Review: Kleenex Facial Cloths

When these Kleenex Facial Cloths first came out, I saw them mentioned everywhere.  Whilst I liked the pretty packaging, I knew that I'd never buy them personally because I am very loyal to my muslin cloths and stockpile cotton wool pads like nobody's business.  I also thought they were quite expensive for what looked like a box of fancy quilted tissues (RRP £1.99 per box of 30 facial cloths).

So how on earth did this box come into my hands?!

In the mad rush that have been the last four days of extended weekend craziness, I somehow ended up forgetting to pack my beloved muslin cloths AND any cotton wool pads in my travel bag (as well as some other things, packing in a rush never turns out well!).  I popped to Sainsburys to get some cotton wool and saw these on offer for 99p and thought that I might give them a go, just this once.

You can use Kleenex Facial Cloths for all manners of beauty related care such as cleansing, toning, removing make-up etc, as well as removing nail polish.  Basically anything you'd use a muslin cloth or cotton wool for.  I decided to test out the four main ways:-

1. Cleansing - The cloths did not rip or shred when used with water.  I was very impressed by how they held up.  I wouldn't say they're as good as a muslin cloths for removing a cleanser that needs to be taken off with warm water, because the Kleenex cloth just isn't as soft when wet.  However, for removing cleanser without water, it works better than cotton wool and feels much nicer too.
2. Toning - Feels really soft on the skin, but I felt it was too wasteful for this purpose because the cloth is just so big and I only ever need one cotton wool pad to remove my toner. 
3. Removing Make-Up - Similiar experience to cleansing regarding wet vs dry, though again impressed that the cloth didn't shred or tear.
4. Removing Nail Polish -  It was when I tried this, that I fully appreciated how useful these cloths might be.  Because the cloth is so big, you can easily remove all 10 nails worth of polish with just one cloth, and again, the cloth didn't disintegrate or anything.

Summary:  I'll stick with using my muslin cloths and cotton wool for most purposes, but I do find these quite handy for removing nail polish.  I would mostly use these when travelling for the convenience factor, but would only repurchase again if I saw them on offer.

Do you use these?  What do you think?