Sainsbury's Cotton Wool Balls

Cotton wool used to be a luxury that you could do without but nowadays it can be bought quite cheaply and it has so many different uses that we are never without it. I always keep a pack of pleated cotton wool which incidentally came in very handy recently when I looked after a friends hamster, the hamster apparently loves a few pieces of the soft cotton wool in his cage to use as bedding. Then I buy a packet of Sainsbury's cotton wool balls to put in my make-up draw. I have rather taken to the Sainsbury's cotton wool balls because they are good sized balls and they are super soft. The pack of fifty Sainsbury's cotton wool balls come in a ...  Read the complete review

Cotton wools balls are and have been an everyday item in our household for the past 18 months. As with most new mums we were advised to use cotton wool balls for topping and tailing our beautiful baby boy rather than wipes as this would be better for his skin. I only half believed this as thought it probably was health visitors and midwifes being over cautious. But when we brought our son home from hospital when he was a week old and switched from cotton wool to wipes his bottom started to get red so it was back to the cotton wool for us and wipes for just out and about. As we often shop in Sainsbury's this is one of our more frequent purchases and I have to ...  Read the complete review

Seeing as I'm on an economy drive at the moment, this found its way into my shopping trolley a couple of weeks ago. When it comes to cotton wool, I will always opt for cotton wool balls rather than a pleat or pads, as there is no need to tear bits of cotton wool off. How I use them Most of the time, I use these cotton wool balls to cleanse and tone my face and remove nail polish. Texture and consistency As you might expect from cotton wool, these balls are very soft. Given their relatively cheap price (more on that later), I was a bit worried that they might prove unable to hold liquids, but this was not the case. I regularly use them to ...  Read the complete review