This or That: Shiseido Facial Cotton Vs. Cotton Clouds

This week's This or That is not makeup, but is totally a beauty product. How do you take off your eye makeup? Do you ever use cotton pads? I do and prefer them to cotton balls, and one day I randomly splurged on Shiseido Facial Cotton. I shared them on the blog here, and several of you suggested that I try the inexpensive Cotton Clouds. I immediately got them, and have been using both since. So let's get into it:

top: Cotton Clouds, bottom: Shisedo

I love using cotton squares to remove makeup or nail polish, or to apply products. I've tried a lot of cotton pads over the years, and these are the two softest brands I've come across and they hold up very well.

Shiseido Facial Cotton:

• $9.50
• can be purchased online and in stores like Sephora or Nordstrom 
• 165 squares
• white
• removes products and applies products
• can be separated to double the use
• very soft
• broke down with facial oils 
• larger but not a thick

Cotton Clouds

• $3.99 (price varies)
• I've only found it online
• 200 or 220 pads
• white or rainbow
• removes and applies products
• can be separated to double the use
• soft
• broke down with facial oils
• thicker, but smaller

This or That: 

As you can see above, the Cotton Clouds are thicker, but a little smaller. This didn't make a difference to me in terms of use. I found the Shiseido to be softer, as did everyone else I tested them on. Both seemed to work the same, but I preferred the Shiseido. While I enjoyed and would recommend them both, I would repurchase the Cotton Clouds since they are cheaper.

Have you tried this? Which one do you like?

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