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The pore score

by Josephine Fairley
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Changing your make-up technique can also help camouflage the appearance of large pores. To create the illusion of a poreless complexion, make-up artist Bobbi Brown advises applying foundation, concealer, powder and blusher in a downward motion, 'otherwise you'll accentuate pores by pushing colour up and into them,' she says.

If it's any consolation, open pores are one of the skin 'woes' that we tend to obsess about ourselves but that others rarely notice. So one last tip: if you use a magnifying mirror, you might be overly concerned with your pores (all of our pores appear the size of small craters in these mirrors), so switching back to a regular mirror may shrink your pore worries too.

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