Benefit’s new Porefessional Pore Care range promises to reduce the appearance of your pores and keep your skin clear – but it comes at a price
UPDATE: The Benefit Advent Calendar 2023 has officially been revealed!
You can see what’s inside the 2023 Benefit calendar here, but the 24-day calendar contains a number of Benefit bestsellers and new products, including bronzer, blusher, the POREfessional skincare listed below, and more.
From the POREfessional Skincarerange is:
The calendar costs £145 but is worth £281 and goes on sale on 30 August. The waitlist isn’t open yet but we’ll update this page once the link goes live, or you can follow our best beauty advent calendar 2023 guide to get all the latest information.
Original POREfessional Skincare guide continues below
One of the greatest tricks the beauty industry ever pulled was making people believe that they could get rid of their pores – and selling a huge collection of products off the back of it.
As you can read in our article: The hard truth about pores and why you can’t shrink or minimise them, the size of your pores is genetic. It’s not possible to get rid of them, shrink them, minimise them – whatever you want to call it – but it is possible to keep them clear.
There are also things you can do to prevent making your pores look bigger than they already are. This includes targeting oiliness because sebum can cause your pores to swell, which in turn causes them to become clogged and leads to breakouts.
You can also buy products, usually with silicone in them, which blur your pores. This means they simply mask their appearance, but they don’t get rid of them.
Until recently, Benefit POREfessional’s range of primers focused on the latter but it recently expanded to include skincare that promises to do the former – clear your pores, balance sebum production, and keep your skin looking fresh.
Here’s everything you need to know about Benefit’s Pore Care range.
FURTHER READING: The best The Ordinary products for all your skincare concerns | Clogged pores? How to unclog them in six steps
The majority of products in the Benefit POREfessional skincare line are available in full sizes, and minis – other than the Sip moisturiser.
In addition to the products, which include cleansers, masks, and toners you can buy a cleansing wand. Its dual-headed design is used for cleaning your face, but also applying your face mask.
The rest of the lineup includes:
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