Benefits Porefessional vs. Cliniques Pore Refining Solution Correcting Serum

So, everyone and their mother raves and raves and raves about the benefit pore-fessional as a pore minimizing serum that you apply under your makeup. Just to clarify, if you have combination or oily skin, like myself, and don't use a pore-minimizing serum under your foundation you will find yourself with blotchy, oily, pore-spotted skin halfway through the day.

Back to my point, people love professional and act like it is the end all be all to pore minimizers, which is why, I of course am here to squash the hype.

I recently got a sample size of both Benefits Porefessional and Cliniques Pore Refining Solution and only went back to buy the full size of one. Can you guess which one?

Let's compare both products:

1. Benefit's Porefessional is described as a pro balm which minimizes the appearance of pores. It retails for 30$/30euros ( no that is not a conversion error, we are obviously getting ripped off out here in europe). The formulation glides on silky smooth and appears to leave your skin fairly matte.

2. Cliniques Pore Refining Solution Correcting Serum is the real deal. It promises to help skin bring healthier cells to the surface for a tighter, smoother, younger look and minimize 58% of the appearance of pores within two weeks of use(twice a day). So rather than a balm this is an actual correcting serum, but hey, they're all just goop in a jar with different promises. For a steeper price of 50$/46 euros, this serum glides on beautifully, gives skin a silky balmy touch, keeps makeup put and highly reduces pores and oil from showing through your foundation.

Now I decided to test both out, I applied Clinique's serum to the Left side of my face and Benefit's Porefessional to the Right

And the Results......Drum Roll Please!

                                                 Clinique                          Benefit

                                

So as you can see, although I am wearing a highlighter on both sides and the lighting is slightly different on each side, the benefit side is mega shiny and feels a lot greasier whereas the Clinique side feels matte without looking dry.

Clinique Pore Refining Solutions(correcting serum) WINS!!!!