Bioré Baking Soda
About a
month ago, Influenster lovingly, thoughtfully, graciously sent me these
products (I'm grateful, can you tell?). I've been trying them out for long
enough now that I feel I have a well-rounded opinion on them. There is the
Bioré Baking Soda Pore Cleanser and the Bioré Baking Soda Cleansing Scrub. Let
me just point out how hardcore the packaging is, solid like a brick wall, so heavy
duty that the army could use it mid-battlefield.
This is
their new Baking Soda line. The idea
is, "how clean can we make your pores?" Hella clean. I have wacky
skin, it's dry, oily, sensitive, acne-prone, red, just everything out there. I
like to use the cleanser every other day, because it's extremely cleaning,
which is great for the oily aspect of my skin but doesn't coincide well with
the dryness. Using it makes my skin feel so clean, like it's been reborn. I
always follow it with at least a nice moisturizer, but ideally, a serum, eye
cream, moisturizer. It has a baking soda smell, and has these little beads in
the product. I've
said in the past that I am not a fan of those types of cleansers which seem to
do next to nothing to clean the skin because they're so gentle (like the Fresh cleanser, or the Aveeno one), you tend to leave with a
fresh scent in your nose but your skin is in the next-to same cleanliness state
as before. No fears with this one however, it cleans the heck out of your skin.
So that's my word of caution: for those with extremely sensitive skin, you
can't handle this cleaning action. The funny thing about this cleanser is that
I find it more scrubbing than the scrub.
As for
the scrub... WOW. Favourite scrub
I've used. It comes in a powder, and you add water to it, so you control the
consistency. You can make it either like a paste, or add more water to make it
closer to a foam. It's so gentle and lovely feeling. I like to make this in
between a foam and a paste, for the forehead and cheeks, and a straight-up
paste for my nose. It has the same smell as the cleanser, but it's somehow so
much more gentle. For this one, I'd say all skin types are welcome. Of course
the baking soda is geared towards oily skin, but all skin types could use this
and follow up with a nice, non-pore clogging moisturizer. Such smooth skin, a
beautiful experience.
