I’ve been meaning to write about this product for ages now, but better late than never, I guess!
For most of my life, I’ve been plagued by open pores. As a teenager, I always assumed this was one of those temporary, teenage thing (like acne, say) that I’d one day grow out of, and be left with perfect, pore-free skin, but that day never came, and those pores are just as large and as open as they’ve ever been. To be honest, I’ve not really tried to do much about this, as I’ve always had more pressing beauty concerns on my mind, like trying to work out which mascara will make my eyelashes actually reach the ceiling, and that kind of thing.
The appearance of this product on the market did pique my interest, though. Its full title is “The POREfessional: pro balm to minimize the appearance of pores“, and that really tells you almost everything you need to know about this. The most important thing to note, however, is that it’s designed purely to disguise those open pores, not to treat them, so if you want rid of them forever (or to minimize them, rather: if you get rid of your pores altogether you won’t be able to sweat, and that won’t be pretty) this isn’t the product for you. If your content just to hide them a little better than foundation alone can generally manage, however, it’s a clear balm which can be applied over or under makeup, and which you can use throughout the day for top-ups as needed.
I’d be really interested to know how much of a difference this actually makes. Anyone tried it?
It costs $28, and you can click here to buy it from Benefit.
sounds intriguing, i too wonder if it works
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I absolutely love everything that benefit does… this product is no miracle worker : obviously if you have HUGE pores like me, no makeup is really going to make your skin flawless. But it does make a noticeable difference. It works very nicely as a light primer.
Can anyone compare it to UD Pore Minimising primer? I absolutely love that but it’s really hard to get hold of near me.
I use it because my pores are huge. It does help minimize them, but since I don’t wear foundation I can’t testify how well it works in conjunction with it.
I haven’t used this product at all, but did have big pores, and found that finding a good cleanser helped my skin and got rid of them. I now use Dermalogica gel cleanser and find my skin texture and pore size is back to normal. Good luck!!
This works wonderfully, although not all day, about half-way through I have to reapply. I like it much better than the Urban Decay one, it has a silkier and less oily feel to it. The UD is good too, but not ideal for use on the t-zone if you have oily or combination skin. Also the Porefessional has a light, pleasant scent that quickly fades, and it really does blend into the skin, it doesn’t tint it at all.