A Double Review- Benefit’s The Porefessional and Hoola Bronzer

So I don’t usually do reviews here, but I think this time I’ll make an exception. Let’s start with The Porefessional.

So I have a lovely T-Zone that’s nice and oily, and the pores there are just so dramatic and showy, I just love it… Oh, wait, no I don’t. I had read about this product, and read multiple reviews for the product, but I still was not totally convinced it would actually do anything. And then last Friday, I looked in the mirror, and noticed just how bad those lovely pores of mine looked that day. It scared me, and I practically ran to the Sephora website (love, love, LOVE Sephora!) to buy a tube. I got it in the mail yesterday, and the second I got it out of the envelope it came in I put it on that problematic T-Zone to give it a test run. Checked back in the mirror a little while later before going out to celebrate my granny’s birthday, and nearly fell over from the shock of seeing such a difference. The “smaller” of my problem pores were gone, and the larger ones had shrunk a considerable amount! And it felt so smooth going on that I loved it. I used it again today, and the same results are happening, although I have to reapply every once in a while. I’m gonna buy another tube to keep at my desk at work, it’s fabulous! A small tube, but a little goes a long way. Great product, I’m so glad it worked for me.

Okay, on to Hoola Bronzer. I got a small sample of this in my awesome Benefit Sunday Funday Maggie palette that I got a while back (I recommend this palette and the Scene Queen Annie palette, too. In Sunday Funday you get four eyeshadows, a small thing of Hoola, a little thing of the Benetint cheek and lip stain, a Toasty Eyeliner, and a thing of rosy lipgloss; and in the Scene Queen you get four eyeshadows, a small thing of their Coralista blush, a little thing of High Beam luminizer, a black eyeliner, and a thing of coral lipgloss), and I decided to try the bronzer. I’ve never really been a bronzer fan. I’m fair, and bronzers on me tend to look fake and orangey, especially those ones with shimmer or glitter (don’t get me wrong, I love shimmer and glitter in some things, but not bronzer). After going through a string of really bad bronzers, I just decided to give them up altogether, believing I was never going to find one that worked… this was before I discovered that the makeup I got from Sephora lasted longer on my face. I. Love. Hoola. It’s a nice light bronzer, just a little sweep of it goes a long way for me, and the best part: it’s a matte bronzer. It actually looks really nice on my fair skin, and natural looking. I can actually wear a bronzer and look good now! Yay! It’s another product I absolutely recommend.

Between these two products, I do believe that Benefit has made a true believer out of me. Next I’m trying out their Hello Flawless! And there’s a story behind that one too…

Let me know if you liked the review post, or if you can do without them. I just wanted to say what I had to say.

Any Suggestions?

Okay, guys, time to hopefully pick some brains for help here (that sounds really nasty, but I’m hoping you know what I mean). So for the past few months my hair has changed from soft and a little crazy to a nasty grease ball on top of my head. The roots and scalp are disgustingly greasy. It’s not cool. I’ve tried quite a few different shampoos to clear it (Aussie’s Cleanse and Mend, Nexxus Gentle Clarifying, and some other drugstore brand that I can’t even remeber the name of), and the only one that has slightly worked is Aussie Cleanse and Mend. However even that one doesn’t work great, by the afternoon, I’m back to grease ball status. It’s annoying, it looks like I don’t take care of myself, and if I don’t wash my hair every night, it’s even worse. I color my hair, but I’ve done that for nearly two years. I stopped using all other styling products and only use a small amount conditioner on the ends of my hair, seeing as it really only happens on my scalp and roots. I’m looking to use Frederick Fekkai’s Apple Cider Clarifying Shampoo, but just wondering, in case anyone knows, how does that work with colored hair if used every day? Does it strip the color from the hair, or only slightly dull it (that’s okay, the color can be a little too intese at first)? If anyone out there knows, or has a better suggestion, help!

Update: Figured the problem out… I have way too much hair… do the “rinse, lather, repeat” thing three or so times, and I’ve got my clean hair back… I need a haircut. And boy am I glad I didn’t by the 8oz. bottle of $23 shampoo from Frederick Fekkai. That would put a huge dent in my money, and I need that for the room redecoration project I’m on now. And thanks for the suggestion, Sprocket.