Etude House Black Head Off Heating Scrub

One of the items from my G-Market Global Haul #1:

Etude House Black Head Off Heating Scrub, 50g

Black Head Off Heating Scrub

What is it for?

Ingredients

How to use it?

After applying this scrub, I use the Daiso Charcoal Mask to further remove the whiteheads & blackheads.

How does it look like?

The scrub has a gel-like consistency with small bits of charcoal for exfoliation.

Picture below shows the heating scrub on a silicon tip from Etude House from my 2nd G-Market Haul (review here). I use the silicon tip to scrub my nose with the scrub and follow by extraction with Daiso Charcoal Mask / Etude House Green Tea Nose Pack.

Comments & Verdict

Looking at the ingredients list, I’m not so impressed. Parabens! (Go google about this controversial and widely used preservatives in cosmetics..)

The scrub has a gel-like consistency with small bits of charcoal for exfoliation.

When I first applied a pea size amount on my nose, there was a distinct citrus smell. I’m fine with it though. And there was this heating sensation! AMAZING! 😀

So after scrubbing for two minutes, I washed it off with warm water and noticed quite alot of whiteheads and blackheads surfaced.  BUT wasn’t it supposed to REMOVE the blackheads?

Thus, to remove the surfaced whiteheads & blackheads, I applied some Daiso Charcoal Mask on my nose. To my amazment, ALOT of the whiteheads were UNPLUGGED (what a word… hahaha). AWESOME!!!! 😀 Usually, when I use the Daiso Charcoal Mask alone, the amount of whiteheads removed were not as much!

But, as the mask is black in color, the effects on blackheads were not obvious. =/

Verdict: When used alone, I’ll give 4/10 since I hardly noticed any difference except that more whiteheads and blackheads surfaced. When used with Daiso Charcoal Mask, 8/10! 😀 The heating sensation really helped to open the pores for a more effective whitehead/blackhead removal after the scrub.

Would I buy again? Maybe. For a 50g scrub, I’ll think it’s value for money since it helped to open my pores and each time, only a pea size amount is used. But it’s not a great fix if used alone.