Blogmas 2014: Day 24 ~ Bioré Pore Strips Review

Merry Christmas Eve!? Is that a thing to say? Anyways, Christmas is tomorrow and I cannot believe how fast the holiday season went by! Today I thought I'd do a quick review on the Bioré Pore Strips. I picked these up a while back since I had always wanted to try them. Recently I've noticed my pores a bit more and the ones on my nose are often clogged. I thought I'd try out these strips to see if they help! I hope you enjoy!

The first time I tried these, I was extremely surprised at how painful it was to peel off. When I first applied it, it was very easy to smooth down. When the time was up, it felt hard like paper mache. I've used these 3 or 4 times and I don't know if I will use them again. They are very painful to peel off and I didn't notice a ton of change. The strip was fairly clean afterwards, it didn't remove too much. I still saw a few clogged pores on my nose which disappointed me. With the pain and it not working as well as I hoped, it wasn't really worth it for me. It cost around $8 and it also came with 4 single use face masks which I'll review in a separate post.  I wouldn't repurchase these or recommend. I've heard many positive things about this, and as there are many different skin types and what not, it may work for others while it doesn't work for me.

I hope you have an amazing Christmas eve & Christmas if you celebrate! Enjoy your day! :)

Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser REVIEW!

Hello Everyone!

I've been waiting to review the Maybelline Baby Skin for ages! I picked it up a few months ago as an impulse buy and I've been waiting to post about it since then! Different things kept getting in the way, then I completely forgot about it for a bit! Anyways, at least I'm getting around to it now! It's not exactly new anymore, but it has come out fairly recently. I believe prior to coming to North America, Baby Skin was sold in Japan (correct me if I'm wrong!). I've been using it for quite a while know and I've collected all of my thoughts about it so here's the review!

I have to say, the packaging was 98% of the reason I bought this! It completely drew me in with the bright colors and bubbly font! I am also obsessed with Baby Lips so I couldn't resist!

 

I bought it thinking that it was a face primer but when I brought it home, I discovered it didn't claim anywhere that it was a primer. It is supposed to minimize the appearance of pore instantly. I had never thought about of looked closely at my pores before using this product but I decided to give it a go anyways! 

I took this screenshot from the Maybelline website and it claims to visibly smooth pores away. It says you can use it alone or under foundation even thought it has no claims to prime your face. 

The first time I tried this, I was super disappointing. I looked at my face and my pores looked HUGE! It was all I noticed on my face. This also happened the next few times but I think it was all in my head. 

I took a break from using it for a while and when I tried it again I had a different result.

I made sure to look closely at my face before I applied as well as after. I didn't notice a major different but it did slightly minimize my pores. It wasn't extremely noticeable though.

Here is an "after" photo. As you can see, my pores are still visible, but they are slightly blurred. 

I can't see this being a "holy-grail" product, but it works alright for it's purpose.

This was the first pore-specializing product I'd ever tried, so I'm not really an expert in that department. 

It is a gel-like consistency and it's very thick: a little goes a long way. It's not super lightweight and it almost felt like it was laying on top of my skin. 

I've heard many great reviews on this so I'm not sure why my opinion is so different.

OVERALL:

Price: $10 (pushing the pricey side for drugstore)

Packaging: 10/10 (very cute!)

Staying Power: N/A

Use: 6/10 (alright/average)

Would I repurchase: Not likely

Would I recommend: Probably not

I hope this review was helpful and I hope you enjoyed!

Bye! =)