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Swatches: MOAR BB Creams!

I have four bb creams(or beblesh balms) for you. I have Lohashill Rose Girl BB Cream, Holika Holika Moisture Petit BB, The Oriental Gold BB Cream and The Oriental Gold BB Cream Plus. I currently really like the Petit BB and The Oriental Gold BB Cream Plus. They blend better on my face than the other two. BB creams were originally made to help heal the skin. They’re like a glorified tinted moisturizer. You can find info about bb creams here. Time for swatch photos. Yaaay.

Photos were taken indoors under a daylight bulb. Swatched over bare skin.


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Swatches: BB Cream comparison #3

BB cream charts! I managed to find a couple of skinfood bb creams and a skin79 bb cream off eBay for a combined total of $20. All from different sellers too. Woot! Anyways I ordered Red Bean[1. affiliate links] and Ginkgo Green BB Creams from Skinfood and of course my Diamond Collection Crystal Pearl BB Cream from Skin79. I’m doing comparisons of the three because these are the three I have in full-size tubes. I’m actually very happy with all three. They all match my skin-tone extremely well and all bring something different to the table. Crystal Pearl is a dewy/shimmery bb cream. Red Bean is hydrating for dry/rough skin, and Ginkgo Green is full of nutrients for skin correction and protection. Red Bean is really moisturizing and doesn’t make the oily areas on my face more oily. It’s super great for my cheeks because my cheeks tend to get super dry. The Ginkgo Green works the best on my forehead/nose where I get oily as it seems to actually keep it from getting too oily. The Crystal Pearl isn’t too dewy so it works great all over my face, however it also works well if I just want a tiny bit of highlight in certain areas. It comes with a highlighter on the lid which is super shimmery, so I tend to use it sparingly. So far between all the samples and these, these match my skin-tone the best. However, fear not! For I have a small obsession and will be trying other brands of bb creams for comparison. Blended swatches on the back of my hand weren’t completely blended in, blended swatches on my arm were. :D Comparison #1 and #2.

Swatches: Skin79 BB Creams

I had ordered some Skin79 Crystal Pearl BB cream and Rose Mist Toner off eBay not too long ago and they finally came today. Along with both of those products I got 2 samples each of their Super Plus Triple Functions pink label BB cream and VIP Gold Super Plus BB cream. I used the VIP Gold today which you can see on my fotd post here. While I really liked the formula, I think it’s a little too dark and too pink for me which you can see in the swatches. I’m pretty sure the Super Plus pink label will be the same way. The Crystal Pearl that I actually ordered however looks like it will match really well. The Crystal Pearl bb cream also has a built in highlighter in the lid, which is gorgeous. :D I’ll most likely be using it tomorrow.

I love the Rose Mist Toner. I used it just before I applied my bb cream today. It had a mild cooling effect on my skin and definitely moisturized. So far my skin hasn’t dried out, which it’s prone to do over the course of the day. It’s worse with powder foundation, so I have a feeling this will be amazing with my Bokeh Face foundation as it tends to make my cheeks a little dry even with grapeseed oil. Which I didn’t use before applying my makeup today! So here are swatches of these 3 bb creams! I think I have a bb cream addiction. I blame Andrea. Oh and you can see my previous Skin79 bb cream post here, and face shots here and here.

FOTD 05/04/11 + BB Cream Day 3

FACE
Grapeseed Oil
Skin79 Super+ Triple Functions Whitening UV Protecting SPF 25 Wrinkle Free Beblesh Balm

EYES
Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer
High Voltage Cosmetics Party Like A Rockstar
High Voltage Cosmetics Rising Star
E.L.F. Waterproof Eyeliner Pen Ash
Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash Blackest Black

LIPS
Shiro Cosmetics Intertube Over 9000

I used todays bb cream on its own as well. I’m impressed that these don’t dry my skin out at all. I think todays bb cream was a little too pink but it blended well and covered well. I think next time I’ll try my green primer under this.

FOTD 05/03/11 + BB Cream Day 2

FACE
Grapeseed Oil
Diamond Collection The Prestige Beblesh Balm BB Cream

EYES
Concrete Electric Eye Primer
My Pretty Zombie
Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash Blackest Black

LIPS
essence xxxl shine lipgloss super girl #05

So today I decided to wear bb cream a lone. It covered pretty well. It was enough to cover my under-eye circles and almost covered the blue vein above my eye. It matched my skin tone pretty well. So tomorrow shall be day 3 of my bb cream use and I’ll use the last sample I have. My mom quickly stole one of my tubes to try. XD So I only have 3 instead of 4 now. It’s nice to know I can wear a lighter coverage if I feel like skipping my foundation and being lazy. hehe It was a simple face day. hehe