Strip it Off!  Pore Cleaning Strips

Mix two ingredients and microwave for 10 seconds to slightly warm. Using a clean cosmetic brush, apply to nose and chin area. Avoid delicate eye area.  Rinse brush immediately. Allow mixture on nose and chin to dry for 10-15 minutes. Mixture will dry quite stiff and form a "stiff film."  Peel off the film and stare at all the little porcupine quills that used to be in your nose pores (one of the chief entertainment factors with B'Strips!).

I love this Pore Strip recipe! It works great! You just have to get over the smell and finish a few hours before any important dates, etc because it leaves your face kinda red for a while! LOL! -- Emma M., Feb 2011

Just wanted to share my recent success with this simple recipe for natural pore cleaning. Hope someone finds it helpful! My additions: I used the plastic spatula from my waxing kit for application as it is much easier to clean than a brush. Also this recipe makes quite a bit, even if you wanted to do your entire face. I would start with a smaller amount (perhaps teaspoons instead of tablespoons), keeping the "1 to 1.5 ratio" and then you can always make a second batch if need be. Also the warm milk smell might not be pleasant to all noses.  Happy stripping! -- Katrini @ LiveJournal  2007

Great Advice, thank you!  -- Ed.

Just wanted to comment on your Strip it off! Pore cleansing recipe. I really like it, I just wanted to recommend adding 2-3 drops of pure tea tree oil for the added antibacterial tingle. Lovely recipe I shall be using this and your other recipes often. Thanks for posting them! -- Meagan Bagley, British Columbia  2006

Fantastic idea; but we're curious if the product sets up as easily, with the addition of Tea Tree Oil? -- Ed.

So I finally got around to trying it and oh boy! It's very sticky and dried very stiff. I was kind of fun just to make a silly face and feel it crack after it dried. (I put it on my nose and chin.) It felt a bit like pulling a band-aid off very slowly. It was THAT sticky.  I didn't have a makeup brush to put it on with, so I used my fingers. So it probably went on a bit thicker than it's supposed to be.  Overall, I didn't notice very much difference. But my blackheads have been much less visible and greatly diminished since I have been regularly doing OCM. So I don't know if there was much there to pull out. I didn't see "little porcupine quills" on the strip when I pulled it off.   I wouldn't mind trying it again if I have a big visible blackhead or 2 (or 3 or 10...:lol). But I don't think it will be a regular thing.   But very cost-effective alternative! An hour later.... Hmmm, if possible my pores seem even more blackhead free. Since I previously posted *5 minutes* after I tried this, maybe I hadn't given my pores a chance to close more. :grin:    Okay, I think it's worthy. Still not a regular thing, more once-in-awhile. But combined with OCM, pretty fab. And still cost-effective!   -- Loon13, December 27, 2005

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