Olay Total Effects Pore Minimizing CC Cream ($24.99) is a new product that's popping up in drugstores this week. I'm a sucker for anything that claims to fill pores and create a smooth, even canvas so I bought this right away, despite the high price tag for a drugstore cream.
It comes in a 1.7 oz. tube that's pretty large so this should last a while. Here are the claims on the box (click each photo to enlarge).
Here's the ingredients:
This cream is thick but not like I thought it was going to be. Most pore fillers I've used have a balm-like silicone feel to them and they sit on top of the skin to smooth it out. This actually feels like any other CC cream...it's not that paste-like or primer-like consistency I was expecting. It's more of a thick, tinted moisturizer feel.
It comes in three shades: Fair/Light (which I'm using), Light/Medium and Medium/Dark.
Here's a swatch of Fair/Light:
At first, I didn't really notice this doing anything to my face other than providing a little bit of coverage. The pores on my face aren't huge, but I didn't notice much of a difference in their appearance. It also didn't have the primer-like finish I wanted. I set out to write this review saying that I was disappointed in this product and I felt jipped out of $25. I decided to demo it on my hand since I have large pores there and thought it would show up better on camera than it would on my face. I was planning to show how it didn't make much of a difference. But then I reviewed the photos and was like, "wait a minute!". The difference in my hand was huge! It evened out my skin tone and definitely minimized my pores! It also smoothed lines and wrinkles, see for yourself...
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| Before Olay Pore Minimizing CC Cream |
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After Olay Pore Minimizing CC Cream
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Maybe I'm overly critical of the skin on my face and was expecting to see flawlessness, so that's why I was disappointed in this at first...I'm not really sure. But I can't deny that this made a huge difference on the skin on my hand. It also did a great job of evening things out. It doesn't have the coverage of foundation but it definitely makes my skin tone look uniform and even.
Even though I purchased this at Walgreens
So if you're interested in picking this up, I would go to
Ulta and save $8 on it.
