We are all aware, perhaps now more than ever, that we should be doing our utmost to stop buying single use products, the ones which sit in a landfill site and take years, hundreds of years and a lifetime to breakdown. One of the major changes I made was to stop the use of cotton wool pads.
Many brands of Cotton wool pads are said to contain plastic which means they aren’t fully biodegradable and therefore are not especially great for the environment. But, thankfully there is a whole host of brands out there ready to help make that switch to something much friendlier an absolute doddle.
One of those brands is Stylpro, a brand I’ve long since shared products from on my blog -
Squeeze Makeup Sponge Cleaner, the Luxury Brush collection and more recently the Easy On The Eye Hydrating Gel Cleanser and Cloth. Today it is all about the Stylpro Bamboo Reuable Makeup Pads and their laundry bag.
If you didn’t know, Bamboo is a sustainable, self-regenerating crop, so this means it does not need to be replanted after harvesting because it just keeps on growing. If you’ve ever had a tub of bamboo growing in your garden, then you might have noticed this! Bamboo also doesn't need harmful pesticides or fertilisers that cotton does to grow, and the part is that bamboo requires 1/3 less water than cotton!
STYLPRO’S Reusable Bamboo Makeup Remover Pads, are described as being the solution to a waste-free beauty regime. These Reusable Makeup Remover Pads are made of 100% naturally derived products and GOTS certified cotton and bamboo, so there is no need to worry.
Incredibly soft, these reusable makeup pads are 3-ply and with one soft side and one slightly more ridges, though still soft. As the name of these products is Reusable makeup pads, I have only used them for that, the makeup I apply on my face - usually CC cream or tinted moisturiser, bronzer, mascara and if not a lip balm then a lipstick - nothing too heavy. I have found that these makeup pads actually do a better job at helping to remove makeup than a disposable cotton wool pad and you can use both sides without them coming apart in your hands. My only advice is to use a different pad for removing eye makeup, I say that because I use a different makeup remover for that process which is much more gentle - the Stylpro one!
These Stylpro Bamboo Reusable pads can be used and washed up to 1000 times before replacing. Wash at 30° C inside the laundry bag provided and leave to air dry naturally. You can buy the pads in packs of 8 and 16 with a little laundry bag for washing. The price ranges from around £8 to £12 and they can be found on the high street from places such as Tesco and online with Feelunique, Lookfantastic and Stylpro.