I was skeptical about its pore minimizing claim. Everyone says pore size is genetic and you can keep them clean to give them a smaller appearance or use tretinoin or treatments like lasers and that's it, those are the options. But Naruko has once again impressed me with its ability to give me a visible difference in my skin. My pores aren't gone, I don't have a baby smooth face but it has visibly improved over the months I've used it. My nose and my cheeks are my trouble areas as it is with most I think that struggle with larger pores. My nose is the most noticeable difference and my cheeks have visibly improved some too.

My routine right now is only cleanse, hydrating toner, this raw job's tears essence, moisturizer, and sunscreen in the AM. I haven't used any exfoliating acids in some years now and I stopped using tret for a couple years cuz money :( I honestly can't wait to start up tret again to see if it actually can take me the rest of the way and really shrink my pores to near invisible.

I've only ever tried 2 Naruko products so far and they've both wowed me so I officially simp for a beauty brand

boy oh boy. this is freaking good. it has a lot of actives that helped brighten out my skin tone. even helped me with PIH, i think its because of tranexamic acid, lactic acid, and ethyl ascorbic acid. its pretty gentle for me to use it daily. sadly, its not fungal acne safe, so I would probably wont repurchase this in the future.