Over the years, one of the questions that I have been asked the most by my readers is “Have you tried B. B. creams?”
Personally, B. B. creams don’t fit in with my daily skincare/makeup routine. Currently, when I don’t wear makeup, my daytime routine ends with Olay’s Complete Care Daily Sensitive UV Fluid SPF 15. When I do want coverage, I wear ZA’s Two-Way Foundation on top of the Olay moisturizer. Generally, I prefer pigmented products for face, eyes, and cheeks to be powder-based. (Powder foundations suit my sebaceous skin a lot more, and I find powder eyeshadows (especially those from Japanese lines) and blushers a lot easier to work with. Also, I very rarely wear primers.) Therefore, I haven’t been tempted to purchase a B. B. cream.
However, today, I am taking you through the basics of B. B. creams and I will be reviewing Garnier‘s Miracle Skin Perfector Daily All-in-One B. B. Cream.
I have to say that, partly due to the lack of (law enforced) product labeling, the awareness of full-spectrum sun protection (against both UVA and UVB rays) in the UK is still lacking (especially compared with the strong awareness in many countries in East Asia, such as Japan). However, there has been some slight improvement partly thanks to TV adverts from Boots such as this:
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Boots‘ No 7 range has recently released Protect & Perfect Intense Day Cream (50ml), which SPF 15 and 5-star UVA protection. (Boots uses a star rating system to indicate the level of UVA protection in a product. Products with a 5-star label offer the strongest UVA protection.) The cream has a relatively light creamy consistency and feels emollient on the skin. The consistency is likely to appeal to those with normal-to-dry skin.
Author and contributor to HelloDollface, Caroline Leavitt, interviews me about my new novel!
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Founded by Terry de Gunzburg in 1998, By Terry is a premium beauty brand that carries base makeup, color makeup, and skincare items. The color makeup range currently includes four blushers (two powder blushers (Blush Terrybly and Blush-Expert), one cream blusher (Blush Velouté), and one liquid blusher (Rose de Rose)), and today I am featuring Blush Terrybly in 100 Torrid Peach (which will be available in some countries as part of By Terry’s holiday 2011 makeup collection).
Launched in September, Burberry Body is the brand’s latest fragrances and one of the brand’s biggest product launches. It is positioned by Burberry as a brand launch, not just a fragrance launch. Burberry set out to craft a scent that encapsulates the essence and various facets of the world of Burberry and a scent that carries a sophisticated, classic, modern and iconic aura. The result is Burberry Body.
Visée‘s Glam Glow Eyes series is from the line’s fall 2011 makeup collection. From what I have read, with its lovely packaging and easy-to-wear tone-on-tone color combinations, the series appears to be very well-received. After the positive experience with Visée’s Glam Shade Eyes in GR-5 (from spring 2011), I decided to go for Glam Glow Eyes in BR-3 and GR-4. Today I am reviewing BR-3.
