** Pores For Thought! **

Advantages: Refreshing, great packaging, smooths.
Disadvantages: More of an exfoliater then a peel/face mask.

...** WHO ARE SOAP & GLORY? ** Soap & Glory was created by a very clever lady named Marcia Kilgore who is also the brain behind Bliss Spas and the new Fitflops range. Soap & Glory is now a huge bath and beauty range sold in boots, John Lewis and the similar large stores. Its products range from bubble bath and body lotion, to lip gloss and self-tan. Although the products are quite pricey compared to the rest of the market it definitely has made its mark in the beauty and body industry and has a strong, loyal customer base. ** WHAT IS THE FAB PORE FACIAL PEEL? ** It advertises itself as being an intensive action pore-refining facial peel! In other words I take this to mean something which leaves my skin feeling refreshed and dirt free! I was surprised to read that it includes a mushroom extract that they claim tightens...

izzoh 07.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Soap & Glory The Fab Pore 15 Minute Facial Peel

Picture pore perfection!

Advantages: Read review
Disadvantages: None I can think of to be honest!

..., my face feels so smooth and like I've used a greasy moisturiser and I haven't! My spots are huge and very noticeable. I have two massive, angry boily, red, pussy type ones that look fit for bursting but I can't pop them because they hurt me to touch. I have has a few little little spots with tiny little yellow heads of late that I did pop and I have the usual amount of blackheads and whiteheads as I've always suffered with and my open pores are really enlarged at the moment and when I put foundation on them they are really noticeable but if I try to gently squeeze them liquid comes out! Gross! My skin is congested to hell and I find this really upsetting because I do try to look after my face and I have been using all sorts of spot treatments and nothing is working so suggestions not needed (I've spent a fortune so far and I'm peed off...

xxfoxyredxx 26.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Boots Botanics Pore Perfecting Toner

'Pore Perfection'?

Advantages: Good smell and basic cleansing properties.
Disadvantages: Price and ability to remove make-up if prone to wearing it!

...are able to take out each wipe. The top section can then be placed back down to cover the hole so that the wipes don't dry out too much. This works really well for the most part, however over time the peel up and down flap on the top can tend to lose it's stickiness so that it doesn't close completely thereby letting some air in which isn't great for the wipes! ◊◊◊ What do the manufacturer's say? ◊◊◊ - Cleanses and exfoliates the skin to eliminate excess oil and dead skin cells which can lead to blemishes. - Oil free. - Non pore blocking. - Contains willow bark which helps keep pores clear of the bacteria that can lead to blemishes whilst also working as a gentle exfoliator. ◊◊◊ The Wipes ◊◊◊ The wipes are quite large, approximately 17cm by 20cm so...

neenn 23.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Boots Botanics Pore Perfecting Double Action Face Wipes

Goodbye pores!

Advantages: Poreless silky skin, light alternative to foundation
Disadvantages: Not so great under foundation

...Having had acne when I was younger, the result is that I now have 'orange peel' like skin. Basically the pores are everywhere, and huge ones at that. After using foundation as my only way to fill the pores, I started wondering if there was something better, perhaps a make up not so heavy as foundation as there's so much on the market now for all different types of skin. My first instinct was to go to the clinique counter at Boots, it's a brand I've been using for a while and I have always been very impressed with their products available for oily skin with visible pores. The girl at the clinique counter assured me that the Instant Perfector was the best thing to fill my pores, and although i was looking for something to actually shrink them aswell, I couldn't afford to splash out too much so just went for the pore minimiser...

Anneli86 04.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Clinique Pore Minimiser Instant Perfector

Not so ideal for reducing pores?

Advantages: provides impossible smoothness; gorgeous packaging; mattifies skin + reduces oiliness
Disadvantages: may not reduce pore size/appearance as much as they claim; expensive!

...RRP: from £34 (sizes from 30-100ml) --What does the promo say?-- "Dramatically refinish skin's appearance and texture. See more clarity, smoothness and luminosity as it helps your skin get rid of dry, dulling, flaky surface skin cells. See more highly refined, virtually poreless skin. Enjoy our most dramatic skin resurfacing benefits?faster, more efficiently than ever before. ? Refines the look of uneven skin texture, flakiness and roughness. ? Pores appear 1/3 smaller?instantly. Smooth on Idealist and instantly enjoy that soft, seamless, silky feeling you love. ? Includes 3 times more Glucosamine than original Idealist. ? Pore Diminishing Technology significantly shrinks the look of enlarged pores. ? Gentle-acting Chestnut Extract helps your skin get rid of dry, dulling, flaky skin surface cells. It's as if you...

Angelil 17.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Estee Lauder Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher

Pore genius!

Advantages: It's effective
Disadvantages: Just not effective enough

...Garnier Synergie Pure Deep Pore Wash PACKAGING ********************************************************************************* This product comes in a 150ml sky blue tube with an almost clear, white plastic screw-on lid. The tube is thick at the base and narrows towards the end. It stands on it?s lid so the product is ready to be squeezed out immediately. It has never leaked out as the lid screws on really tightly leaving no gaps. All the Garnier ranges come in colour-coded packaging with a white band around the ranges name and Garnier in silver lettering. All the Garnier Pure products come in the same sky blue packaging. There are a few ranges for different skin types and each come in colour-coded packaging: PINK ? Synergie Clean and Soft ideal for dry/sensitive skin SKY BLUE ? Synergie Pure ideal for oily...

gemmawild 16.12.2003 · Read review
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Review of Garnier Synergie Deep Pore Wash

Pore Refining?

Advantages: Doesnt look cheap, or feel cheap.
Disadvantages: Isn't too cheap, can leave your skin feeling a little dry

...Neutrogena Visibly Refined Pore Refining Facial Wash... I must confess though that I was not swayed by any advertising in any form, rather I was in Piccadilly Circus in London looking for a few girly treats in the Boots opposite Lilywhites Sports Store, when I realised that I needed some new facial wash. I dont like the highly fragranced or cheap and cheerful looking products, I prefer brands like Simple. But I had heard that Neutrogena were a good brand which is why I started to look at their products. A reason why I picked this particular item to buy, was because it looked classical, more clinical which somehow made me think that it may actually work, as it wouldn't need to sell itself. The item doesn't come in any fancy packaging, rather it is in a broad sqeezy tube, with a cap at the end which it rests on. The tube has a white...

silvajade 13.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Neutrogena Visibly Refined Pore Refining Facial Wash

Happy pores, happy you!

Advantages: Really clean and smooth skin
Disadvantages: Price

...Close to my work location we have this beauty store which sells Estee' Lauder, Origins and Clinique products at a reduced price, they are not old or close to expiry date, they simply do that to advertise the brands by selling them at duty free prices (and sometimes even cheaper). I am a faithful Dermalogica user but I was quite intrigued by a specific range belonging to Clinique. They basically had this travel pack with a trio of items which claimed it helped clear and close pores, minimize their appearance and make the skin walls much stronger and of course clear away debris which lead to spots. One of the items contained in the pack was actually this Thermal active Skin Refiner. So let me tell you all about it. WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IT DOES? ********** This product is a wash that you use twice a week for a deep face clean...

petal99 15.02.2008 (18.02.2008) · Read review
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Review of Clinique Pore Minimizer Thermal-Active Skin Refiner

perfecting poorly pores

Advantages: non pore blocking
Disadvantages: none

...It might be the advent of the Christmas party season, the dirty London air, maybe my dire finances limiting how much fresh fruit and veg I am getting, but for whatever reason, my skin isn't very good at the moment. Infact it is being downright unreasonable, something which I struggle to come to terms with. I was a porcelain faced teenager, and now in my mid twenties I would quite like the same to be true. (Oh god, did I just refer to myself as MID twenties?! I need to lie down...) In an effort to retain some semblance of normality I thought it best I invested in a decent concealer to get me, and my bad patches, through this, erm, bad patch. And let's face it I need no excuse to spend money in Boots. It didn't seem wise to go clogging my unhappy pores with anything overly cosmetic, so when perusing the Botanics aisle I lunged...

melee679 05.12.2003 · Read review
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Review of Boots Botanics Pore Perfecting Concealer

these strips are pore-fect

Advantages: get rid of blackheads, cheaper than the competition
Disadvantages: they smell a bit weird

...Recently my skin has been terrible, and I am repeatedly breaking out in spots. I also noticed that I am getting a lot of blackheads on my nose, so much so that when I first noticed them, I thought I had dirt smudged on my face and was trying to wipe them off! If only it was that easy to get rid of them! ~What are pore strips?~ If you are not familiar with pore strips, they are basically a strip, which is placed over the nose, chin or forehead - wherever the blackheads occur - they then stick to the blackhead, and lift it away - or supposedly anyway! I have used several different brands of pore strips over the years and some have worked, some haven't. The latest brands I've used were Biore (which was a free sample) and I found excellent, and Elizabeth Arden, which worked but were nowhere near as effective as the Biore ones. I...

pink_champagne 17.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of T-Zone Nose Pore Strips