Disgusting yet delightful: Biore Deep Cleansing Pore Strips

Some people are good to their skin. They are patient, disciplined, leave it be.

I am not one of those people. I scratch, pick and squeeze. I know it can make my spots worse, I know it can damage the skin, I know it is disgusting, but surely I can not be alone with this?!

Once I am aware of a spot lurking in my skin I have to GET.IT.OUT.OF.MY.FACE. (Like Lady Macbeth, lolz. No? Anybody? "Out damn spot", y'know - a terrible Shakespeare related gag? No?)


Anyway, I tried a version of these a few years ago at uni and was a little disappointed, however, I now suspect in my excitement at seeing gunk exit my face I didn't leave them on long enough.

Two weeks ago I was in Sainsburys and ambled into the beauty section (like a magnet, honestly) and spotted the Biore ones for £2.40 for the pack of 6, so thought I should give them another try.

This time I left it on for a good 15 minutes and ohhhhh boy did some rubbish leave my nose! I really suffer with blocked pores on my nose, cheeks and chin so it was great to see my nose cleared without damaging the skin. In my excitement I popped one on my chin and it also did a good job here. The other half got a bit jealous of the fun I was having and also gave it a go - he too was impressed at the gory results.

I kept on using them every 3 days as recommended (even looking forward to nose strip day, the shame) and I have definitely noticed an improvement- my pores look a little tighter and less gunk is coming out of them now so I am super impressed that these seem to make a long term difference. 

When I was last in Boots I went to replace them and they were a shocking £7! Very poor value for just 6 strips, so I am praying my local Sainsburys still has them in.

What I am curious about now is whether it is just the Biore ones that are particularly good or whether all brands work? Have you tried these or other types of nose strip and had good results?