Estée Lauder Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher

Here is part2 of my Estée Lauder trial.

See here for my preferences for face creams and any other type of serums, face-care products. I think I'll link back there every time in stead of repeating what I want.

I have large, or medium (?) pores on my forehead and nose that I hate....I want them invisible, but so far nothing helped. No toners, masks, serums, nothing. I've seen people with volcano huge pores and they don't seem to care...Are they blind? Or that stupid? Can't imagine life like that....compared to them I have no problem, still, this is too much for my liking.

This serum? refinisher? is listed in 3 size, with 3 price tag. From $46.50 to $120. I have no idea about "oz"-es. What is it called? Ounce? Please, write "ml"-s next to it! ˇ_ˇ

Anyway, I have the smallest (1.0 oz bottle), thankfully!

What it claims:

- Pores look 1/3 smaller

- Refinishes skin texture

This fast-acting serum delivers our most dramatic skin resurfacing benefits—more efficiently than ever before.

Virtually poreless:

- Pores appear 1/3 smaller—instantly.
- See a 69% reduction in the look of pores in just 4 weeks.
Repairs the look of uneven skin texture, flakiness and roughness. Smooth it on and instantly enjoy that soft, seamless, silky feeling you love. Gives skin an overall more even tone.

To make it short, go, waste your money on something else! This did nothing for me! Not one pore was smaller...it didn't even appeared to be smaller. By optical tricks or whatever. And I used it vigorously every day!

What I got was a slightly oily slick that didn't seemed to ever soak in. Now, tell me, how should I apply foundation? yuck! With powder foundation it's inpossible!

And while the Hydra Complete had a cucumber scent, this is lime-y! Ooooooh, please! I hate lime as ice-cream during summers too, I don't want it on my face for winter! @_@

On a personal note.

I'm so depressed! I have 7373736373734 hand-ins to do the next 2 weeks, that I don't know where to start. They are difficult, and I have to hand in the title of my diploma work by this weekend! We have only 1 fucking week to decide the title, after they soooo generously made the availale topics public last weekend!!! How fantastic is that? I couldn't even contact the estabilishment yet that might help me with the research. Coooooool!^^

Yesterday I ended up crying like a baby becoz I felt so helpless! How am I supposed to finish everything?

And today I was left in the harbour (went there becoz of internship) all alone. The last local bus was long gone, woods everywhere, and it started to darken! I had to hitchhike a trailer turck to get me into populated area! @_@ I was so afraid of getting raped or murdered!

Must have seen too much bad movies! >_>

Have a safe and happy night/day! I'm gonna watch 2012! Bye~

Estée Lauder Hydra Complete Multi-Level Moisture Creme

I have more skin-care posts to come, but let me start now with this face cream by Estée Lauder.

I bought this along with Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher and Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex (you know, that brown bottle) in a set. The latter for my Mom's birthday and the face cream and pore minimizer for me. It cost me a fortune in one go, but as I thought I got awesome stuffs, I put up with it.

I will not write a review of the Advanced Night Repair, as I haven't tried it myself, but the pore minimizer will follow later!

So, do I like this day cream? My first form Estée Lauder? No. Absolutely not!

As I might have mentioned before, except the T-zone my skin is dry. As winter *ahem*fall* becomes more dominant, the dryness gets worse! Not to mention the dorm room's dry air! I'm itching constantly.

A very important feature I covet from day creams is to soak in fast, so I don't have to wait a half hour before I could put on foundation. Who wants a messy face-cream-foundation mixture? I don't!

Also, many face creams I met seemed to absorb nicely, then I go out, run after the bus, cook something, whatever and they start to pump out. I mean, it's like my skin pumps out the cream, and it feels like oily sweating! Whatthefuck?!?! I know! It's gross!!!

So I'm in a constant search for a cream that actually sticks with the cells of my skin!

Ah, and one more condition! For a month or two I've been having this itchying everywhere! Legs, arm, even my face! It's no allergy tho. I can feel how the deeper levels of my skin craves hydration and whatever heavy body lotion/butter or super hydrating face product I use, there's no advance! And it's not even -15 Clesius degree!!!!

Anyone, any deep hydrating recommendation???

Back to the titled cream, it says "multi-level" moisture, so I thought that must be the ultimate weapon! With that nam I can't go wrong! Oh, how worng I was!!!

It's Estée Lauder, I must....or rather ought to be exellent quality! Well, i dunno who's skin this brand works for, but definitely not mine!

It was like a slippery masque on me!!! I bet it didn't even absorbed to the second layer of skin! Horrible! And it has this cucumber smell I can't stand! @_@

Itching and "oil-sweating" remained...

I will never ever touch this cream! Not in my next 20 lives!

Have you ever heared of the above mentioned phenomenon? pssst*the oil sweating*pssssst

I say phenomenon, coz the two persons i know are my mom and myself! Is this some uniqueness? Deviance?