Three : Strawberries

Oh yippie ya ya yay :) I've finally gotten my Origin masks! I've heard miracles about the Charcoal one and also of the DrinkUp, can't wait to see how it goes. I don't have great skin and I don't expect to have perfect skin cause I believe that you are only born like that, you can't really achieve that. Yeah yeah, life's unfair. See those baby soft skin koreans have, envy the shit outta me. Anyway, I've always have problems with blackheads and whiteheads (google them if you don't understand the terms) it's been bugging me every since they've popped out like strawberries. 

Tried out a lot of remedies. Trust me, I've tried a lot of ways. The strips, the manual pressings, the scrubbing, the exfoliating, the homemade and bought masks etc etc.

Okay here's the thing, the strips which was the Biore blackhead remover strips, which you stick it on your nose and peel it off afterwards, it was pretty neat cause you could actually see the blackheads coming off, and I got the one in black, so it was wayyy cooler, but then it grows back like wild rabbits later while. Sucks big time right? And it hurts your pores cause when you peel it off it actually peels off your skin too. I have tons of experience that my skin got really bruised afterwards, the skin totally came off and few days later I have this hideous scalp growing on my nose. I looked like a mouse! Don't laugh, it will happen to you some day. Well, I'll give some BOD to it, maybe my nose was too dry so yeah. Shit happens. 

Another one I've tried was pressing my pores with tissuepaper-wrapped fingers so the blackheads would come off. (Use a tissue paper, you don't want your germy fingers infecting your pores) I would suggest to leave this task to an expert (Unless you learn the right way to squeeze it). You need to have like some sort of technique to pressure the pore so that the blackheads could be squeezed out. If you don't do it the right way, your pores will be bruised and, same thing, hideous scalp! Why does this shit always happen on me. Screw it. So be careful to be gentle and not to harsh on your fragile skin. Don't kill it.  And my mom also bought me a metal blackhead extractor. That worked way better for me. But I now only use this method for those huge blackhead and whitehead. Thanks to those scalpy incidents :(

Exfoliating totally helps to soften the blackheads and whiteheads making it easier to remove! But scrub your face gently. Don't scrub it like you are scrubbing the toilet. I exfoliate my face once every two days. I've read and they said not to scrub everyday as that might hurt your pores. So yeah, whatever you read on the internet is totally true. ;) right... haha! And exfoliating your face is a must! Cause you need to remove your dead cells so the new ones can be regenerated. :) St. Ives' apricot scrub is awesome. 5 stars!! Lol.

Okayyyy... Michelle Phan has awesome videos of homemade facial masks. I found the aspirin and egg white masks were huge hits so I tried it out. I don't know really, I don't see any difference to my skin. And the aspirin sorta agitated my skin a little. I don't know why. :( 

Then came this The Face Shop's Green Tea blackhead remover (Don't let the photo fool you, it's a very tiny bottle). I don't find this effective at all. I tried to believe that it works. But, it doesn't. :( My blackheads are too stubborn I suppose. It's white and thick you apply it on your nose area, then after a while, you rub it off which comes off like erase dusts. Boohoo it sounds so cool but the blackheads were still there.

So then I tried out this enzyme mask from Etude house. The first time worked wonders for me, it is a white liquid and you apply it on your face, till it gets sticky you rub it off and it comes off like eraser dust too and it removes your dead skin, dirt and oil from the skin. This was a lot milder than The face shop's green tea one. My skin was sooooo soft and my blackheads were visibly removed. Then when the next time I used it, it made my skin really oily. I don't know what went wrong. But for my sis, it works every time for her and it's a great mask for her. So maybe it differs for each individual. Yet I still think it's a great exfoliator. :) Wait for the sales it would be 50% off.

I don't know why suddenly I am giving reviews. So I just thought of sharing what works and what doesn't. But yeah, don't bash me for that cause it might work for you but doesn't work on me. Everyone's skin is different, yes? 

I really really hope the origin one would greatly help reduce my blackheads and whiteheads. :P

Okay, will update the taiwan soon soon. I promise. Hahaha!

First day of work tomorrow. Wish me luck you guys!