BB creams

For a while now I've been interested in delving into the world of 'bb creams' (amongst others, bb can stand for blemish balm).

It's suppose to give amazing coverage as well as working magic on your skin. The formula was originally developed to help laser surgery patients heal better, and then it became popular in SE Asia and it is slowly reaching here. MAC America/Europe are supposedly launching their own BB cream on these shores soon (I differentiate between MAC SE Asia and MAC America/Europe because MAC have already got BB creams selling over the East Side.)

There's loads of BB cream available online and it's no means hard getting a hold of this stuff - the problem is a) choosing the right shade b) knowing which are good brands and worries along those lines.

My mum went to Thailand and on my request bought back a bunch of BB creams to try out with the aim of knowing what I like so that when my Dad goes in September he can buy me more.

The one I am using on a daily basis at the moment is:

.....by a brand called Mistine, which is popular in Thailand. It's been maybe a month now and it hasn't broken me out and it seems pretty decent (my first proper try so nothing to really compare it with so watch this space). The only problem and for some it might be a massive problem is the colour.

As you can see from the [above] pic, the shade is a)too light b) kinda grey looking. And this is pretty much true to life. But this doesn't really bother me. It would be great if it was a perfect match but c'est la vie! What I do is mix it with my revlon photo ready which is too dark/orange and so I get the perfect shade!

The other bb creams my mum got me are waiting to be given a trial run - no pictures or swatches cos I can't remember where I put my stash and can't really be bothered to hunt around. sorry!

However, I do have another batch of bb creams to share with you courtesy of someone at work....nickname shall be NK (btw these initials are not the people's initals but initals of the blog nicknames I have given them e.g SF's initials are not SF and NK's initials are not NK - in this case K stands for Korean cos she likes korean stuff. FYI).

NK has been very sweet because we don't really know know each other or talk very much, but one day we started talking in the loo (I was fixing my clown blusher) and next thing we had a looooong convo about BB creams and kpop, and the next day she bought in stuff, as shown below, for me to swatch. How kind!

[Pics ABOVE AND BELOW:]

This is a bb cream by Missha. I used this on my face twice and it's really good. Again, as you can tell in the swatch below it's still light and grey and I also have to mix this with my revlon photo finish.

It's hard to explain in words but BB creams feel like a thicker denser foundation (gloopier?) but when you put it on your face and blend it is not as thick as foundation....confused? I am! lol I must be honest, because of the colour situation it is very hard for me to this review this in a normal way. But I thought I'd share with you anyway my experience with BB creams because I am thinking that when it hits these shores then I'll be able to get my shade.

And lastly........

Next we have 4 sample sized tubes of bb cream by Skin 79 which is a very popular brand of BB cream (btw, if you did want to buy your own samples online all 3 brands I mentioned are good SE Asia brands).

From TOP to BOTTOM we have:

VIP Gold collection super blemish balm which had the most coverage out of this mini bunch (it probably doesnt look like it cos unlike the others it didn't super speed squirt out the tube as soon as I took off the lid!).

Triple Function (whitening, spf25 and wrinkle free) - this product swatched nicely but tbh all of the bb creams in bunch (the 6 I'm blogging about and the one's my mum got for me) all have the same functions

Diamond Collection Pearl BB cream - I love this! Definitely not an everyday bb cream as it is packed with glitter (described as luminous on the tube) but great for a night out or mixed in with your normal bb cream/foundation to give you a bit of boost.

Prestige blemish balm from the Diamond collection - erm, that's all it says so I dunno! I obviously had a bit of an accident whilst swatching....my arm seemed to like it ;)

So, have you tried any bb creams? If not, does the concept interest you?