My Scheming Blackhead Acne Removal Activated Carbon Mask Set

*I purchased this product at full price and with my own money. As always, this will be a thorough and honest review of my experiences with this product. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! I would be more than happy to answer them to the best of my ability. If you find this review helpful, I would very much appreciate it if you could click that 'helpful' button right below to let me know. :) Thank you!I absolutely LOVE this mask. Definitely the best pore cleaner that I have ever used, and blackheads and large pores have been an issue with my skin for well over a decade, so I have tried many a stip in my day. I have played around with this mask a lot over the last couple of months that I have had it and I have found an order of doing things which always seems to get great results. Every time. I have a friend who also has this mask and had tried it a couple of times and didn't really get good results so she stopped using it. I asked her if she would be willing to try it again but do it this way and she agreed. It pulled so much nasty out of her face the first time that she used it this way that it made her feel a little bit sick just looking at the mask afterwards.Are there other ways to use this set and have it work? I'm positive that there are. There are even other ways that are less steps that I have used when I'm shorter on time. While they usually technically work (because ultimately this *is* a good mask in-and-of itself), it just wasn't nearly as effective as it could have been.Right below this is a step-by-step in which I sort of help explain what is going with each step and why it's important. If you are looking for a more bare-bones version, there is a TL;DR version at the bottom just for you. :)Happy hunting!How to use this system most effectively:- Cleanse face (using it just out of the shower will also work best, but is absolutely not necessary).- Use Step 1 by putting some of the liquid (which has a near water consistency) on the areas that you will be using the mask on. I carefully put a bit on my finger and spread it over an area, then get a little more and do the same with the next section. This stuff spreads really well, so a little will go a lot farther than you expect it to!- Once you have finished putting on the Step 1 solution, set a timer for ten minutes.- Massage the Step 1 solution into the treatment areas for a good two or three minutes (once you have set the timer, this is the beginning two or three minutes of that timed set). The solution soaks in incredibly quickly, so most if not all of this section of the timer is spent *lightly* massaging your treatment areas themselves, as opposed to rubbing in the treatment. (You are helping the solution to penetrate deeper, as well as stimulating the skin and moving the pores around. This is helping to open up the pores and make sure that the solution is able to get down in and around those clogged areas. This will probably seem kind of silly to you and will feel like it's been a long time, but it is an important step - just make sure that you are giving the areas a light massage and not simply rubbing the skin, which wouldn't be helpful [and may in fact become irritating]).- Let the solution sit on your face.- When you have about 90 seconds left on the timer, give the areas one last good little massage while time runs out. The treated areas should feel softer than they did before, and almost more supple than the areas around it (if you chose to spot-treat instead of doing your whole face). For this last massage step, it is *incredibly important* to make sure that you aren't rubbing against the skin as that could cause micro tearing or other irritation that the mask could really exacerbate.- Once time is up, rinse the Step 1 solution off of the treatment areas with warm water (which will also help to open up the pores). DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.- Steam your freshly rinsed face to finish opening the pores. This could mean anything from using an actual face steamer, to putting a towel over your head while you [carefully!] lean over a pot of water that was very recently boiling, all the way to something simple (which is what I usually do) like holding a hot towel [carefully!] to the treatment areas for thirty seconds to a minute or so.- If treatment areas are not already wet from the steaming step, lightly dampen those areas with warm water. (Think along the lines of a biore pore strip.)- Apply Step 2 (charcoal mask) to damp treatment areas in a decent coat (something fairly even, and thick enough to be able to grab and peel off once dry)- Leave Step 2 to dry. Depending on your current conditions (both your skin, and the environment that you are in) as well as how thick the mask is on your face, it will take anywhere from about twenty minutes to an hour or more to completely dry. The mask goes more matte when it's dry (pictures attached), so for me at least it was fairly easy to tell which parts were dry and which weren't ready yet.- Once the mask is completely dry, find a starting place and start peeling the mask off. ** Try as much as possible to pull from the from your chin up toward your forehead and from your ears in toward your nose, NOT from your forehead down toward your chin!- Rinse off any bits of mask residue still left on your face. I found that these easily wash off with a little bit of water and my fingers.- Smooth the Step 3 solution on the treatment area/s as quickly as possible after you have removed the mask and cleared your face from any leftover mask debris. This solution is meant to help close your pores back up, so the longer you wait after the removal of the mask, the more time your pores are deeply exposed to pollutants and contaminants. (The Step 3 solution is the same consistency as the first step fluid, and is put on in much the same way.)- Let the Step 3 solution completely soak into the skin and dry before moving on any further in your skincare regimen. (Leave Step 3 on the skin, you do not wash this step off afterwards as we did with the first step.)TL;DR - how to:1.) Cleanse face.2.) Apply step one to treatment area. (Consistency is like water, but it spreads like crazy.) This is something that helps loosen your pores and release the gunk in the clogged bits.3.) Set a timer for ten minutes.4.) Spend the first two or three minutes of the timer massaging (not rubbing!) the treatment area/s. Once a couple of minutes have gone by, stop massaging and leave fave alone.5.) When there are about 90 seconds left on the timer, gently massage treatment areas again, taking great care not to rub the skin.6.) Carefully (don't rub at or pull on your face too much) rinse the solution off of the treatment areas using water only. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.7.) Steam your face. The deeper the steam the better, but be careful!8.) Wet the treatment area/s with warm water (think like a biore pore strip) and apply Step 2 (charcoal mask) in an even layer over desired area/s.9.) Let it naturally (don't sit in front of a fan or something to speed up the process) dry completely. I have attached pictures showing how the mask goes from shiny to matte once dry.10.) Find a spot toward the bottom and start pulling up toward the top (and from the ears toward the nose, when relevant)11.) Rinse face with warm water and get any extra bits of mask off before immediately applying a good dose of Step 3 (which has the same consistency as Step 1) to the treatment areas. This helps close your pores back up again.12.) Allow time for Step 3 to fully sink in and be soaked up before moving on in your skincare regimen. (Do not wash this off as we did with Step 1.)Let me know if this was helpful. I rely heavily on reviews when making my own decisions so I want to be as helpful to those who come after me as I possibly can be. :)Have a great day!

I’ve bought and used up 2 bottles of this product. It’s the best black peel off mask that I’ve found. What I’ve noticed is that following the instructions provided does NOT work for sensitive skin. The instructions say to wet your face before using the mask. In my experience, this makes the mask insanely hard to peel off- it doesn’t come off in one piece. It also leaves almost a burn on my face if I wet my face before using the mask. The pictures I posted show the burns it leaves. I have very pale and sensitive skin so this is a factor. But I’ve noticed if I put the mask on when my face is dry, the mask peels off in one piece and it isn’t painful. This is a great product and it really cleans my pores, but it requires some trial and error to figure out what works for you.

For someone who already has crazy oily skin, moving to the humid climate of the south made my face breakout and my pores huge. I tried every product from masks and serums to cleansers and toners and nothing was working to make my pores less noticeable and stop those breakouts. This little hidden gem works wonders on your face, leaving it oil free for several hours and your pores nice and clean, in the week I've been using it I have noticed significantly less blackheads and an overall improvement in getting those mid day "oil overloads". The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is that for as many pros as it has, you really do need to follow the directions to the letter, and unfortunately the translation on the bottle from Korean to English can make for some definite user error. My recommendation would be to watch a youtube video or two about charcoal peel masks and try a bit of trial and error until you find what works for you. The key tip I can give is to make sure your face is completely wet when applying the mask and make sure to pull upwards when taking it off (instead of down or to the side). Don't expect a miracle on your first couple rounds, contrary to the photos on all these products you're unlikely to see those lovely yellow sebum oils coming off on the peel... but you will see a difference in your skin which is what counts. I would definitely recommend giving it a go, just be careful when applying near your hairline or eyebrows (these masks have a tendancy to pull off hair as well as oil if you aren't careful), but if you apply the mask carefully and away from hair you'll be just fine. Plus you'll notice a mini face wax feature hidden in here as it takes off those little fuzzies on your chin/nose pain free. If it starts to hurt when pulling off you can always throw a splash of water on there as well to loosen things up, but you likely won't need it as this mask is far easier to remove than others I have tried (just remember to pull from the bottom up). Overall I am very happy to have added this to my skin routine!

I didn’t see any black heads but it did a SUPER good job of removing ALL of the peach fuzz from my face!! I give it a 3 bc it hurt so much when removing. It felt like a lip wax only for my entire face!! Only much slower! I may have left it on for too long. Plus, I went outside in the wind for a bit. Not sure but the pain was for real!! I didn’t glop it on. I tried to keep somewhat of a thin layer so that it would dry faster. There’s lots of utube tutorials out there for this product. When I used it on my husband, it came off of him painlessly but it didn’t really remove anything. We didn’t keep it on his face for as long as I kept it in mine though and he wasn’t outside in the wind like I was either. Ultimately, we had 2 very different experiences with this product.

ich habe diverse Videos auf Youtube gesehen und wollte diese Maske unbedingt testen. Leider hat sie nicht den Erfolg gebracht, der angepriesen wurde. Das einzig positive war, dass ich keine Unverträglichkeiten danach aufwies.