{"id":346464,"date":"2013-07-18T16:11:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T08:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/enlarged-pores-leave-it-to-the-porefessional-346464.html"},"modified":"2013-07-18T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T08:11:23","slug":"enlarged-pores-leave-it-to-the-porefessional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/beauty-hk\/beauty-sos-hk\/tried-and-tested-hk\/enlarged-pores-leave-it-to-the-porefessional-346464.html","title":{"rendered":"Enlarged pores? Leave it to the POREfessional!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/07\/Benefit_The_POREfessional_balm.jpg.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-1962\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" wp-image-1962 img-responsive  alignright\" alt=\"Benefit_The_POREfessional_balm.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/07\/Benefit_The_POREfessional_balm.jpg.jpg\" width=\"296\" height=\"520\" \/><\/span><\/a>We are told that pores exist to allow our skin to breathe and regulate our body\u2019s temperature, but this does not disguise the fact that we still don\u2019t like their appearance on our faces.<\/p> <p>Enlarged and hard to cover without professional help, we thought we had no option until we tried <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benefitcosmetics.com\/\">Benefit<\/a> POREfessional which seemed to do the trick!<\/p> <p>This balm from the San Francisco-based cosmetics brand is flesh-coloured, oil-free and extremely lightweight which allows it to spread seamlessly on our skin - minimizing the appearance of pores and leaving the skin matte and even.<\/p> <p>I applied it before makeup and it was easy to work with. 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