I have used Olay Daily Facials to cleanse my face for about 4 years - pretty impressive brand loyalty! The reason I first decided to try them was because I was about to go off on holiday for 2 weeks to Peru - this would involve staying in basic hotels with a group of strangers, carrying much of my stuff about on long walks, and finally, the Inca Trail! I didn't want to be carting various bottles and jars about up and down mountains, so the cloths seemed like the ideal solution. For one thing, they weigh hardly anything, and for another, they don't contain any liquid that could leak in your bag - really useful for travelling. I thought that if I didn't find them very good for the face, I could always use them on the body like disposable flannels! In the end, I found that two weeks of exercise, fresh air and good food did not detract from the condition of my skin in the slightest (!) - and neither did the cloths. I've been using them ever since.

Simple - I use mine in the shower. You just get the cloth wet, get the lather going and gently cleanse your face - the cloths are very soft and do not feel "scratchy" on your skin like some of the pre-moistened make up removing wipes you can buy. You can use them around the eye area but I would advise caution! I find that I can happily cleanse my eye area in the morning with these cloths if I am nice and gentle, but trying to remove eye make up with them leaves my eyes rather sore - you don't want to get the lather in your eyes, it stings!! When you've given your face, neck and decolletage the once-over with the lather, you rinse the cloth and use it to remove the suds. My skin feels soft, clean, but not tight or dry. The steam from the shower seems to do my skin the world of good too. A bonus with these cloths is that if you follow the cleansing with a face mask, as I sometimes do, you can use the rinsed-out cloth to remove that as well. It's less scratchy than paper tissues and doesn't disintegrate. You then throw the used cloth away. It's much more hygienic than those little muslin cloths that you get with some wash-off cleansers - and I always worry about washing those in detergent and the residue from that going on my face! NB the packaging says do not flush the cloths!

Personally I have the usual English/fair/combination skin type. I don't like the feeling of creamy cleansers - too greasy - and they also seem to take longer to use in the morning when I'm always late and in a hurry to get to work! I also don't like to use toner - they mostly seem to be too harsh (with alcohol), too oily (those ones for dry skin) or just too watery, ineffective and pointless. With the Olay Daily Facials, you don't need to use toner. I guess the water does the trick. I certainly find that using the cloths with hot water seems to leave my skin more ready to absorb moisturiser than if I had used a creamy cleanser followed by toner.

* in a slightly translucent white plastic box with a flip top lid - the actual cloths have a thin plastic wrapper that you remove and discard and you then keep the cloths in the box. All the product info is on a thin cardboard sleeve around the box;

The product info just tells you how to use the cloths, the usual ingredient listing and manufacturer details.

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• very effective but gentle for cleansing combination skin
• probably a little harsh if your skin is very dry or sensitive
• very convenient and cut down on the amount of products you need (especially useful for travelling!)
• effective at removing make up but a little harsh on the eyes for this purpose
• priced reasonably and subject to frequent special offers
• worthy of brand loyalty from a fickle consumer like myself!!