January's Beauty Products

Best Products for Blackhead Prone Skin:


The only good thing about blackheads is the satisfaction you get peeling those pore strips off your nose and seeing the gunk ripped out before your very eyes. Disgusting, yes. But disturbingly rewarding :) Blackheads are unfortunately the type of skin issue that you need to stay on top of if you want to keep them at bay. There’s no quick and final fix. The best way to get rid of blackheads it with a good skin care routine that’s focused on controlling oil and keeping pores clear. Blackheads occur due to dirt, oil and debris accumulating in the follicle, often from poor skin cleansing and exfoliation and incorrect product use, especially when using comedogenic ingredients in makeup, haircare and skin care that actually create blackheads on the skin. Blackhead products come in many forms. There are those that keep them from forming in the first place, and then there are blackhead removal products that tackle the issue if, and when, they rear their black heads.




1. Skin Republic Nose Strips + Charcoal

A winning combination of a pore strip application and oil-absorbing charcoal in the formula, these strips not only work, they’re affordable, too. Witch hazel works on tightening pores to minimise their appearance while aloe vera soothes any inflammation. This product comes in 6 individually sealed packs enclosed in a foil pouch so ideal for travel. Simple to use, clear instructions and - most importantly - they work! The satisfaction when removing them can’t be emphasized enough. Smooth, clear skin and no nasty black dots

2. Biore Ultra Deep Cleansing Pore Strips

There’s a good chance Biore’s pore strips have been in your skin care kit since your teenage years. Well, they deserve a spot in your adult line-up, too. Containing two top ingredients for keeping acne-prone skin in check - tea tree oil and witch hazel - these pore strips make quick work of stubborn blackheads. I also love that they’re dermatologist tested and hypoallergenic.

3. Cosmedix Detox Activated Charcoal Mask

Live or work in the city? The daily pollution you’re exposed to may be the key culprit behind your blackheads. This Cosmedix mask focuses on detoxing pollution-exposed skin by drawing out impurities from your pores (you can thank the kaolin clay and activated charcoal for this) and clearing pollutants from skin. This charcoal face mask is sensitive skin-approved and great for decongesting large pores.

4. Ole Henriksen Pore Balance Facial Sauna Scrub

A unique face scrub that warms up to open pores and deeply purify skin before cooling down to re-close pores noce they’re clean and clear, you’ll find glycolic and lactic acids and volcanic sand in this formula. Excess oil is soaked up, pore size is minimized and skin is left smooth, refreshed and clear.