Getting Rid of Blackheads

Blackheads are common once you have started puberty, this is due to the hormone which triggers in too much oil glands, and then clogged pores. Not attractive I know but I do have it on my nose area.
Blackheads can be caused by the build up of oil (especially if you keep touching your face), or oils from your moisturisers/make up/environment. Basically, they  are a collection of sebum and skin cells gathered in your hair follicle, therefore it is very important to clean your skin with a good cleanser then using a toner to close the pores. The cause of the actual blackheads is below the skins surface, because the oxygen in the air oxidises the oils, turning them brown or black which is the blackhead.

It is very common to have blackheads on the side of the nose or under the chin. You can get it on your back and sides of the face too! Everybody is different. 

I use to squeeze /pull them out with tweezers but it got so painful and wasn't effective,also the fingers have a build up of oils and they got worse so I stopped it!
I then discovered pore strips! I have tried using the white ones which you can purchase from any beauty pharmacy store but they got so expensive. I looked on ebay for male black ones and they worked well!! I really enjoyed using the black ones as I could see how much of the blackheads was pulled out - fun. Haha! Just find it to be so interesting! After all, you want to see if the products work right? Not only this but the nose area would feel so free and blackhead-free, which was amazing.


I then discovered you can get liquid form nose pore strips, which is like a thick gel you apply a thick layer to the blackhead area, wait for it to dry, peel off after a few minutes then look at the results straight away! Amazing!



A few of my beauty guru friends from outside of UK was raving on about the Boscia lumizing black mask,  from their local Walmarts and we don't have that here so I was online searching for similar products!




One day, I was in SaSa in Hong Kong and found this small tube of japanese nose pore cream, made of seaweed extracts and I decided to give it a try. I Loved the product so much I went back and bought the rest that was on the shelf haha!! I got one of each for all my cousins and we all had so much fun playing with it and seeing the results haha! Unfortunately that tube of cream was only available in certain SaSa stores so it was very hard to find.

Luckily for me, I did a beauty gift swap with one of my youtube guru's Emily! She had got me the full size of the Boscia pore cream which I am still using now!! I love it so much!


I use it once a week as it does strip the skin off, I don't really have much oil in my skin so I don't need to use this more than what I need.

I apply a thick layer onto my dried clean skin to the area of the blackheads, wait about half hour for it to dry then peel off.
Instantly I can see the blackheads are off the nose and chin area, and onto the gel. Amazing hey?


Tip is to find a good cleanser to use for your face. When I say good cleansers, I mean ones that contain salicylic acid, glycolic acid or benzoyl peroxide because they help to loosen the dead skin cells you have that clog the hair follicles. I personally go for Neutrogena, because they specialise in skin and have worked very effectively on my skin throughout all these years. However, it is all about trial and error.