I like to think that I keep my blog a 'bad review' free place but there comes a time in a blogger's life where there is a 'not my kind of product' post. This is mine.
I got a small sample of the POREfessional when Glamour magazine were doing their summer freebies. Like every other girl on the planet, I jumped at the chance to try this out as I had heard so many good things about it. The POREfessional is a balm that you apply as a primer to your face that is meant to minimise the appearance of your pores. Sounds pretty good huh?
The first time I tried this, I wasn't too over the moon with it and it has quite a greasy consistency as it was a flesh coloured putty and I wasn't quite sure how I was going to apply it onto my skin. I persevered but I didn't notice a big difference on my skin once I applied my foundation over it.
Skip forward a few months and I made a mental commitment to really test this out before forming an opinion. Yeah...it's really not for me. I made a big effort to use it properly after reading some more reviews and once I applied my foundation over it, I found that it highlighted severe dry and flaky areas of my skin. I cleanse, tone and moisturise EVERY single night/day and I'm always really meticulous so I have no idea how POREfessional managed to bring out the dryness in my skin.
When swatching a little of this on a piece of paper for the purposes of this post, I noticed that a gradual layer of oil or grease started forming around it. Is that what I have been putting onto my face? That just does not look appealing.
(Sorry for the scary face!)
I managed to capture the area of severe flaky skin after I took my makeup off. It was quite prominent between my eyes and it put me in a blind panic that I ended up using my Origins Overnight Intensive Mask in an effort to put the moisture back into my skin. How scary?
It pains me to write this because I LOVE Benefit's products and I find that you do get a great quality product for what you pay for. But this really did not fare well with me.
I'm sorry Benefit, still love you, just not your POREfesional!
Vanessa
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I got this product in Glamour to try out too, I didn't think much of it, didn't fill in my pores at all. And that sample on the paper...ew! Shame it didn't work for us ay?! X
ReplyDeleteI felt like it was such an unnecessary step in my routine :( such a shame for us >.<
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Oh no, that's not good. I've only used the Glamour sample once and only used it on my nose because I didn't think I needed it anywhere else. It worked ok for me but nothing amazing. It's definitely over priced for what it's supposed to do, and especially if it clings to dry patches. At least you didn't pay full price :) x
ReplyDeleteDefinitely over-priced. I didn't see the appeal in it when I first saw the product but my curiosity got the better of me!
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I agree- for the price there are far better (and cheaper) products out there!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! It's just far too expensive for what it is and does.
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