Biore's Daily Deep Pore Cleansing Cloths:

GOD I NEED TO BUY IT ALL.

Im already out of those wipes. :[[

Ive been using my noxzema sample to keep my skin looking decent for now, haha. I hateeee being pooooooooor.

I've decided the biore toner totally fucked up my skin, so i'm elimating step 2 from my routine. It lasted about...3 weeks.

aww rly? if thats the case, after washing your face in warm water, splash with rly cold water, it'll snap them pores shut! toner hels me cos I have pores just full of shit [I rly need those strip things] so it gets rid of dirt.

I just suddenly broke out bad, like i never have in ages. So i think it was toner. I hope it wasn't just biore in general...

hm, just cut the toner out. if youre still breaking out, try clean and clear.

Toner screwed me up too. My dermatologist said it screws up a lot of people's skin.
Clean and Clear screwed my skin up too haha. Some ingredients in cleansers and toners like that don't agree with some people apparently.

Bryce....explain the pH thing with toner and whatnot. I still dont get it.

hm, really? my face must be a grease pallete, then. well, if anything, the last thing I could recommend as of toner, is either a cheap off brand [they tend to be more gentle], or neutrogena. I felt theirs was too gentle for me, but its still really good.

If you use too much stuff on your face, it actually makes your oil glands (are they glands? Whatever produces oil in your face) produce more oil than usual, so using too many steps isn't that good. Typically I use a different thing every day, so one day it will be a general pore cleanser, the next it's for blackheads, the next it's exfoliator or something. Then I can also use toner because I haven't overdone my skin at all. Then moisturizer. That way I'm a-ok.

Although a disadvantage to that is that the products aren't *quite* as effective. You're supposed to use the products every day for at least a month to see results, or something, as long as it doesn't say otherwise on the bottle.

This routine for me is just lately, though, because I have an alarming amount of facial cleansers at my disposal right now.

the face strips...you guys, they're amazing.

they took out stuff I'd been trying to get out for YEARS, but were too small to get rid of. the blackheads in my cheeks and on my nose...I never thought they'd be GONE.

I'm in awe. these things DEF deserve HG status, and I'll be buying them again. I seriously can't believe it.

awesome. I have little tiny blackheads on the part of my cheek closest to my nose, so I may have to try those out!

Yeah, me too! They're GONE. I was so amazed [especially at how long they were, which means they DEF wouldn't come out if I didn't use the strips]. Run to the store, Sor, run!

This stuff sounds awesome! I have a relatively clear complexion except when it comes to those pesky blackheads! It also doesn't help much that my pores resemble moon craters.
I'ma hafta buy me some!

Ooo in that case, since you have pretty normal skin, don't get the extra stregnth, just get the regular!

Roger, roger!

Puff, did you use the ultra strength or the normal ones? I got normal ones and they didn't do like anything for me. =[

I used the normal ones. Did you use as directed? Tell me exactly what you did; maybe I could help.

I did it exactly as it said, but it wouldn't dry. I waited over a half hour and it was still freaking WET. So I took it off and it was stuck and it hurt. ahaha. But I looked today it it did help a bit. It got all the big nasties. I'll do it again in a couple days and see if it gets rid of the rest =]

You probably used too much water to wet it. Next time, just use enough so its damp [if its moving around, or if you can touch it and water lifts up on your finger, its too wet].

Jerry let me use one on him...he tricked me into thinking it was fully dry and it didn't get as much as it should have, but next time I'm gonna use a scrub on him, and try again. Wee.

That's the thing, though. I didn't! haha. I actually thought it'd be too dry. I got muh nose wet and then I was reading the box and then I got one out and put it on and my nose wasn't very wet at the time. So that's why I was like WTF WHY WON'T YOU DRY?! so yeah. =[

LOL! Well that's why! It wasn't wet enough! Next time once its on your nose, dab a little water on it so its just slightly saturated. Let it stay on for 20 minutes [its usually dry by that time for me, then again I have a fat nose ], and voila, a strip full of nose stuff.

But if it wasn't wet enough, why wouldn't it dryyy? D:< I hate you, nose-strips! You make no sense!

wait? huh? ARG, now I'm confused to. bah. let's just hope for the best next time! XD

I tried the Nose Strips (the ultra strength ones) yesterday.

Wow. That sums it up for me - I had some serious blackhead action, and it was so simple. Dampen/wet my nose, pull see-through cover off nose strip, apply strip to 'affected' area (lol), wait 10-15 mins and pull off gently from the corners.

I thought I had quite a few, but it wasn't too sickening.

Will tried it with me - we were sniggering everytime we looked at each other. When he pulled his nose strip off - I swear.. I felt a bit jealous. I was practically in awe - it was absolutely covered in blackheadiness yuk. And a tiiiny bit of me was actually envious that he had "won".

isn't it awesome!? I swear, I just stare at the thing once I take it off. its disgusting, but fascinating all at once.