DIY: Baking Soda Blackhead Removing Scrub

Hi DIY Sotongs~

Most people with oily, combination skin suffers from something really pesky and irritating called the whiteheads and blackheads. It is caused by excess serum and dirt trapped inside open pores and we...  HATE it.

So I'm gonna share with you guys today my top favorite DIY recipe which helps improves the whiteheads/blackheads condition, which is the... *drumrolls*

"Baking Soda Blackhead Removing Scrub"!

This is a simple recipe that I like to do at home once a week to remove the gunks stuck in the pores of my nose and the area around. It's not exactly a REMOVING scrub but more of a loosening scrub which gently buffs away the "plug" that covers the actual thing on the nose.

What you'll need:

1 teaspoon of baking soda

A wet foundation brush

How to:

1. Take 1/2 teaspoon of Baking SODA and place it into a bowl. (I use an empty face cream container)
2. Wet the foundation brush with water.
3. Using just the water on the brush, mix the baking soda into a paste. (If it's too wet, the scrub won't adhere to you face too well)
4. Start with a freshly washed face, spread the scrub onto your nose and chin area and leave it on for 1 minute.
5. After that, start massaging the scrub in a circular motion to loosen the whiteheads/blackheads for about 1-2 minutes.
6. Rinse off with luke warm water to further open the pores (if you are following up with a pore strip), if not just rinse with tap water. 
7. (Optional) Follow up with a pore strip.

I prefer to follow up with a pore strip to "extract" the dirt. So I pasted a pore strip on my nose and waited for it to dry and harden.

This is what I got after peeling off the pore strip.

WARNING: 

EXTREME GROSS-NESS AHEAD!!

Disgusting huh?

The scrub somehow maximizes the "power" of the pore strip, since it has removed the "cover" of the blackheads, allowing it to be remove easily by the sticky pore strip.

My nose feels really clear and clean after using this scrub with a pore strip and most of the whiteheads are gone as you can see from the picture. However, the deeper ones still requires a professional extraction at a facial salon. 

Effectiveness (If followed up with a pore strip):

xoxo, 

~ Sotong Rei