Bless me Estée Lauder, for I have sinned. On no fewer than two occasions during the past week, I have turned to the dark side before turning in for the night.
That's right. I used cleansing wipes to remove my make-up.
Twice.
To avoid temptation, I try not to keep the infernal things in the house. But while having a major clearout last week, I came across a packet of Boots Expert Sensitive Cleansing & Toning wipes that had somehow snuck into the gaff. (They're sneaky like that.) Like a fool, I didn't really pay them too much heed and just left them on my bedside locker to be dealt with at a later date rather than shrieking and holding them at arms length while racing to the nearest bin and slam dunking them into its depths.
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This meant they were within easy reach when my defences were down on two nights that I was completely exhausted and cold and wanted nothing more than to crawl straight into bed. They smiled and nodded as I reasoned that it was better to hit the hay sans make-up than with a full face of day-old slap, and made reassuring noises while I decided that they'd be okay just this once twice, that using them meant I could do my cleansing in bed - and sure weren't they for sensitive skin?!
My skin vehemently disagreed, however, and punished my laziness by going a bit psycho. I'm still sorting out the dehydrated patches and spots that those effing wipes left in their wake.
And yes - they are now, finally, in the bin.
