Mention the words ‘face wipe’ to any dermatologist or skincare expert and watch them recoil in fear. “They just spread dirt over the face without removing it,” they say. “They’re too harsh for the sensitive skin of the face,” they claim. The beauty world has been bashing face wipes ever since their inception.

And while we’re all aware that wipes aren’t really a worthy alternative to, you know, actually washing, there are certain occasions that call for them.

Namely when one casual drink turns into five and spending ten minutes standing over the sink splashing tepid water at your face is far less appealing than bed. Or at a festival, when that sink is all but a distant memory of more hygienic times.

Conveniently enough, a new slew of gentler, more sophisticated wipes are now hitting shelves to help us in our quest for easy, quick-fix cleansing.

The new class are drenched in technology, innovation and hardworking formulas, so if you’re going to skip an actual face wash, these are the wipes you can rely on…

Behold the new-generation face wipes for quick and easy cleansing