BB Cream

Mar 21, 2012

Stephanie M.

hey guys!
ive been hearing all about BB creams, but i dont understand what they are and why they are so popular. i hear they are a mix between TM and foundation... can someone explain to me what they are, and where to get them?

thanks! <3

Mar 21, 2012

N D.

BB Creams on the asian market are totally different from BB Creams in the western market. From my own experience, the western BB creams are pretty much just tinted moisturizers. I'm not at all clear on the logic behind brands choosing to market one product as a tinted moisturizer and one product as a BB cream.

Just looking and swatching in stores, it looked like most of the brands BB creams came in a super limited range of shades. Personally if you're looking for something lighter than a foundation with lots of moisture and sunscreen, I'd recommend the new Nars tinted moisturizer. I've been using it for a couple of weeks and it's fantastic. Or you could just mix moisturizer with your favorite foundation to sheer it out.

Mar 21, 2012

Rikki P.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_cream
http://littlemakeupbox-eng.blogspot.com/2010/05/from-wikipedia-free-encyclopedia-bb.html

Mar 21, 2012

Mindy N.

BB cream is known to be a Blemish Balm. BB creams are sometimes used like a primer under foundation, and if tinted may supposedly replace foundation and some newer ones are advertised as having functions of primer, foundation, moisturizer, sun block, pore minimization and skin refining together, making them an economic skin care solution.

Mar 25, 2012

Samantha G.

As far as where to get an affordable BB Cream- Garnier Fructis makes one in two shades: Light/Medium and Medium/Dark. I'm an NW15/20 and use the Light/Medium and it works great. It's around $13 (I bought mine at CVS). I love it and use it now more than foundation. It's very sheer but a product that benefit's your skin. I use it all over my face and then just conceal where I need more coverage.

Mar 26, 2012

Rikki P.

If you want to go for an actual BB cream, don't even bother going for the American BS stuff, hah. They aren't BB creams at all. They're just tinted moisturizers with a different kind of name slapped on. rubyrub776 on ebay sells bb cream for great prices. I've ordered from her plenty of times (well not bb cream but other things) and have had no problems at all.

Mar 26, 2012

Ariel H.

If you want a good BB cream, you should go to ulta or sephora and try out smash box's BB cream. I just started to use and & I like it :)

Apr 6, 2012

Stephanie M.

ive been watching a few beauty guru's on youtube, and they all talk about some brand called lioele, have any of you heard of it?