Want to learn how to clean your pores fast and for free? When you don’t have time to get your pores professionally
extracted, there is a simple technique I have been doing for years that you can
try at home. I am not a licensed esthetician, nor am I claiming that this is
the best way to extract your pores, but when you don’t have time to get a
facial, I feel like this is the next best thing and it works great for me.
All you need to do is steam your clean face (must not have makeup on) either by taking at least a 20 minute bath with the windows closed or hovering your face over a pot full of steaming water, with eyes closed, and a towel over your head. Please take extreme caution to not burn your eyeballs by opening up your eyes over the hot steam! If you decide to steam your face over a hot pot of water, do so for several minutes.
All you need to do is steam your clean face (must not have makeup on) either by taking at least a 20 minute bath with the windows closed or hovering your face over a pot full of steaming water, with eyes closed, and a towel over your head. Please take extreme caution to not burn your eyeballs by opening up your eyes over the hot steam! If you decide to steam your face over a hot pot of water, do so for several minutes.
Once your pores are open, put a little rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and lightly swipe the areas to be extracted as well as on the butter knife to kill any bacteria and prevent breakouts. Take the blunt side of a clean
butter knife and with the tip pointing down, press and scrape downwards
against the surface of your nose, chin or forehead until you see blackheads or
white-ish gunky stuff coming out of your nose. I like to call the gross white stuff “white wormies”. Haha. Wipe the blackheads or white
wormies onto a tissue inbetween extractions. Never push upwards with the knife
otherwise you may experience huge, underground zits -- so always push gently, but firmly and scrape
downwards!
I like to use
both the Queen Helene Mint Julep
Masque and the Skindulgence: 30 Minute
Non-Surgical Facelift masque treatments right after to further clean out
and tighten the pores. You can use one or the other, but I like to use both, the Queen Helene Mint Julip Masque first and then the Skindulgence: 30 Minute Non-Surgical Facelift masque right after. After you’re done extracting and using the
treatment(s), close up your pores by rinsing your face with cold water. Some
people like to use witch hazel on a cotton ball to further close the pores but
I feel like it makes my skin feel kinda tight and dry so I only do it once in
awhile. You can also use a little rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball again. I try to extract and use
my masques once a week. For more info on the face masques, please read my article here, #6 to be specific. Happy extracting!
