Watsons Deep Cleansing Nose Pore Strips with Witch Hazel and Aloe Vera Extract

To be honest, I was a little hesitant to buy this item.  Maybe because it's under the Watsons brand.  Having a in-house brand items is something that's being practiced back in Australia wayyy back, but being back in Asia, there's this sense of hesitancy and reluctance to give it a try.  Nonetheless, I was a little desperate as I couldn't find any other brand besides Biore (doesn't really work for me), so I thought, oh well, what the heck.

When I opened it up, the first thing that hits me is that it doesn't have the creases in between to make way for the shape of the nose, not as what was in the picture.  It doesn't fair well for me because I find it hard to fit the shape of my nose without those creases here and there.

Secondly, it's thinner than the Charcoal one that I was using prior. It does feel a little weird due to the lack of crease and the thin texture.

Thirdly, when I brought it close to my nose to stick it, I was suddenly engulfed by this overpowering smell!  It's herb-like and it's very, very strong.  I reckon it might be the witch hazel smell.  Ergh... if you are sensitive to smell, please, stay away from this product.

In the midst of all these, I have to say that it works.  It really sticks to your nose, so you have to make sure it's position rightly because sticking, because it doesn't budge once you stick it in.  Also, because it's thinner than the usual strips, it dries rather quickly.  It's easily removable too, which I believe is because it's thin.  At the same time, it does clear my nose of the gunks!  Nope, no pictures of the gunk this time round.  I doubt you can see it clearly though.

Seriously, it's just the smell that turns me off.  Otherwise, I'd say this is a good buy.

Charcoal Black Heal Pharm Cleaner Pack

I bought this quite a while back, not long after I finished my previous one.  I've not seen it previously and I thought, at the price of RM9.80 per box, it is decent enough.  There are two types, but I only bought this charcoal black to try.

I used to use Biore's one (who doesn't??) and I have to say that this is much better than Biore's!  Some of the differences:

1. Thickness.  This Heal Pharm is much thicker.  It's kinda like 2 layers of Biore in one.  One side is black (Charcoal) and the other side is white.  Got quite a nice "feel" to its thickness, if you know what I mean.

2. Adhesive.  This definitely works much better than Biore!  I know it sounds gross, but I betcha we will darn satisfied when we see the strip being filled every nook and corner!  Haha... okay, grossness aside, this really works.  I definitely feel a lot cleaner around my nose once I've peeled it off.  Ah, the satisfaction...

(I know it's gross, but picture paints a thousand words right? =p)

3.  Messiness.  With Biore, the area around my nose turns black.  I always have to resort to rubbing it to ensure that all the adhesive and the black colour does not stay on my nose.  Do you have that?  But with this, it's rather clean.  Albeit there's still a little bit of adhesive or black that stays on the nose sometimes, it's definitely clean!

I do love this, but I don't use it very often, probably about once every 1 and half to 2 weeks.  It's because it does its job well, and I usually feel my pore's a little clogged around that time as well.

Guess what? I've already did a stock up! =p There was a promotion ongoing whereby 2 boxes are going for RM17.  I bought the white one to try instead.  I think this is quite a hit item because I went to visit a couple of Watsons around my area and both have totally sold off their charcoal series.  Amazing.