Neutrogena • Clear Pore Shine-Control Gel • Primer/ Corrector
(15 reviews)
| Average Rating. | 2.3 |
| Would buy this product again. | 33% |
| Package Quality | 2.7 |
| Price | 3.0 |
| Ingredients | |
*TOP REVIEWER* bernsie on 6/12/2012 5:38:00 PM more reviews by bernsie
Age: 44-55 Skin: Other, Medium Hair: Silver Eyes: Hazel
I think this oil/shine control primer is excellent. You can use it under foundation or bring it with you to apply and blot oil during the day right over your makeup without moving it. As soon as it dries the shine is gone and you're matte w/out any powder/build-up. It's brilliant and not at all expensive. The black tube it comes in is perfect to get just the right amount out ( and you don't need much.) These type of shine control creams/lotions/gels tend to be far more expensive than this plus you've a foundation primer built into it's oil control property. It is a new line of oil control products (just in time for summer) containing this blotter along with oil blotting foundation and transparent pressed blotting powder. I'll review the powder as I bought that in conjunction with this. I Highly recommend this oil controlling primer. It looks as good as it works! I LOVE it!
Addendum: I can't find the blotting powder so I thought I'd attach my review to this. It comes in this awesome looking, strong/durable black compact. This does what it is suppose to do: Blot oil/shine and for quite long a time w/out close together intervals/touch ups. I believe there is only one color which is transparent. It is that as it does not feel as if it is depositing color, but just product. On it's own it blots quite well, but in conjunction with the oil control primer and you are kept shine free for an inordinate amount of time. I love it because the combination allow you to just forget it and not be looking for a mirror to see if it's working or not and you need another application of one or both. You may feel confident in it's performance. The compact is quite "cool" looking with it's black matte look. It has a rather industrial look to it and has a rubber type feel/coating so it feels secure in your hand. The tube of blotting primer has the same feel. They are high quality products at drugstore/Walmart prices. It really is a different aesthetic for Neutrogena, kind of MAC like, but far less costly yet with an equal performance level. Highly Recommended as separates, but both together ups the ante. There are also oil control foundations that go together with these. I did not buy the base, though if these are any indication the base also must blot oil/shine very efficiently. I can't imagine what performance level you move to when using all three together. One thing is for sure: Problem, oil laden skin must bite the dust with this trio!!!
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*TOP REVIEWER* iluvboyz on 2/26/2005 11:08:00 AM more reviews by iluvboyz
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Tan, Cool Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Green
Did nothing for me at all!! Didnt control oil or fill/shrink pores!! And it was like 15 bucks american rip-off!!
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Ruca88 on 8/4/2004 6:35:00 PM more reviews by Ruca88
Age: 19-24 Skin: Very Oily Hair: Red Eyes: Blue
This product does not do what it's supposed to and that's the bottom line. I have super oily skin and this made it even worse than when I didn't use it. The texture and the way it comes out of the tube actually made me think that the product had gone bad and was defective. It's THAT bad.
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jynjai on 6/28/2004 6:24:00 AM more reviews by jynjai
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination Hair: Brunette Eyes: Blue
This works for me. The only thing I don't like is the way it dispenses. You have to be very careful or it will shoot out quickly, going anywhere but your finger. It makes my skin soft and my foundation glides on so easily. It also controls oil well for me. I guess this is a love it or hate it product.
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*TOP REVIEWER* LaraConn on 5/19/2004 1:44:00 PM more reviews by LaraConn
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination Hair: Red Eyes: Green
Wow...I'm a little surprised by all the harsh reviews on this one! I've lived by this item for a while now, and although I'm too lazy to use it every day, it's the first thing I put on for any special occasion. It really helps "even out" the skin's surface, and gives a smooth "canvas" for foundation to adhere to. And, I've found that it significantly reduces shine. This one has a permanent place in my makeup bag. My one complaint is that yes, it does come out of the tube in little "bursts" - you just have to be very careful when squeezing it out, or else it will fly out across the room!
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seratonin on 2/16/2004 11:58:00 PM more reviews by seratonin
Age: 19-24 Skin: Oily Hair: Blond Eyes: Green
Although this does make my skin matte, you get such a ridiculously small amount of product for the price that there's no way I'd buy it again. I'll stick with clean & clear's oil-absorbing sheets, thanks.
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*TOP REVIEWER* honeystix on 6/22/2003 10:12:00 AM more reviews by honeystix
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Cool Hair: Blond, Fine Eyes: Blue
This product (the pore clearing shine control) did not work as well as the pore refining mattifier by Neutrogena (the one without the salicylic acid).It did nothing to clear my pores, and the matte action did not last long. The Clinique's new pore minimizer worked better than both these products for me.
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*TOP REVIEWER* aznbebebabe on 6/3/2003 1:36:00 PM more reviews by aznbebebabe
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
Bottom line: It made my skin more greasy than when I didn't use it. Don't waste your $.
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*TOP REVIEWER* MiaGator on 4/26/2003 8:19:00 PM more reviews by MiaGator
Age: 25-29 Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
Talk about hit or miss! :D Wow - HOLY GRAIL for me. I am sort of a shine control gel connoiseur, but had been scared away from this by the $10 price tag. Oddly, I can pay more for Body Shop's awful, slippery, greasy Matt-It or drop $10 on Agnes B's Touche Lissant, just because they're sold not at Wal-Mart.
I found this product clearance for 2 bucks and snapped one up. Hallelujah! Does a fanstastic job of leaving a powder-matte finish on my oily skin. Far surpasses Matt-It, and right now for me is just a hair ahead of my Agnes B standby, just by virtue of the fact that it's got salicylic acid in it. Will have to keep using this and see how it goes. In the meantime, I am going back to Wal-Mart and snapping up the rest of these. My skin is nearly impossible to dry, and the humid weather here shouldn't dry this gel out, so we'll see. If this product works in two weeks like it just did today - and I mean my skin looks flawless - I've got a new fave. RAVE!!!!
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*TOP REVIEWER* SusieQ40 on 4/11/2003 9:57:00 AM more reviews by SusieQ40
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
I tried this in the summer when my skin was oily. It was irritating and seemed to make my skin produce more oil. I gave the rest to my sister.
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shaz on 1/4/2003 12:50:00 AM more reviews by shaz
Age: 36-43 Skin: Oily, Fair Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
Ugh, the WORST experience. Used this on my face under my makeup and all of my makeup got a really weird bumpy finish to it. Absolutely awful I tell you... you know how fabric get little pils on it when it gets old, that's what it looked like on my face... this stuff just kinda crumpled up under my makeup. Yukola! Plus the tube leaked it out, and didn't seal itslef well and the stuff turned to rubber before I could give it away. Run from this one!!
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iconoclast on 10/13/2002 6:22:00 AM more reviews by iconoclast
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
At first I liked it. It made may t-zone feel powdery soft, and seemed to control shine a little, but not as much as I had hoped. After a month or so the product had dried to a rubber like substance and was impossible to apply. I definitely won't be buying it again.
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*TOP REVIEWER* jezseeca on 1/27/2002 2:50:00 PM more reviews by jezseeca
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Olive, Neutral Hair: Red, Straight, Medium Eyes: Green
it initially abosrobed the oil--but after an hour or so, my skin made even MORE oil than it normally makes! i think my skini was trying to compensate for the severe dryness.
i also didn't like the texture of the formula--it felt so fake! like silicone! actually, i think maybe that's one of the ingredients! yuck!
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Araceliigirl on 8/31/2001 12:44:00 PM more reviews by Araceliigirl
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I love this! It feels like you're putting on powder because your skin feels so soft afterwards! It leaves your skin beautiful! Totally recommended!
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*TOP REVIEWER* Jen on 7/9/2001 2:15:00 PM more reviews by Jen
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral Hair: Blond, Wavy, Coarse Eyes: Blue
This product contains salycilic (sp?) acid, and is meant as an acne treatment that controls oil/shine. Well, it made my skin MORE OILY!!! Run from this product--while it did NOT increase my acne, I would NOT recommend this to anyone.