After a long 2 week continuous use, I’m proud to say here it is!!! Thanks for waiting! I want to make sure this product I’m using is thoroughly tested before I have my say on it. Of course, understandably we all have different types of skin. One product might work for you but not for the other so before purchase always read, research and proceed with caution.

To give you an overview, my skin type: combination with dry skin. Given my age (although most will say I’m still young but I myself don’t fairly think so), I’ve been experiencing moisture lost with series of blackhead and a few adult acne. They’re not that prominent but they’re visible enough to look irritating knowing it’s in there on your face.

Conscious?  Yeah, maybe. I don’t like the feeling people give me when they stare at my pimple and blackheads. It gives me the feeling I’m not very clean or hygienic but given living in Manila, it’s unavoidable unless you drive to office or hole up inside the house everyday.

Neutrogena Deep Clean Blackhead Eliminating Daily Scrub

If you notice their 100 gram bottle is quite big as compared to others. I think they used a 120 or 150 grams standard size bottle that is readily available in the market as a cost saving move rather than having a new mold made for a 100 grams size bottle. It’s just an observation I like to point out.

This is manufactured in Thailand.

You would probably notice that most of the beauty products sold here are made in Thailand or China. This is pretty much normal given that both have cheap labor and the distribution channel to Asia is nearer than those that are made in the US, Canada or EU.

I can’t say they’re bad or good but product selection, distribution, sourcing of ingredients and regulation plays a big part in here. I’ve heard Japan has one of the highest and strictest standard in the beauty industry than those of EU and US but the rest of Asia (except for Korea) is quite lax.

Just a thought, a chocolate manufactured from Australia taste different from those made in Indonesia. They might have the same ingredients but the percentage of ingredient used such as Cocoa Butter varies per country in line to the country they export to.  The stricter the regulations are the higher quality ingredients are used for that selected batch of product to be exported to that country.

Of course, substitution of ingredients is quite common given that EU regulation differs from the US and Japan. So one ingredient used might not be acceptable in the EU and Japan but is acceptable in the US. Given that, notice that in Europe they mostly sell specifically made EU products because of their regulation.

Sealed!

I like to point out not all cleanser whether it’s foam, liquid or scrub comes in sealed. Check out a few inside the supermarket and you’ll know what I mean. So, this is always a big welcome to purchase one that comes with this.

About a size of a 5 peso coin.

This scrub has a light citrus smell that works best on a slightly moist face where I can feel the micro scrub working it ways on my skin better than using it on a wet face. I find more blackheads visibly gone using this method but some whiteheads are still there…

 This comes in 6 small tubes.

After scrubbing I used this. They come in 6 small tubes and 1 tube lasted about for 5-6 use. Note, I only use it around the area of my nose and chin so you can considered me stingy. Given the price, you will probably do the same too. For 6 tubes, you get to use it all up about 36 times, that’s about 1 tube for every 2 weeks of 3 times a week use. Approximately, a total of 3 months use.

Neutrogena Warming Treatment ingredients.

This is made in Korea and I can attest that they really make excellent beauty product so I definitely have no say against them. Salicylic Acid ingredient is just 0.5%, this is considered low compared to the average pimple gel you can buy at the drugstore which is 2.5%.

Some direction: Use only 2-3 times a week on T-zone area.

All tubes are sealed.

Actual product is like a pimple gel ointment.

Squeeze a little to dispense the product and place immediately on the “infected” area. This warms my skin really fast and removes those remaining stubborn blackhead. Not bad but I actually don’t see much of the difference maybe just minimal only.

Cooling Toner

This bottle looks cheap. Yeah definitely cheap. Just scrape the printed label and it becomes a typical plastic bottle not associated or recognize with Neutrogena unlike their Rainbath Shower Bath and Gel line.

Toner is also sealed!

This product also contains Salicylic Acid.

Even though the bottle looks cheap, the label did live up to its name. Cool but not minty cool, just tingly cool enough on skin and really does tighten up the pores. I would recommend that you check out the mirror first and make sure no traces of blackhead remains or else! I made a mistake of using the scrub on a wet face method and without the use of warming treatment so I ended up with tighten blackhead pores…sigh!

Overall, this product line is not that bad at all. I would highly recommend you get the toner for summer use. Just a tip, skip the scrub and warming treatment and pair this toner with a lot of good facial scrub products available in the market such as VMV Hypoallergenic ID facial scrub or St.Ives Apricot Scrub. They both remove most blackheads and whiteheads in one use.

Product Details:
Brand: Neutrogena Deep Clean Blackhead Eliminating
Product Line: Scrub, Warming Treatment and Toner
Price: Php 255, 495 and 295 (price in order as indicated above)
Usage: 2-3 times a week only (I only used it 3x a week)