Purchased this essence after receiving a sample of it and loving it. I still love it! I use it in the serum stage of my routine, as it is quite oily and I feel that using it earlier on in my routine would prevent my serums from working properly. So what has it done for my skin? Transformed it thats what! My pores are smaller, my skin is less oily, my skin tone is way more even and healthy looking. I 100% recommend this product to people with a similar skin type to myself, combo/oily, it's a little pricey but it lasts for ages.