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Do You Still Use Cotton Pads?

22 January, 2021 - 11:42am by - First Lady | 169 Comments

Poll posted by BR Natalie

How many single-use beauty products are you using a year?  If you're wanting to reduce your beauty footprint a really simple change to make is to switch out a single use product for a reusable alternative.  

Take cotton pads/balls for example.   How many cotton balls or rounds do you toss out after a quick wipe and swipe every day?  Cotton is problemtatic for a number of reasons including; 

  • Water Consumption.  It takes as much water to make 1kg of cotton as the average person will drink in 2 years.
  • Pesticides.  These lessen soil quality and leach into waterways, impacting animals and humans living close by.
  • Bleach.  Cotton isn't pure white.  White, single use cotton products are heavily bleached, which prevents them from being biodegrable, meaning...the landfills, erm, fill.

If you regularly use a Micellar Water and are looking for an effective, yet gentle way of easily removing make-up and cleansing skin that’s more environmentally friendly, well...this is the trial for you!

Micellar Reusable Eco Pads are Garnier's first ultra-soft, reusable microfiber pads that are washable up to 1000 times per pad, eliminating daily cotton pad waste.

Just add Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water to the reusable Eco Pad, to gently cleanse dirt and impurities from skin and easily remove up to 100% visible make-up!  Garnier Micellar Reusable Eco Pads and Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water are the perfect duo for cleansing skin and removing make-up without harsh rubbing, plus are suitable for the face, eyes and lips and sensitive skin.

After use you can easily hand wash the Eco Pad with soap & water and leave flat to dry, ready to use again.  If you want a deeper cleanse for your pads you can toss them in the washing machine.

If you'd like a spot on this trial team and the chance to review both the Garnier Micellar Reusable Eco Pads and the wonderful Garnier Micellar Rose Water Clean & Glow, why not tell us about your cotton pad habits.  Are you a daily user of single-use cotton pads?  Have you been thinking about making the change to something more environmentally friendly?

Get chatting below!

Do You Still Use Cotton Pads?


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25th January, 2021

Wow, this sounds like an amazing product! I have been using 1-2 cotton pads each time I remove make up so I don't want to even think of how much cotton pads I go through. I do use Garnier micellar water before I wash my face with a face wash and I have been trying the different micellar waters in the Garnier range slowly. I would love to try these eco-pads with the micellar water to see how well they work together.

25th January, 2021

Would love to try these out! The regular Garnier micellar water is my go to for removing makeup but I haven't tried the rose water micellar water. I have a reusable makeup cloth that I use but still use cotton pads regularly when it's in the wash even though I know I shouldn't, eek.

25th January, 2021

Yes I go through a lot of cotton pads and often think there must be a better way to use my micellar cleanser everyday. Interested in seeing these in action and how good will it be if they can reduce the hundreds of single use pads being thrown out everyday

25th January, 2021

I use disposable cotton pads with Micellar water. I find the cotton pads effective and gentle on my skin. If there is a re-usable version, I need to know about them

25th January, 2021

Sorry I do use cotton pads with micellar water it works so well to remove make up

25th January, 2021

These would be amazing to try! I use cotton pads to take off my makeup, especially my eye makeup all the time, (which I know is naughty!)

25th January, 2021

I use washable eco cloths

25th January, 2021

I use makeup remover wipes, which do the job, but I don't like the fact they are adding to waste n he environment. Would love to try these.

25th January, 2021

I've moved from cotton pads to a makeup remover cloth - this is great, except I use it every night and need something I can have multiple of to easily chuck into the laundry basket. I still use cotton balls to apply glycolic acid to my face, so these would be perfect because I don't want to put glycolic acid on my makeup remover cloth as it goes near my eyes.

25th January, 2021

This would be awesome to try, I have been using one of my children's baby facecloths recently instead of cotton pads

25th January, 2021

I have been using a makeup remover cloth which I love, and I have been looking for reuseable cotton rounds for my eye / lip makeup so I don't smear it around with my makeup remover cloth

25th January, 2021

I do still use cotton pads and I had no idea that you can get reusable ones that are better for the environment. This sounds like a fantastic product! It does play into my head when I can using certain products daily, just how much waste I am creating so I would really love to give these a go and try them out!

25th January, 2021

These would be so handy!!!!! We’re always buying cotton pads , there’s 3 Women who use Micellar and Wipe on Toner so these would be so much better for us as well as the environment. We would love to try

25th January, 2021

I’d love to try these - I made some crochet ones but u have to use too much Micellar cleaning water to be effective. I want to move away from cleaning with one use products! Please can I try these

25th January, 2021

I prefer to use the cotton pads with my Micellar cleanser but it would be great to try a washable option . The landfill will be heaving a sigh of relief also.

MrsO
25th January, 2021

Should be waste in the environment.

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