Product Review: Pond's Clear Solutions Clean Pore Strips

I am not one to usually try out beauty products like pore clean strips but I decided to try out Pond's Clear Solutions Clean Pore Strips. I thought that it seemed to be a bit much at about 5 dollars, basically 80 cents a strip, but I couldn't find any thing else at the store. Directions are always something that I try to follow to a tee, especially if I am using a product for the very first time. The directions for Pond's Clear Solutions Clean Pore Strips are:

Wet you finger with water and use it to moisten the smooth side of strip. Apply wet strip to nose. Smooth out air bubbles, ensuring good contact with skin. Let dry about 15 minutes the strip should feel dry and stiff. For best results, slowly and carefully peel off strip. Instantly see the results.

The first strip that I used was a bit bubbly, something that was totally my fault for not putting it on as smoothly as you should and with the other strips I made sure to smooth it out as best as possible. Still when I first peeled off the first strip I didn't see too remarkable results. However I could feel that my pores were more open and washing my face again made me realize the little strip did help a little. With the next strip I was super careful when putting it on, making sure I had almost no air bubbles and found that it worked better.

I would recommend that if you use them that you limit the number of people who are going to see you, because you feel totally silly. My son, almost 2 years old was not to fond of mommy's new look and whined a bit when he saw it. Make sure that you can dedicate 15 minutes, that is what the box recommends and what it takes for the strip to fully dry, to applying the strip. Wash your face before and after you use the strip to get the best use out of it. Then attempt to push out any black heads or white heads that you may have, I have found that strips make this an easier process.

I have to admit that I wasn't overly impressed with this product, I wouldn't want to mislead anyone into thinking that it does miracles. As the box indicated you will see results instantly but my results were not what I had hoped for. Now I don't think that it was horrible but I won't be buying it again. I just can't justify spending 80 cents everyday for a little bit of aid with the removal of black heads and white heads, especially since the aid that it does offer is not all that impressive.