Product review - Clinique Even Better Clinical Spot Corrector and Moisturizer SPF 20

**I was not given any form of compensation, monetary or samples, for the reviews in this post**

the first time i used clinique's even better clinical spot corrector was right after the birth of my second child.  my mother, who is sadly is my biggest critic, told me that i had some dark spots on my cheeks.  this is called melasma.  sun exposure exacerbates this condition but i was living in upstate ny, where the sun in the winter barely shined during my 9 months of pregnancy.  so i was confused.  so shortly after baby girl's birth, i headed to the clinique counter at my local mall.  and.... the product worked!  the melasma, i'm sure would have gone away on its own, eventually, but the eb corrector helped speed the process along.

i am a pimple picker.  i don't get many.  but when i get them, it's one HUGE honkin white head the size of mount st helens.  on my chin.  i know break-outs on your chin are more common in your 30s (i JUST turned 30 8 months ago so this can't be it yet, right?)  but since i pick at my pimples because concealer DOES not cover pimples, i have horrible scars on my chin and jaw line that like to stick around.  quick side note: i've been reading bobbi brown's (the make-up genius!) books on beauty that i borrowed from the library and she said to used a cover-up/foundation stick to cover break-outs, NOT concealer.  who knew?  i didn't.  my momma never taught me about make-up.  THIS is all self-taught.

i don't wear foundation.  it scares me.  when i officially started wearing make-up in my mid-20s, i started with a tinted moisturizer.  now i'm a life fan of bb cream.  there are many brands of bb cream and i promise a post on bb cream at a later date.  back to clinique eb corrector.

so my experience this time around with the eb corrector has not been uber magical but it has cleared up the scarring i have on my chin and jaw line.  i used it with a sample of clinique eb moisturizer SPF 20.  i was not ready to fork over the $40+ for this moisturizer if i did not get the results i wanted.  i don't like returning half used products.  i have to say, my skin feel softer/smoother, looks brighter and i've not had a break-out this month.  now i can't fully claim lack of break-out has to do with the moisturizer/serum combo.  i'd like to swear that it is, because i've been just as stressed and eaten just as bad as last month.  maybe it's my dairy intake?  (this will be another post as well.  dairy and skin/pms issues)  anywho.  i'm loving the eb corrector and the moisturizer that i will be purchasing the moisturizer when dillards has clinique bonus time starting march 6.

both products will remain in my beauty arsenal til the end of this world.