You can pretty much guarantee that when one of the higher end beauty brands brings out a product it won't be long before one of the drug store brands bring out a dupe for it! Nails inc brought out the magnetic nail polishes and Barry M were not too far behind with their offering, Clinique brought out the chubby sticks and Revlon were not far behind with their Just Bitten Lip Pencils.

Now it appears that it has happened again... queue Maybelline and their newest product the Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser.


Now on first look at the name and the claims of this product, you cant help but notice the similarities to Benefits Porefessional. Heres what Maybelline says about it:

"Maybelline Baby Skin provides a matte finish and leaves the skin fresh and protected. The gel texture in Baby skin instantly helps to vanish pores and makes the feel light"

Now I am an absolutely massive fan of the Benefit Porefessional and have been using it for well over 12 months but at £24.50 its not exactly pocket friendly; although in fairness it lasts well. As soon as I read about Maybelline's latest offering on Lily Pebbles blog I knew I had to try it and when I spotted it on offer in Boots at a price of £7.99 and an offer of buy one get one half price, 2 instantly fell into my basket!

Now I only picket this up on Saturday so I have only used it once but so far so good. The formula is silicone based one and glides on in a very silky fashion you become to expect from such formulas. I love how cute the packaging is, bright and colourful and is nice and compact. You get 22ml of product (the same amount as the Porefessional) which for £7.99 and considering how little you need, I think this is a total beauty bargain!

I cant wait to continue to try this product and can see it becoming one of those products that is going to become a must have in make up bags all over the country!

Have you tried this?? What do you think???

The Clarisonic has been knocking around amongst the beauty bloggers for the best part of probably 18 months. It has got to be the leader in electrical face cleansing brushes but at a starting price of £99 for the Clarisonic Mia version it comes with a heafty price tag.
I have admired these on blogs for a while now. I have read some amazing things about these but I always a bit skeptical about buying products like this without being able to try them out as obviously it is a big purchase.
I read online about the No 7 Beautiful Skin Cleansing brush being released and I was instantly drawn to it, especially as it was just £25.
When I popped into Boots this weekend I was looking at the No 7 stand and spotted these. In my local Boots they had a little sign which basically compared these to the clarisonic without actually mentioning it by name. I was talking to the Sales Assistant about this and she said they had sold really well. She also told me that she had one and loved it. My skin has been feeling a little tired recently and definitely in need of a pick me up so I decided to take the plunge and get one of these. On chatting to the Sales lady I was also happy to find out that the £5 off skin care voucher I had recieved last week could be knocked off it! Also No 7 currently had 3 for 2 on at the moment and I could get 3 for 2 and knock my voucher off too so I decided to pick up a Beautiful Skin Cleansing lotion and a pack of the heads too... All together this came to £29.
Have you tried this Cleansing Brush? What you think?