If you've been reading the last few days you know that I went to +Urban Outfitters the other night and went on a complete skincare shopping spree. I went through most of the products that I bought which were the soap, the sheet masks and the clay nose mask. Now I am on to the last product which is something that you are all pretty familiar with. This New Zealand Volcanic Clay Black Head Charcoal Nose Strips. These are just like Biore pore strips. The only difference in these nose strips are that these are charcoal. Charcoal is a natural ingredient to detox your skin. There a many different products that are made with charcoal that are great for detoxifying your skin. There is this one mask from Origins that is amazing. I've been trying to get different products that would work on getting the blackheads out and even though I've used products like cleansers or something of sort I don't feel they've worked as good as pore strips. I just don't feel that any remedy is permanent doesn't matter what product you use. I like the strips the best since I feel that these are the most effective.
When I saw that this brand has nose strips that also combined the power of charcoal I decided that this was a great invention. I bought them right away. When I opened them up I realized that they were already different than the ones that are made by Biore because these were black first of all and also the shape of them were different. They were smaller. Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing. I washed my face and then dried my whole face except my nose. I wanted to make sure that it was wet enough so that the nose strips can adhere to it. I smoothed it on my nose and immediate felt that these were different. They definitely stuck to my nose better than the Biore ones. I left the pore strip on my nose until it completely dried which was for about 15 minutes. It was hard to the touch and hard to remove. I removed it by peeling the ends first and gently started peeling until I got to the middle. Once all of the strip was removed I looked and saw that this definitely worked! I was amazed. I put astringent on my nose and then added moisturizer and went to bed. The next morning I saw that my nose was perfect. My makeup went on more smoothly and it looked nicer especially on my nose area.
These retail for about $8 and you can buy them in +Urban Outfitters in-store or online. You can also find them in Amazon or just googling them online and you can see there are different places that sell them. I recommend +Amazon.com or +Urban Outfitters.
More on my trip to Urban Outfitters, I decided to split it up because I knew I would write enough to have a novel so instead of making 1 long post I decided to separate it into products. The next thing that I bought when I went to +Urban Outfitters was the New Zealand Volcanic Clay Black Head Clay Nose Mask. This is basically one of those nose strips but in clay mask form. Once I did some research on the product I realized that it went on a revamp. Before this was called Blackhead EX Nose Clay mask and now its New Zealand Volcanic Clay Black head Clay Nose Mask. This nose mask is in a peel off form. It has Mulberry, coix seed, and black rice extract which help the clay get deep down into your pores to be able to extract the blackheads. It says to smooth it on your nose after you wash your face and clear your skin of any oils. I just put it on my nose area same as you would if it were one of those Biore Nose strips. Leave it on until it drys and peel it off.
I was a little skeptical at first because a lot of peel masks say that they will be able to do this but I've never used a peel mas that feels like it really clings to your skin and really is able to peel off anything. So I went on and tried this one. I washed my face just to make sure that there were no oils and then squeezed a little bit on my finger. WOW was this stuff thick and sticky. I rubbed it on my nose and let it set until it was completely dry. I slowly peeled it off once it was all dry and immediately you felt that it was hard to come off. It definitely felt like it was able to penetrate deep into my pores so that when I peeled it off, it took the blackheads with it. I do think that the pore strips work better but this was a close second. It retails for $8.99 not sure if I would repurchase but I definitely think it was a good buy.
