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Washing my face in the toothpaste sink ☹️

203 replies

Magnus18 · 06/09/2022 22:35

We’re getting a new bathroom put in and I desperately wanted ‘Jack and Jill’ sinks but they didn’t fit.

I would love to get into an evening routine of using lovely facial cleansing products but how does it work if you’ve only got one sink?

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abovedecknotbelow · 07/09/2022 13:01

We have Jack and Jill sinks. They were here when we moved in. There is no 'toothpaste' sink or 'facial' sink. We all just use the sinks for what we want.

stormelf · 07/09/2022 13:13

I'm starting to think that if there is a need for two sinks, one for toothpaste and one for washing faces, then surely you need three. Where do you wash your hands?

CookieCoo · 07/09/2022 13:28

Totally thought of this bonkers thread whilst washing my face in the “cleaned by whoever spits toothpaste in it” sink!!

WrinklesShminkles · 07/09/2022 13:34

Wash your face, THEN brush your teeth.
FFS.

WrinklesShminkles · 07/09/2022 13:35

Pinkywoo · 07/09/2022 07:45

Oh how viiiile Wink

I wash my face in a mountain stream and dry it on the mane of a white unicorn, then forest creatures (with freshly sanitised paws) apply serum and moisturiser!

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OooooohhhZing · 07/09/2022 13:39

abovedecknotbelow · 07/09/2022 13:01

We have Jack and Jill sinks. They were here when we moved in. There is no 'toothpaste' sink or 'facial' sink. We all just use the sinks for what we want.

You utter mavericks

FictionalCharacter · 07/09/2022 13:48

Hang on, is your husband one of those people who leaves spit and toothpaste in the washbasin and doesn’t rinse it away? If so yanbu to want your own sink! I find that really revolting. As for all the pp telling you to wash the sink before you use it if it has toothpaste/ spit in it - why should cleaning up after someone else be her job?

Simonjt · 07/09/2022 14:53

abovedecknotbelow · 07/09/2022 13:01

We have Jack and Jill sinks. They were here when we moved in. There is no 'toothpaste' sink or 'facial' sink. We all just use the sinks for what we want.

We have his and his sinks, just like you we use them for whatever, sometimes they also become a very handy baby bath.

ookook · 07/09/2022 15:00

I genuinely don't understand the problem. Do people just leave their toothpaste in the sink?

PissPotPourri · 07/09/2022 15:02

Is it only me thinking it’s a basin in the bathroom? A sink is found in the kitchen…

SpinCityBlues · 07/09/2022 15:10

FictionalCharacter · 07/09/2022 13:48

Hang on, is your husband one of those people who leaves spit and toothpaste in the washbasin and doesn’t rinse it away? If so yanbu to want your own sink! I find that really revolting. As for all the pp telling you to wash the sink before you use it if it has toothpaste/ spit in it - why should cleaning up after someone else be her job?

I'm wondering this too tbh.

Gazelda · 07/09/2022 15:10

Don't you swallow, rather than spit?

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Magnus18 · 07/09/2022 15:39

FictionalCharacter · 07/09/2022 13:48

Hang on, is your husband one of those people who leaves spit and toothpaste in the washbasin and doesn’t rinse it away? If so yanbu to want your own sink! I find that really revolting. As for all the pp telling you to wash the sink before you use it if it has toothpaste/ spit in it - why should cleaning up after someone else be her job?

No actually, we both use water to rinse away the foam…

But water by itself isn’t a cleaning fluid, so it’d still need a proper clean before you filled it up and used to to splash your face clean.

I think facecloths are going to have to be the answer, sadly.

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FirewomanSam · 07/09/2022 15:43

But water by itself isn’t a cleaning fluid, so it’d still need a proper clean before you filled it up and used to to splash your face clean.

@Magnus18 why do you need to fill up the sink though? Why can’t you splash running water over your face with your hands like the rest of us? I’m genuinely really curious about what I’m missing here!

MrsMontyD · 07/09/2022 15:51

You just need some flannels.

Shower water is too hot for your face.

Notjusta · 07/09/2022 15:53

Slightly off topic, but I've never heard them called Jack and Jill sinks (or basins - which I agree is the correct term for the bathroom).

I've heard of a Jack and Jill bathroom where there are two doors - often one opens on to the corridor and one onto a bedroom, or both open onto a bedroom.

Leafy3 · 07/09/2022 15:54

Notjusta · 07/09/2022 15:53

Slightly off topic, but I've never heard them called Jack and Jill sinks (or basins - which I agree is the correct term for the bathroom).

I've heard of a Jack and Jill bathroom where there are two doors - often one opens on to the corridor and one onto a bedroom, or both open onto a bedroom.

I'm still amused by the people claiming toothpaste sterilises spit

Notjusta · 07/09/2022 15:56

Leafy3 · 07/09/2022 15:54

I'm still amused by the people claiming toothpaste sterilises spit

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To be fair, even if it doesn't (and I agree, it doesn't) I really don't think there are mass outbreaks of hideous face-based diseases as a result of people washing in basins that people have used for brushing their teeth.

BadNomad · 07/09/2022 16:04

Buy a small basin to use during your beauty routine?

My lazy ass just sits on the couch with wet wipes, a mirror, and a box of all my lotions and potions.

Justmuddlingalong · 07/09/2022 16:05

OP, I'll be thinking of your sorrows, the next time I'm rinsing out my mooncup in the bathroom sink. 🤯

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 07/09/2022 16:08

If your bathroom shares a wall with your bedroom, it shouldn’t be diff to put a vanity unit with basin and taps in your bedroom, just for you. You could keep your luxe products in the drawers underneath, like a dressing table. With a stool.

these used to be a thing in posh houses when I was a girl in the Neolithic. My aunt had one, I always envied her….you could have Hollywood style lights round the mirror, and wear a peignoir with ostrich feathers round the neck.

bliss

IceStationZebra · 07/09/2022 16:19

Posh houses but also halls of residence, @Allthegoodnamesarechosen. When I were a lass & student accommodation had single beds and shared bathrooms, there was a basin with hot and cold running water in the corner of my room.

IIRC I vommed in it a couple of times and also woke to an, erm, “overnight guest” having a slash in it.

ihavespoken · 07/09/2022 16:25

ImPickleRickSpartacus · 06/09/2022 23:18

Wash your face in the toilet and piss in the sink. Simple.

😂For the first time on mumsnet I have actually snorted whilst reading a thread - thankyou!

OhMerde · 07/09/2022 16:31

Don't fill up the bathroom sink to rinse your face. You're just using dirty water then. Instead, use cupped hands under a running tap.
I honestly can't believe I'm having to spell this out though. No one ever taught me specifically to do this but I just figured it out. How do you get through your day op?

tellyiscrap · 07/09/2022 16:31

Is this for real ? How have I managed for 56 years with one sink?

Top tip .. brush teeth - spit into sink - rub in warming cleanser with hands - run hot tap slowly and rub face - I stop when water gets too hot so no sink full of water just in my cupped hands

I then move to bedroom drawer with copious potions absolutely certain to bring a youthful glow to my wrinkled scraggy old face

One day ... one day ..