Friday 23 March 2012

20 comments:

Unknown said...

Great post, like so many popular beauty products on the market there are bound to be company's that jump on the BB-band wagon!
Personally I really like the Ginvera Green tea BB, great for guys as well as girls ;)

Hikki said...

Wow just what I was thinking! It seems most Western 'BBs' are just overrated tinted moisturisers so misleading and uninspiring.

Unknown said...

I guess youre right, but eg Garnier which is so slagged off by majority of people, at least it seems like that, they claim that it is 'inspired', which I can't really argue with. Obviously it's a marketing 'BB' strategy, but they are techically right when they say inspired lol Anyways, I'm with my above co-lover of Ginvera haha It works better for me than the famous Skin79!:) xx

Phyrra said...

Thank you for this! I totally agree! My BB cream of choice is the Holika Holika Essential Petite Orange BB Cream.

All the ones I see at Sephora look and act like tinted moisturizers :(

Alison said...

I knew BBs originated in Asia and were popular as brightening creams, but no more than that. Its interesting about the post-surgical bit. I tend to think of creams like La Roche's Cicaplast for that sort of thing.

Very interesting post.

Femme.Ink said...

Hi! In Noway we have Garnier BB Cream, it has tint, moisture and SPF, and it is wonderfull! :D

Unknown said...

As always great post! I have sampled a few in what the state are Light but they are just too orange for me and a lot of them are overly fragranced... I prefer my Sephora tinted moisturizer which has SPF and works a treat just not readily available here :(

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this; its useful to know exactly what you're looking for in a BB. As for me; I'm just lucky I fell in love with the Estee Lauder one and didn't have to go through the hunt! although at over £30 I'm definitely saving it for special occasions!
Maddy

thoughtsofagirloncrutches.blogspot.com

Olivia J said...

I haven't tried a BB cream yet and honestly have no desire to try because it seems every brand is coming out with one. Like you said, they really stray from the original meaning.

Pretty soon some company will put in some fancy ingredient like cow dung and tell you what a great BB cream it is for healing the skin and all BB overload will break loose.

Next we will have the CC cream or cleverly cunning cream that will photoshop your face while healing and shielding from the sun.

Okay, sorry for the ramble, just wanted to get on my soap box since I don't have one at Hyde Park corner. :p

Anonymous said...

Its not Estee Lauder's fault they have to call it Beauty Balm, there's something called copyright which is why many companies have named it 'Beblesh Balm'. So do your research before complaining.

Ms Red said...

Ive tried a few bb creams and so far I like the cheapest one I tried, (mua) haven't had chance to try the Estée Lauder one yet.

The funniest thing I find is how people who want to insult you do it under Anon....

Dani @ My Make-up and Beauty Obsession! said...

Thanks, this is a great article! And I had no idea of where these BB creams came from! All of a sudden they popped up everywhere! Other than the Estée Lauder one, is there any other good ones on the market? Xx

Holistic Green Beauty said...

Hello

Great post! BB creams are really taking the world by storm at the moment although I have never used one before. Yesterday I ordered the new Omorovicza BB cream SPF20. It's the world's first natural and silicone free BB cream on the market. Can't wait to try it! Sounds like a really multi tasking product indeed: http://www.omorovicza.com/uk/product-use/skin-enhancers/complexion-perfector-bb.html

I will write a review on my holistic green beauty blog soon http://dannystokeshgb.blogspot.co.uk/

Best wishes,

Danny

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Anastasia said...

Hh this is soo true! western companies just "stole" the name "BB cream". I've been using bb creams from SkinFood, Skin79, Etude and they can't compare to the western ones! I've tried Garnier's BB cream, Estee Lauder, mua, mac.. These are just tinted moisturizers under the name "BB Cream". They do nothing for the skin. The worst thing about it is that big companies such as Garnier sent bb creams to many beauty bloggers, who obviously lied about the quality.

britishbeautyblogger said...

Hi Anastasia, I used the Garnier all last summer and loved it.. it seems to have all the requirements of a BB for the western market at least. Its my favourite one but can see if you line it up against asian bbs it is a very different thing x

Citrine said...

@Olivia:
There *is* actually a CC cream in the (currently Asian) market and it's by Chanel (short for "correction complete") , I don't think there is any dung in it but it's seems like a BB cream for people who are too cool to go "BB". lol.

Arielle said...

Great post!

Personally, I like the Korean BB's best (but I'm quite pale, so they suit my skin tone)

Arielle

http://borealicbeauty.wordpress.com/

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