Beauty Chat: Kirkland Makeup Remover Cloths vs. Clean Skin Club Towels
Let’s talk about one of the least glamorous but most important parts of skincare: what you’re actually using to take everything off at the end of the day. Because at this stage, we want our skin clean, calm, and not feeling like it just lost a fight with our mascara or those cheek stains.
Today’s face-off is between two dry towel options (yes, no pre-soaked wipes this time):
- Clean Skin Club Clean Towels XL
- Kirkland Dry Facial Towels
They may look similar on the surface—soft, disposable, convenient—but they cater to different habits, budgets, and skincare personalities.
First, what are we actually comparing?
Both of these are dry facial towels, meaning:
- You add your own cleanser, balm, or micellar water
- Or you simply use them to dry your face after washing
Clean Skin Club Towels are specifically marketed as a premium, skincare-focused disposable towel designed to improve hygiene and skin health. [cleanskinclub.com]
Kirkland Dry Facial Towels (Costco’s value option) are typically positioned as simple, practical facial cloths—no frills, just function (and lots of them).
Price check: be honest with yourself moment
Clean Skin Club
- About $17.99 for 50 towels at Target [target.com]
- Roughly $18 per pack on their site [cleanskinclub.com]
Kirkland (dry facial towels style value)
- Costco products in this category typically follow their bulk + low cost model, much like their 180-count wipes at ~$13.99
Which means Clean Skin Club is premium spending and Kirkland is budget friendly, bulk buy energy.
Reviews & reputation
Clean Skin Club is winning the internet right now.
- Over 12,000 reviews with about a 4.9 rating on their site [cleanskinclub.com]
- Designed with skincare in mind and heavily marketed toward acne-prone, sensitive, and mature skin users
Kirkland, on the other hand:
- Known more for value and consistency than glowing beauty-industry hype
- The problem with the reviews is that people keep mixing up the dry towels with the Kirkland makeup wipes that are wet. 3.6 is the rating. But is that fair to these dry towels I think not.
Why people 40+ might actually love these dry towels
A Fresh towel every single time means no lingering bacteria from yesterday’s washcloth. Clean Skin Club specifically notes that reusable towels can hold residue and bacteria. Ultra soft texture means less tugging, less irritation (important when skin is thinner or drier).
Not to mention you aren’t getting makeup all over your own washcloths, which can be something to get the stains out. Ask every hotel across the country which is now given you makeup remover wipes or black towels.
Plus these towels feel elevated. Pulling out one of these feels like you suddenly have your life together.
The real-life verdict
If you are looking for absorbency Clean Skin Club is your girl. These towels are a bit more absorbent than the Kirkland. That was it. That was the only difference that I saw. At the end of the day, where are the towels going? In the bin.
My choice as you can tell is the Kirkland for the price, just can’t beat it. Sorry Clean Skin Club we have to break up. I am sure you are okay as it seems from the sales on Amazon you still have plenty of business.
For everyone else with a Costco card. Get the Kirkland. That is assume you have the cupboard space as you will have these for a bit of time.
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