What is a BB
cream? For those of you that don't know BB stands for ‘Beauty Balm’ or ‘Blemish Balm’.It was developed to be an all in one product. Primer, concealer and foundation in one handy tube. It is better for your skin than foundation, yet offers a light coverage. BB creams are perfect for those in school or anyone who does not wish to wear foundation but still wants some coverage.
Shade Range, This BB cream comes in Three shades, which is quite a lot for a BB cream as most come in just two shades. I selected the shade 01, which was a perfect match (something that is hard to find as most BB creams tend to be quite orange on my Irish skin)
Coverage, In their nature, BB creams offer a much lighter coverage than foundations, yet i was pleasantly surprised on the amount of coverage this BB cream gave. It evened out my skin tone and reduced the look of redness yet still looked natural. Though i would still use a concealer to cover up any imperfections. The first photo below is me completely bare faced (sorry i look so dopey in this) and the second one is me wearing just the BB cream and no additional products.
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After
Blemish fighting, This is where this BB cream becomes special, it contains tea tree which fights blemishes. This is great for those suffering from acne. Of course the best thing to do is not wear any make up, but lots of people don't feel confident enough to go makeup free when they have acne so this is the perfect solution. It not only covers up blemishes but also tackles them. What more could you ask for?
Scent, when you first smell this in the tube of squeeze some onto the back of your hand the smell of tea tree is fairly strong, but do not be alarmed, once you apply this to your face the smell of tea tree completely vanishes.
Application, You can of course apply this with your fingers but i prefer to apply it with my real techniques expert face brush.
Texture and staying power, it has quite a thick consistency (similar to a moisturiser)yet once applied it feels lightweight and almost as if your wearing nothing on your face. The finish is what i would consider to be semi-matte and it has quite a good staying power.
Price, you can pick this up in The Body Shop for €13.50 for a 14ml tube.
Con, there is only one con (that i can see) with this BB cream and that is that is has no SPF.
i hope this post has been helpful and if you have any advice or questions for me or you have tried out the product please comment down below. Until next time (waves energetically)
Aoife X
What is a BB
cream? For those of you that don't know BB stands for ‘Beauty Balm’ or ‘Blemish Balm’.It was developed to be an all in one product. Primer, concealer and foundation in one handy tube. It is better for your skin than foundation, yet offers a light coverage. BB creams are perfect for those in school or anyone who does not wish to wear foundation but still wants some coverage.
Shade Range, This BB cream comes in Three shades, which is quite a lot for a BB cream as most come in just two shades. I selected the shade 01, which was a perfect match (something that is hard to find as most BB creams tend to be quite orange on my Irish skin)
Coverage, In their nature, BB creams offer a much lighter coverage than foundations, yet i was pleasantly surprised on the amount of coverage this BB cream gave. It evened out my skin tone and reduced the look of redness yet still looked natural. Though i would still use a concealer to cover up any imperfections. The first photo below is me completely bare faced (sorry i look so dopey in this) and the second one is me wearing just the BB cream and no additional products.
Blemish fighting, This is where this BB cream becomes special, it contains tea tree which fights blemishes. This is great for those suffering from acne. Of course the best thing to do is not wear any make up, but lots of people don't feel confident enough to go makeup free when they have acne so this is the perfect solution. It not only covers up blemishes but also tackles them. What more could you ask for?
Scent, when you first smell this in the tube of squeeze some onto the back of your hand the smell of tea tree is fairly strong, but do not be alarmed, once you apply this to your face the smell of tea tree completely vanishes.
Application, You can of course apply this with your fingers but i prefer to apply it with my real techniques expert face brush.
Texture and staying power, it has quite a thick consistency (similar to a moisturiser)yet once applied it feels lightweight and almost as if your wearing nothing on your face. The finish is what i would consider to be semi-matte and it has quite a good staying power.
Price, you can pick this up in The Body Shop for €13.50 for a 14ml tube.
Con, there is only one con (that i can see) with this BB cream and that is that is has no SPF.
i hope this post has been helpful and if you have any advice or questions for me or you have tried out the product please comment down below. Until next time (waves energetically)
Aoife X
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Scent, when you first smell this in the tube of squeeze some onto the back of your hand the smell of tea tree is fairly strong, but do not be alarmed, once you apply this to your face the smell of tea tree completely vanishes.
Application, You can of course apply this with your fingers but i prefer to apply it with my real techniques expert face brush.
Texture and staying power, it has quite a thick consistency (similar to a moisturiser)yet once applied it feels lightweight and almost as if your wearing nothing on your face. The finish is what i would consider to be semi-matte and it has quite a good staying power.
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Con, there is only one con (that i can see) with this BB cream and that is that is has no SPF.
i hope this post has been helpful and if you have any advice or questions for me or you have tried out the product please comment down below. Until next time (waves energetically)
Aoife X
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