The first few days of using this and the centella blemish balm I didn't see the magic but the fourth day my skin was matte almost the whole day. This had never happened before. I'm now on my fifth day of matte, happy skin and couldn't be happier. I had an initial purge reaction but now everything is healing well. My pores are refined, my skin tightened (I'm only 27!) and overall my skin just looks normal now. I'll definitely repurchase this or another product with a high snail content.