcloth cotton and wash them with your flannels.

I've been using a flannel to clean my face for a few years - before that I was put off them by memories of soggy, smelly flannels hanging on the side of the bath as a child I used to use cotton wool or wipes but would never go back! I have some muslin cloths too that came with cleansers but I find them a bit rough.

@Astrabees if you cut up a towel to make flannels do you have to hem the edges to stop them fraying?

@Tvquizhelp some of us have skin conditions that means daily showers are out. or just don’t want to waste energy and water.

"How do you wash your face in the morning?"

1. Spread soap on hands
2. Spread soap on face with soapy hands
3. Wash hands
4. Rub face with wet hands
5. Use hand towel to dry face

Not that hard, really. I have never seen the point of flannels.

Flannels all the way in this house, even 16 year old son uses a fresh flannel each day. I have tried shower puffs, muslin cloth etc but always go back to a cotton flannel. I never dreamed that flannels could be so controversial 😂 totally assumed everyone used them, you learn something new everyday!

Another one here who has never used a flannel (and erroneously it seems, associates it with the elderly). I use hands for washing within the shower, and for washing my face at sink. I concede that not having a flannel precludes a strip wash at sink (so when i recently had operation and couldnt shower for a few days, i did have to dig out an old muslin to clean body at sink.)

I have very good skin, but I'm now wondering just how amazing it could look if I used some of the flannel techniques described here....Will give them a try!

Love the confusion on this thread.

Never used a face cloth. Have had a brief dalliance with muslin and greasy face stuff.

I use either cotton wool or a wash off cleanser for my face and soap and hands in the shower.

Never been lent a face cloth at a friend’s house, just towels. Same for hotels, Centerparcs etc and AirBnbs. Never seen any evidence of a face cloth in a friend’s house (sometimes am using the same bathroom as them).
So on my world, they’re pretty rare.

I’ve always used a flannel since I was a child (I’m in my 40’s). I assumed everyone did to wash at least their face and definitely didn’t realise they were associated with elderly people by many of you. Find things like this fascinating at how we all assume things in different ways over something so basic.

You do get face cloths in hotels! They’re usually rolled up near the sink. But it’s very very standard.

We have a huge pile of flannels in our bathroom to wash faces, pits and bits (in that order), used once and then into a old nappy bucket to go into the wash.

I've brought some reusable cotton/fleece backed discs for face creams and toner, they also go into the nappy bucket when used.

I feel like I am always washing flannels in this house, dcs can use several a day for their face and then put them into the wash.