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Nose Strips vs. Charcoal Mask

Haha. So occasionally I like to do some "outside the field" work and experiment with other brands. We saw these nose strips that were inexpensive and thought we'd try them out. First, let me start with there were 3 strips in the box for $1.00, so great price like I mentioned previously. Second, we read the directions on how to apply: Skin must be wet, peel off plastic sheet, apply, and leave on for 10-15 minutes. Then gently pull off. Here's where I got worried. Anything you have to peel off your skin is not good as it can create little microscopic tears on our face that's already so gentle. Also, t he smell of the strips also had pretty strong, plastic like smell. Hence our faces lol. Well, once we peeled and applied, we had some trouble keeping the strip on our noses. We tried to re-wet our noses to help it stick which helped a little, and allowed them to dry. I'll be honest, I was kind of excited to see that immediate gratification of white do...