I like to keep a box of cotton buds in the house at all times but its one of those things I always forget to buy when I'm doing a big shop in Asda or Morrisons. I grabbed a box of these when I was in town from Boots for just £1 on offer. I think they're normally about £1.20. I can't moan, £1.00 for 200 cottonbuds plus your 4p in advantage card points is a great buy. When it comes to cotton buds, apart from the safety ones which are thicker, they're all pretty much the same thing and do the same job. The box that they come in is rectangular and clear plastic so you can see the cotton buds inside. It says that they are ideal for cosmetic use and baby skincare. ...  Read the complete review

Before I discovered my preferred brand of Johnsons cotton buds, I was a regular user of these Boots cotton buds. For reasons that I'll outline in this review, I prefer numerous other brands now and would be rather loathe to buy these again unless I couldn't find an alternative option. THE PACKAGING The main reason that I didn't like these cotton buds much was largely down to the packaging of the box. You may not be immediately able to see this in the above product image but the cotton buds come in a thin plastic box. Opening the box was not very easy and when I eventually did manage to wrestle my way in, it promptly split open and scattered numerous ...  Read the complete review

I don't think there is a house hold in the UK that doesn't have a tub of cotton buds, they are just one of the essential things of life these days. I used to use one of the leading brands cotton buds, but I one day tried Boots own brand, when I was trying to save some money on the things I had to buy. I have no problem with using own brand products, so I happily bought these for about 50p less than I would usually pay for the leading brand. I use cotton buds mainly for ear wax removal and make up tidying, especially eyeliner. I never noticed any difference between these cotton buds and the ones made by the leading brand. They removed make up from ...  Read the complete review

Cotton buds in our home always used to be Johnsons Cotton buds but recently we have changed to Boots cotton buds and not just because they are a bit cheaper but because we really do believe they are better. The original reason for my wife buying these was that they were on offer at only 89p for a box of 200 but we are still buying them now at £1.08 for a box of 200 because they are so good. At £1.08 they are not that much cheaper than Johnsons but I believe the cotton bud ends are slightly larger and I like that and I also think they hold up better when wet. We use these buds for a variety of things from cleaning my very old ears to ...  Read the complete review

These are good value for money. Your not paying a little extra for a hard case or a brand name which you don not really need. The cotton buds themselves are pretty much standard. The end does not fall off in your ear so you can be thankful and safe about that. The rod holding the two ends together is sturdy, unless you put an unlikely amount of pressure in the middle which you don not need to. Cotton buds as a whole however are not a great concept, not just this particular set but all of them as a product are not very safe. You never really know how far you supposed to put it in your ear until its too late, you've shoved it into far and you feel a bit like your ...  Read the complete review