Clinique: Pore Refining Solutions review!

When I found myself in the midst of a Clinique skin consultation a while back, one of the things I mentioned feeling self-concious about is the pores on my nose. I've noticed more and more over the last few years how many black heads I have in my nose pores, and they're just about impossible to get rid of entirely. She suggested that I try these out, then I happened to get some samples when I made another purchase. They even came in this super cute little bag!

So here's my reviews of these three products from Clinique's pore refining solutions line :)

instant perfector

I've been using this as part of my everyday morning face routine, and the effect that it gives is to minimise the appearance of pores. I was literally amazed the first time I used this as home. If you've used Benefit's POREfessional, this has a similar effect. If you haven't, it just makes your pores forget they ever even existed. I don't suffer from big pores or anything, but the effect was amazing. I've really been loving this, and as the full size retails at £19 I might be tempted to buy the full size when this is used up, as it's the cheapest of the three.

correcting serum

Again I've been using this as part of my morning face routine. I use this product before the instant perfector, and if I'm going to repurchase any of these three, it'll be this one. I noticed after around a week of using this every day my pores were starting to look different, and before long they were cleared out. Since then, I've had practically no black heads on my nose! The full size is an unfortunate £38, so I'll have to save up for it if I do get it, but I'd like to keep this in my morning face routine :)

stay-matte hydrator

Finally, this is the product of the set that I've been using much less. Instead of using this still as another every day product (somehow using all 3 seemed a little excessive), I've been using it on days when I have a lazy day instead of the other two or when my nose gets exceptionally dry. Although I always moisturise my skin in the morning and most nights, my nose gets especially dry as the weather gets colder and the skin there really benefits from the little bit of extra moisture that this gives. While I do like this product, I prefer the other two. It normally retails at £32, but I think this sample size might last me longer than the other two will anyway.

I've been having a bit of a Clinique craze recently, so I hope you've been liking my reviews on their products!

n xx