Purchased these charcoal pore strips from alvira on Tuesday. I didn't have high expectations because it's a product of the action for just $0.99. Yet I was very curious and fetched them. And no regrets! Doing it was very easy you removed the strip just like a stick tattoo from the plastic, stick it to your nose and make it wet/damp (wet your fingertips a little) then leave it for 15-20 minutes and you're done. I noticed right away that the edges at my nostrils didn't feel so greasy anymore and I had fewer pores. A minus point is that when I took them off there were some black pieces of the strip on my nose and I had to wash them off well, it seemed like pieces of black dried out glue. 😬😂