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I bought these because my makeup kept clinging to the rough patch on my chin and I was tired of it. Third week now. One pad after cleansing at night, press the extra out first like it says, and by morning my chin is smooth enough that foundation just sits there instead of grabbing. I was expecting to have to rinse it off. I don't.
My skin reacts to almost everything so I went in assuming this would sting. It didn't. I started at twice a week to be careful and I'm at four nights now with no redness. The thing I noticed first wasn't my pores, it was that my face felt soft the next morning. That's the part that made me order again.
Honestly I only tried these because they were all over my feed and I assumed it was hype. Two weeks in, the little bumps along my nose have flattened out. Not gone, flattened. I use the textured side first, flip it, tap the rest in and go straight to moisturizer. No sticky feeling doing it that way, which is what I was worried about.
Each pad carries two acids that work at different depths. Lactic acid is water-soluble and stays at the surface, loosening the dead cells that make skin feel rough. Salicylic acid is oil-soluble, so it can move through sebum and into the pore lining itself. The embossed side gives a light mechanical sweep as you go; the smooth side lays the rest of the essence down and taps it in. Users typically report skin feeling smoother the following morning, with pore appearance changing more gradually over several weeks.
Some people feel a brief tingle on the first few uses, and it usually settles as skin adjusts. The formula is buffered — panthenol, allantoin and centella asiatica sit alongside the acids specifically to soften that. If your skin runs reactive, start at twice a week and build up rather than going daily from day one. Patch test on your jawline first. If you're mid-flare or your barrier already feels compromised, wait until it has calmed down.
Not if you use it the way it's meant to be used, and this is the one thing worth reading twice. The pads are heavily saturated. Press the excess essence out against the side of the jar before it touches your face, sweep with the textured side, flip, tap the smooth side in, then go straight into your moisturizer. Used that way it absorbs. Used straight from the jar with nothing after it, the leftover essence sits on the surface and dries tacky.
Every night suits most people once skin has adjusted, and it can be used morning and night. But it isn't a standalone routine — it replaces your toner and exfoliant step, not your cleanser or your moisturizer. Two or three nights a week is plenty if your skin is dry or reactive, and plenty of people get what they want from it at that pace. A jar holds 70 pads.
Lactic acid (AHA), salicylic acid and betaine salicylate (BHA), white willow bark, cypress leaf extract, panthenol, allantoin, sodium hyaluronate, centella asiatica, plus a fruit-extract complex of grape, lime, lemon, apple and orange. Lightly scented with citrus, bergamot, rosemary and lavender oils. Full INCI list is printed on the jar. Contains alcohol denat. and fragrance — worth knowing if either is something you avoid.
Ships from the US with tracking on every order, and we email the number as soon as it moves. Shipping is calculated at checkout. If it isn't working for you, email us within 60 days — even if the jar is mostly empty — and we'll refund it under our 60-day money-back guarantee. You don't need to ship anything back.
The formula
Most exfoliating toners pick one acid and stop there. This runs two. Lactic acid is the larger, gentler AHA — it stays at the surface and loosens the dead cells that make skin catch under your fingertips. Salicylic acid is oil-soluble, which is the part that matters: it can move through sebum and get inside the pore rather than skating over it. White willow bark adds a milder second BHA, cypress leaf helps control excess oil, and panthenol, allantoin and centella sit underneath the whole thing to keep it from tipping into irritation.
What you notice
People come to a pore product for their pores. What they end up talking about is texture — the way skin feels when they touch their cheek the morning after. That's the first thing to change, usually within the first week or two, because surface exfoliation works fast. The look of pores takes longer and moves slower; give it four to six weeks of consistent use before you judge it. Makeup sitting flatter is the other thing people report, and it tends to arrive at the same time the roughness goes.
The format
The textured side is embossed for a light mechanical sweep — enough to lift what's sitting loose, not enough to scratch. Flip it and the smooth side lays down the rest of the essence and taps in. Ten seconds, no timer, no washing it back off, no cotton round soaking up half the product before it reaches your face. Squeeze the extra out against the rim first and it absorbs cleanly. That single step is the difference between this feeling like skincare and feeling like a film.
4.8 average from 12,847+ verified buyers
My chin is smooth for the first time in about four years.
Danielle R.
No stinging, and I have rosacea. That's the whole reason I kept it.
Nadia F.
Foundation stopped grabbing on the dry patch by my nose.
Court H.
Took about two weeks before I could see it, not just feel it.
Priya M.
Two reasons. A cotton round absorbs a meaningful share of whatever you pour onto it, so less of the active reaches your face than you think. And a flat round has no texture — the embossed side here adds a light mechanical sweep at the same time the acids are working, which is what lifts the loosened material rather than leaving it sitting there. The pad is the delivery method and part of the mechanism.
Texture first. Most people report skin feeling smoother within the first week — often the morning after the first use, because surface exfoliation is fast. The look of pores is slower and less dramatic; four to six weeks of consistent use is a fair window before deciding. Anyone promising you visibly smaller pores in three days is selling you something.
Yes, but not stacked on the same night when you're starting out. Alternate — pads one night, retinol the next — until you know how your skin handles both. Vitamin C in the morning and pads at night is a common way people run it. Whatever you do, wear sunscreen: any acid exfoliant leaves fresh skin at the surface and it burns more easily.
Usually because the acid was unbuffered and the frequency was too high too fast. This one carries panthenol, allantoin, centella and sodium hyaluronate alongside the acids, which is what keeps it from stripping. It also isn't a peel — it's a low-percentage daily-use formula, not a weekly acid treatment. Start at twice a week regardless. The people who have trouble are almost always the ones who went straight to every night.
Email us within 60 days and we refund it, jar mostly empty or not — that's our 60-day money-back guarantee. Nothing to ship back. We'd rather you used enough of it to actually know than sent back a full jar after three days.
I use one after washing my face at night. By the time I'm doing my makeup the next day my cheeks feel like a different face. Three jars in and I still notice it.
Twelve years of blackheads across my nose and every strip, scrub and clay mask I owned only made it angrier. I genuinely did not think a pad would do anything. Six weeks in, the shadowed look on the bridge has faded enough that I've stopped piling concealer there before work.
I have rosacea and acid toners have left my cheeks burning for an hour before. This one I use four nights a week. I started at twice weekly to be careful. My texture is better and I haven't flared once.
Bought it for pores, kept it because my foundation stopped catching on the dry patch by my nose. Docking a star because the first week I used it wrong and my face felt tacky all day — squeeze the pad out first, nobody tells you that.
Ordered again before this one ran out. That's the whole review.
