This cushion is really great has a matte finish but it leaves a nice subtle glow for us combo/oily girls. As for the pore part it does make your pores look less visible. Moving on to a slight rant about the color. I’m just upset that there isn’t a bit more variety of skin tones. I got the darkest color which was 23 sand and I look liked pennywise after I applied this.There was no way to make this color work for me.